Is Compact Growth Good for Air Quality?/Comment on Stone: Could the Worst of Times for the Planet Be the Best of Times for Planning?

Explicitly prohibited from regulating the land use planning activities of municipal and county governments by the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been forced to pursue an end-of-the-pipe approach to air quality management that has not proved successful in fully reduci...

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Published in:Journal of the American Planning Association 2007-10, Vol.73 (4), p.404
Main Authors: Stone, Brian, Mednick, Adam C, Holloway, Tracey, Spak, Scott N, Winkelman, Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Clean Air Act-US
Design
Emissions
Environmental protection
Forecasting techniques
Households
Land use
Land use planning
Local government
Metropolitan areas
Outdoor air quality
Pollutants
Population
Public health
Quality management
Smart growth
Studies
Travel
Urban planning
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Summary:Explicitly prohibited from regulating the land use planning activities of municipal and county governments by the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been forced to pursue an end-of-the-pipe approach to air quality management that has not proved successful in fully reducing ozone and fine particulate matter below health-based standards in many large US cities. The persistence of these pollutants has raised concerns within the planning and public health communities about the long-term success of an air quality management program that is effectively divorced from the land use planning process. This work, which is part of an EPA-sponsored study titled "Projecting the Impact of Land Use and Transportation on Future Air Quality," was intended to assess the effectiveness of compact growth in improving air quality at a geographic scale compatible with secondary pollution formation and transport and over a planning horizon sufficient to capture the longer-term benefits of regional land use change.
ISSN:0194-4363
1939-0130