Biodiversity And Smart Growth

The Funders' Network's translation paper on the impact of suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment argues that opportunities for progress would be created by smarter growth policies.

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December 9, 2002, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

There is obvious potential in funding collaborations between smart growth and wildlife and wilderness activists. The fact that all parties advocates, developers, property owners, and government agencies eager to avoid costly mitigation and lawsuits want certainty about which lands can be developed and which cannot affords tremendous opportunity for broad-based collaborations. The availability of good science and new technology makes comprehensive planning efforts possible. This paper discusses the relationship between biodiversity conservation and smart growth, the work that is being done, and suggests promising strategies and explicit collaborations for consideration by philanthropic and public funders and other key actors.

Thanks to ULI's Smart Growth News

FULL STORY: Biodiversity and Smart Growth

Sunday, December 8, 2002 in The Funders' Network

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