Scenarios about 'smart growth'
Smart growth is an urban planning approach that emphasizes compact, walkable communities with mixed land uses to create sustainable development patterns. Emerging in the 1990s as a response to suburban sprawl, it promotes efficient land use, transportation options, and preservation of natural resources. Smart growth principles influence alternate history scenarios by reimagining how different development choices might have shaped modern cities and their environmental impacts.
What If Boise Had Implemented Comprehensive Growth Management in 2010?
Exploring how Boise, Idaho might have developed if it had implemented a comprehensive growth management framework a decade before its housing affordability crisis, creating a more sustainable and equitable development pattern.
What If Portland Had Expanded Its Urban Growth Boundary in 2015?
Exploring how Portland, Oregon might have developed if it had significantly expanded its urban growth boundary to address housing affordability while implementing innovative environmental protections.