Suggested Reading: Articles
Although the following articles were written a few years ago, they are as pertinent now as the day they were published. They articulate the major theme of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: Our current Americans lifestyle, based on consuming ever more resources, is simply not sustainable. We need to rethink what constitutes “quality of life”:
Reasons To Worry
By Niall Ferguson
New York Times
June 11, 2006
What’s Your Consumption Factor?
By Jared Diamond
New York Times
Jan. 2, 2008
Totally Spent
By Robert B. Reich
New York Times
Feb. 13, 2008
Peak Oil is Coming, and We’re Unready
By Rod Dreher
Dallas Morning News
Aug. 22, 2008
The following article by America’s leading town planners is perhaps the finest summary, anywhere, of the merits of traditional towns and the dreariness of sprawl:
The Second Coming of the American Small Town
Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Wilson Quarterly
Winter 1992
The following article by traffic engineer Walter Kulash explains why it is impossible to build enough road capacity to sustain sprawling development:
The Third Motor Age
By Walter Kulash
Places
Winter 1996
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