Increasing residential densities will yield only modest CO2 reductions, U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds

[John Zeger]

Urban planners hoping to help mitigate CO2 emissions by increasing housing density would do better to focus on fuel-efficiency improvements to vehicles, investments in renewable energy, and cap and trade policies say some commentators as a recent report by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds that increasing population densities in metropolitan areas would yield insignificant CO2 reductions.

read the article and the report: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23343/?nlid=2323