http://www.advocacy.org/blog/archives/12 Change, Not Charity Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.advocacy.org/blog/archives/12#comment-33 gelias Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:24:54 +0000 http://www.iscvt.org/blog/archives/12#comment-33 Went to the site and the graphics/visual depiction of the size and dispersion of cities over time is definitely very cool. But I wanted more substance about what their 'point of view' is. Its often argued that urban dwellers have a less harmful ecological footprint than do we rural folks up in Vermont. Public transportation, more efficient use of space, exploiting economies of scale better, etc. So could this trend towards mega cities be a good thing for sustainability? Went to the site and the graphics/visual depiction of the size and dispersion of cities over time is definitely very cool. But I wanted more substance about what their ‘point of view’ is. Its often argued that urban dwellers have a less harmful ecological footprint than do we rural folks up in Vermont. Public transportation, more efficient use of space, exploiting economies of scale better, etc. So could this trend towards mega cities be a good thing for sustainability?

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