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 Smart Growth is planning, regulatory, and development practices that promote a set of principles concerning the form and character of development and redevelopment.
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Contributing Factors to the Current Urban Environment:
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Population Explosion - Baby boom following
World War II.
- Transportation - Introduction of the automobile.
- Technology - Mass producing building components.
- Land can be acquired very inexpensively.
- Government subsidies for roads and utilities.
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Government subsidized loans for single family housing.
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Zoning ordinances that reinforce separation of land use, overly generous parking,and set back requirements. |
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Parish Map
Smart Growth
