Town planning could go greener

Though the Indy's leader is rather more skeptical about the goodness of this idea: planning suburbs to be higher density so that they are more friendly to walking and public transport and less encouraging of private cars. Sounds like a good idea and the book

'Natural Capitalism'

has some good examples of how good suburban planning has made for greener neighbourhoods in practice. Perhaps the skepticism of the Indy leader is understandable -perhaps people move to such suburbs becasue they aren't high density. On the other hand the experiences showcased in the book seem to indicate that the eco-engineered neighbourhoods are more sought after than the old-style suburban developments.