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‘Smart growth’ needed, not sprawl

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‘Smart growth’ needed, not sprawl

NCSG Director Gerrit-Jan Knaap was the keynote speaker at the iSEE Congress 2018, hosted by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In articles with the region’s News-Gazette and UI’s student newspaper The Daily Illini, Knaap discusses a brief history of smart growth and sustainability in urban development. The iSEE Congress marked a return for Knaap, who researched and taught at the University of Illinois from 1989 through 2002.

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Nick FinioOct 04No Comments

Gentrification in DC is not just a black and white issue

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Gentrification in DC is not just a black and white issue

 

An article in Greater Greater Washington reexamines Washington DC’s demographic evolution over the past 40 years. Nick Finio, an NCSG Faculty Research Assistant, and Alex Baca, Engagement Director at Coalition for Smarter Growth, co-wrote this article. While Washington DC’s changing demographics is usually only thought of as the movement of Black and White communities, Finio and Baca use census and survey data to track population shifts of Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian populations. They also provide dynamic maps and opportunities for further reading on the topic.

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Nick FinioSep 07No Comments

Gerrit Knaap at MACo Conference

NCSG Executive Director Gerrit Knaap participated in a forum at the Maryland Association of Counties’  (MACo) annual conference, in Ocean City on Friday, August 17th. Dr. Knaap was joined by Governor Hogan’s special secretary of smart growth, Wendi Peters, Delegate Steve Lafferty, and Deborah Carpenter, Garrett County Planning Director. The forum participants discussed the past and future of smart growth policies in the state, and their work was covered both in The Daily Record and on MACo’s Conduit Street Blog . The participants also discussed the Maryland Department of Planning’s state development plan, A Better Maryland.

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Nick FinioSep 04No Comments