The End of Suburbia?

One of my friends found this interesting article from CNN: Is America's suburban dream collapsing? It is interesting to read.

The so-called New Urbanism movement emerged in the mid-90s and has been steadily gaining momentum, especially with rising energy costs, environmental concerns and health problems associated with what Leinberger calls "drivable suburbanism" -- a low-density built environment plan that emerged around the end of the World War II and has been the dominant design in the U.S. ever since.

It reminds me of The End of Suburbia, the seminal work relating energy prices and oil to suburban living.


if you cannot see the trailer for The End of Suburbia, click here.

Cheers-
Edward Jensen

UPDATE! Read this article from the Wall Street Journal: Suburbs a Mile Too Far for Some.