There will be no CUES Professional Development Series speaker on Thursday, October 23, 2003.
On Thursday, November 6, 2003 from 12:00 – 1:00 in Room: 5269, Evan Lowenstein, Executive Director, Common Good Planning Center will present:
Sprawl Costs Us All?
Patterns and Dynamics of Land Use and Development in the Genesee/Finger Lakes Region
Urban sprawl is random unplanned growth characterized by inadequate accessibility to essential land uses. Sprawl has social and economic consequences such as heightened urban-suburban school disparities, accelerated urban infrastructure decline, concentrated poverty, heightened racial disparities, and negative public health consequences. In the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region since 1980, the rate of land development has exceeded the rate of population growth by over ten times. This pattern has serious economic, environmental, and social consequences for urban, suburban, and rural communities. Hear about the problems but also about the potential for our region to achieve “smart growth”.
James W. Maddison
Center for Urban Educational Studies
10/23/2003 |