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Past Event
Seminar

Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment

Open to the Public

Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment(Fainsod Room, 324 Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street) Wednesday, Oct 4, 2006 12:00p - 1:15p Description Matthew Kahn, Professor of International Economics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

About

Taubman Center for State and Local Government Seminar

Both rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl heighten concerns about sustainable development. Are economic growth and environmental health always mutually exclusive goals? Matthew Kahn, Professor of International Economics at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, will discuss his new book, Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment, which both surveys the burgeoning economic literature on the environmental consequences of urban growth and suburban sprawl and considers how cities and regions can most effectively address these problems.