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Chris Leinberger: Eco-Density - Coming to a Town Near You

Over the next few months or the next year or two at most, a new concept will be embraced by real estate developers, civic leaders, and environmentalists; eco-density. I hijacked the term from the mayor of Vancouver, who coined it to explain why he was a proponent of much higher density development around rail transit stations. In spite of devising a very clever term, his concept and term were viewed quite negatively. This is due to the oft used expression that “there are two things people hate; density and sprawl.”

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CLICK HERE to read the rest of this blog entry from Chris Leinberger, author ofThe Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream, and to see Eco-Compass 2.0!

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Posted on July 08, 2008 at 01:33 pm

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