Smart Solutions to Sprawl

This brief 13 page booklet describes the realtionship between smart growth and new urbanism, and shows how new urbanist principles can work to reduce sprawl. Five "strategies for change" described in the report:

  • Build with diversity and quality in mind.
  • Stop funding sprawl.
  • Create incentives for urban reinvestment.
  • Think regionally.
  • Involve the community in meaningful ways.

    Written by Shelley Poticha, Executive Director, Congress for the New Urbanism. Published by the CNU.

  • contact:
    Congress for the New Urbanism
    Tel: 415-495-2255
  • 13 pp
  • 2000
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