This page explores the challenges and opportunities of suburban development, with a focus on sustainability, housing affordability, and urban planning. The resources below examine how suburban sprawl impacts our cities, from the dominance of car-dependent infrastructure to the housing crisis affecting many urban areas.
Key themes include the need for more walkable, transit-oriented communities, the role of land-use policies and taxation in shaping development patterns, and lessons from cities around the world that have successfully addressed these challenges. The collection also highlights the environmental and social costs of current suburban models and explores alternative approaches to creating livable, resilient communities.
Finding safe paths through suburbia
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-11-02/finding-safe-paths-through-suburbia/
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22951092/land-tax-housing-crisis
Life in the 'burbs without a car - or why Aucklanders drive so much
Tokyo may have found the solution to soaring housing costs
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2016/8/8/12390048/san-francisco-housing-costs-tokyo
https://medium.com/land-buildings-identity-and-values/if-not-now-when-f995dd596c1
Why Cities Should Ban Cars, According to Science
https://gizmodo.com/why-cities-should-ban-cars-according-to-science-1847161114