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
How Sports Teams Are Making Cities Greener
Leagues are taking an impressive range of innovative and cost-effective steps toward sustainability.
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Urban Wonk
Concrete Ideas for Promoting Walkability
There's a wealth of resources available to communities looking for a place to start.
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Urban Wonk
The Death - and Life - of Small Downtown America
Malls and highways killed town centers. Can smart design bring them back?
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Urban Wonk
Defining a Great Street
What makes some spaces better than others?
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Urban Wonk
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cities
On cities, sustainable placemaking, and the careful use of words.
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Videos
Why Dogs Ride the Subway
Moscow's canine commuters have worked out a clever system to use the city's subway for their benefit.
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Videos
In Philadelphia, a Porch for an Entire City
A block-long plaza replaces an unnecessary parking lane with tables, shade, and perhaps a farmers’ market or beer garden.
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High Density Sprawl Is Still Sprawl
Don't be fooled - sprawl is about much more than the number of homes per acre.
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Videos
Updating the American Dream
An interview with innovative architect Peter Calthorpe.
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The Failure of Walmart's Sustainability Measures
The retail giant's push has generated a lot of publicity, but it's not fixing the fundamental problems.
