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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How Sprawl Made This Week's Devastating Midwestern Floods Worse
Spread-out development contributes more rooftops and pavement to the watershed than walkable neighborhoods.
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Photos
In Praise of the Stockholm Subway's Breathtaking Art
Think of it as the world's largest public art exhibit.
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Rankings
The Surprising Places Where Sprawl Is Still the Building Pattern of Choice
It's not the spread-out icons of Phoenix and Las Vegas, but rather pockets of the South Atlantic, Texas and the Pacific Northwest.
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Photos
How to Protect an Urban River From Pollution
A million people live in the Raritan River watershed, so any environmental action requires an impressive level of regional cooperation.
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Videos
The Tiny House Movement, Taken to Its Logical Extreme
Portlandia sends up our quest for ever-smaller digs.
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Urban Wonk
The Strange Case of Squatters' Sovereignty
A new twist on property rights, in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C.
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Urban Wonk
An Epic Transit-Oriented Development Fail
Let this be a lesson to all: TOD requires more than transit and development. It needs to be walkable.
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Videos
How Boston Fit a Giant New Farm Into the City ... Seamlessly
Higher Ground, the world's second largest rooftop farm, contributes fresh food but doesn't interfere with density and walkability.
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Photos
Not All Density Is Created Equal
For walkable cities, it's more about finding the right kind of density.
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Washington, D.C. Unveils an Ambitious New Sustainability Plan
Proposals seek to halve the city's greenhouse gas emissions, boost walkability, and cut the obesity rate.
