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Lisa Herrmann 1 1394116425 2014-03-06 14:33:45 1475893619 2016-10-08 02:26:59 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2014-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2014-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2014-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 27213

Teri Nagel 1 1329381655 2012-02-16 08:40:55 1475893523 2016-10-08 02:25:23 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 27293

Joanie Chembars 1 1310567957 2011-07-13 14:39:17 1475893499 2016-10-08 02:24:59 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 27215

As Georgia Tech’s Ellen Dunham-Jones shows, there is a growing trend in the U.S. to retrofit suburbia in ways that incorporate what people like about more traditional urban settings. A panel featuring Dunham-Jones, Emil Frankel of the Bipartisan Policy Institute, Geoff Anderson of Smart Growth America, and Amy Fraenkel of the United Nations Environment Programme pointed out some surprising characteristics of the modern American suburb.

]]> Mike Alberghini 1 1308259505 2011-06-16 21:25:05 1475893472 2016-10-08 02:24:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2011-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2011-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2011-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 27800

In recognizing shrinkage as the new normal we not only prepare for the end of cheap oil by better managing our metropolitan fringes, but also boost opportunities for improved quality of life in existing communities and encourage the retrofitting of our most auto-dependent suburban properties into more healthy and sustaining places.

]]> Jimmy Kriigel 1 1301575453 2011-03-31 12:44:13 1475893464 2016-10-08 02:24:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00 2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00 2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00