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Peter Calthorpe and How Slums Can Save the Planet
Architecture News - Feb 26, 2010 - 04:31 8568 views
In his 1985 article, arch. Peter Calthorpe, main founder of New Urbanism, made a surprising statement: “The city is the most environmentally benign form of human settlement. Each city dweller consumes less land, less energy, less water, and produces less pollution than his counterpart in settlements of lower densities.”
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