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Title: The Greenness of Cities

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: Over the past 50 years, automobileoriented suburbs have grown much more quickly than denser urban areas, and over the past six years, the four fastest growing American metropolitan areas have been Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix—all hot places that use an impressive amount of electricity to create a pleasant year-round climate. Cars and air conditioners both lead to signifi cant emissions of carbon dioxide, which an increasing body of evidence has linked to potentially dangerous climate change. If this evidence is correct, then there are serious social costs associated with new forms of development that tend to be extremely energy intensive. This policy brief summarizes . . .

Url: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/rappaport/files/greencities_final.pdf

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Authors: Glaeser, Edward L.; Kahn, Matthew

Publisher: Harvard University

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Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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