How to really fight sprawl
Development charges, property tax subsidize greenfield sprawl, author says
CATCH (Hamilton) Oct 24, 2011
Urban sprawl has long been criticized by city planners, but it keeps happening anyway. Pamela Blais argues that “perverse” municipal subsidies promote sprawl and discourage more sustainable urban forms, despite the earnest policies of planners and governments that decry the expansion of big box complexes, mega malls, low-density subdivisions and sprawling business parks.
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