City Journal
Winter 2009
Abstract
Contends that much local environmentalism, with its antidevelopment posture, is, in fact, bad for the environment, and that urban development leaves a smaller carbon footprint than low-density suburbs. Attention is given to California's building restrictions, asserting that the state has things backwards.
Citation
Glaeser, Edward L. "Green Cities, Brown Suburbs." City Journal. Winter 2009, 50-51.