From north of the border, the mayor of Vancouver BC, Sam Sullivan, wants to know why people aren’t talking more about “the link between increased urban density and the impact on our global ecology.” Uh, maybe because there isn’t one?
Oh, but there is, he says. “The science is very clear on the link between density and the environment. Densification reduces urban sprawl. When people live closer to where they work, they travel less often in carbon-emitting vehicles and they produce fewer carbon emissions.”
Simply getting people to change their light bulbs will not solve global warming, he argues. Instead, we have to pack more people in cities so they can be “sustainable.”
