A Review of the Fiscal & Competitive Advantages of Smarter Growth (2004)
Topics: Community Impact | Economic/Small Business
Brookings Institute. “Communities should recognize that sprawl contributes to budgetary distress, and that better managing development patterns can play a role in controlling rising costs and framing long-term solutions. “The marginal cost of serving additional population decreases as more residents cluster within a smaller geographic area…more compact and dense settlement can reduce government capital and operation costs.”
