Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield is the director of the Sustainable Communities program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law, co-founder of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, and co-founder of Smart Growth America coalition, and author of several books on cities, smart growth and sprawl.
Watch for Kaid’s forthcoming book,
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The March Madness of Walkability
Which Sweet Sixteen team stadium is in the most walkable neighborhood?
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Urban Wonk
Affordable Housing Veterans Actually Want to Live In
A new, green housing project in Milwaukee offers veterans access to job training, a fitness center, and free high-speed internet.
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Urban Wonk
How Amazon Got the Urban Campus Right
The company's new Seattle facility is a paragon of walkable, high-density development.
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Urban Wonk
Why Apple's New Campus Is Bad for Urban America
The company's sprawling, car-dependent new headquarters violates even the most basic tenets of smart growth and walkability.
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Urban Wonk
Reinventing the Big Box Store
Two designers imagine a vacant Los Angeles store front as a community hub.
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Urban Wonk
How El Paso Ended Up With America's Best Smart Growth Plan
The city's new plan will improve downtown, increase public transportation options and revitalize older neighborhoods.
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Urban Wonk
Policy Tools for a More Sustainable Town
How local governments can make sustainable development a reality.
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Can Urban Highways Be Fixed?
They don't cut down on traffic or make travel faster, and they should be replaced.
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Urban Wonk
The Future of the Public Housing Project
Mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhoods can improve quality of life for the urban poor.
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Urban Wonk
How To Protect America's Countryside from Sprawl
The sustainability community has turned some overdue attention to small towns. But how can we preserve the places in between?
