For a conservative spin on the smart growth

For a conservative spin on the smart growth debate, turn to A Guide to Smart Growth: Shattering Myths, Providing Solutions, published by the Heritage Foundation. The book explores how the growing concerns about urban sprawl among voters can be reconciled with their continued preference for detached, single-family homes on large lots. In a chapter on Atlanta’s struggles with sprawl, Angela M. Antonelli warns of federal involvement in local growth management. Atlanta, she says, “signals a chilling trend toward the federal takeover of metropolitan regions, with unpredictable consequences for the freedom of its citizens to live and work as they choose.” Wendell Cox, a persistent critic of new urbanist transportation policies, also contributes. Contact: (800) 544-4843 or pubs@heritage.org.