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Creating Green Cities
November 16, 2005
Peter Smith Boston Society of Architects
Larissa Brown chief planner, Goody and Clancy
Kristina Egan director, Mass Smart Growth Alliance

Peter Smith of the Boston Society of Architects, Larissa Brown, chief planner for urban design firm Goody and Clancy, and Kristina Egan, director of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance discuss transit oriented development and "smart growth" are new initiatives in urban design aimed at creating "green cities." How is it possible to design urban communities that are economically and environmentally sustainable? How do such communities work? Are they coming to your region soon?

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