May 20, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
It’s no secret, unfortunately, that many American downtowns and neighborhoods were disinvested, some severely, over the past several decades. The conse… Continue reading
May 8, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Today’s article is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think about Greener, Healthier Cities, which will be coming out later… Continue reading
May 6, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Today’s post is written by my frequent collaborator and contributor to this site, Lee Epstein Lee is an attorney and land use planner working for susta… Continue reading
May 3, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I took a tour of Miami Beach this morning. No, not in person (though I wish), but via the wonders of Google Earth. And I didn’t see South Beach, … Continue reading
May 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl &nd… Continue reading
April 29, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
It’s ridiculously easy to think about the benefits of historic preservation in immensely walkable Providence, Rhode Island. I’m not sure I’… Continue reading
April 19, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Earlier this week at the annual conference of the American Planning Association, I attended a very interesting session on GIS mapping of combined data sets. … Continue reading
April 17, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As I wrote two years ago, a successful rural landscape – working farms and forests, and natural areas that last – is utterly dependent on successful to… Continue reading
April 11, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
For several years now, many of us have been predicting – or even celebrating - the end of the era of unfettered sprawl. Central cities have been ma… Continue reading
April 8, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Because the American legal system provides little in the way of actual authority to solve regional issues, collaboration of one sort or another is often the best a… Continue reading
April 5, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Two days ago, I published Lee Epstein’s summary of the essential elements of green cities. Many of those are on display in the fast-moving cartoon vide… Continue reading
April 3, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Today’s post is written by my frequent collaborator and contributor to this site, Lee Epstein. Lee is an attorney and land use planner working for sustainabi… Continue reading
April 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Washington, DC, April 1, 2013 – The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Congress for the New Urbanism announced today that the two national organizatio… Continue reading
March 29, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’ve often written about the cottage lifestyle, featuring small homes usually set around a common. It makes a ton of sense for some parts of today&rsqu… Continue reading
March 27, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I am very pleased to announce that my new book, People Habitat, will be coming out later this year. It will be available in both print and ebook formats, and… Continue reading
March 25, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
It’s one thing to claim the government shouldn’t mess with your property because you own it and have the records to prove it. It’s another … Continue reading
March 15, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Since I happen to love Ireland – for me it’s not a family thing so much as a land-and-culture admiration thing – I herewith present five ways to … Continue reading
March 13, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I have been invited to participate in a program tonight on sloth. I’m even featured, promoted. How should I feel about this? Embarrassed?&n… Continue reading
March 12, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I believe it was in 2000 that I first met David Dixon, head of the planning practice at Boston’s Goody Clancy architects. We were both part of a forum in Bosto… Continue reading
March 8, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Yikes. I literally do not know where to start with today’s article. But I’ll give it a shot: at the top, you’re looking at the … Continue reading