Urban form??
Urban sprawl? or what about urban do you like to preserve?
big homes? multi cars? Lots of turf grass loaded with chemicals?
OK read a little on your blog.
Want to cut the energy used: Localize everything, Minimize the world market.
This is an over simplification but I hope it drives home the point. If it wasn't for globalization the brain drain would not have occurred so to speak.
Shorten the length of the supply chain then fewer resources and cheaper.
Asparagus grown locally will not have the expense or energy of flying it in a 747.
By globalizing it makes way for mono everything thus the brains from afar have to congregate at a small area.
:peace: