George Frantz wrote: | The higher urban densities necessary to become a more | environmentally, socially and economically sustainable Ithaca do | not mean more people, nor does it entail building vertically or | blocking views As is the case throughout most of the rest of the | world, simply adopting the two story attached townhome as the | primary residential architecture would result in a tripling of the | population density in a city like Ithaca. The result would be a | city of 55,000 covering less than 3 square miles of flat valley | floor as opposed to 11 square miles sprawled over three hills.
How much do you figure it would cost to change Ithaca from a city of about 30,000 covering 11 square miles to one of 55,000 covering 3 square miles? I'd also be interested to know how much CO2 would be generated by replacing the existing housing inventory and what you would propose to do with the construction waste. Jon _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
