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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Urban Wonk
Smart Growth Advocates Shouldn't Ignore Rural Communities
Small towns deserve funding too
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The Smart Growth Priority Advocates Are Forgetting
Land conservation should be central to sustainable communities
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The Best Smart Growth Projects in America
The EPA's newly released list includes a green learning center and an innovative civic gathering space
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The End of Sprawl
Businesses are moving downtown, the suburban office park is basically extinct - is a more urban future inevitable?
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Galveston's Post-Hurricane Clean Slate
In the wake of the Hurricane Ike, the city is radically rebuilding its affordable housing to make it greener and more diverse
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Why Preservationists Must Be Picky
If we try to save everything, we risk losing our credibility
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For Once, the Federal Government Gets Sustainability Right
A new line of HUD grants will help communities improve their planning, mass transit and walkability
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How Hamburg Became Europe's Greenest City
A spate of new development projects will make the city more walkable
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America's Best Clean Water Cities
Philadelphia has the nation's best practices according to a new report from the NRDC
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A Good Use for all Those Empty Suburban Developments
Farmers are reclaiming unused sprawl to grow crops
