Compact development is often recommended as a way to get people to drive less and create more sustainable communities. However, different studies over the years have yielded different outcomes, ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In “Does Compact Development Make People Drive Less?,” in a ...

As a stand-alone strategy, dense urban development may reduce regional air pollution such as particulate matter (PM), but such development may also increase PM-related local health problems. In ...

The congressional request for this study asks for consideration of “the correlation, if any, between land development patterns and increases in vehicle miles traveled (VMT),” implying that sprawl ...

Life in the city paints a complex picture. Just as often as we think of urban areas as being plagued with inadequate amenities, low standards of living, and inequitable distribution of resources, we ...