Salt Lake:Official development news thread

[urbanboy]

Originally Posted by SLCforme

I feel you Timesaltlake. The best think that came out of the Legacy highway was the Legacy Nature Preserve, which protects the majority (not all, contrary to popular belief) of the develop able land on the west side of the parkway. I strongly feel that there are some areas that should not be developed because of their environmental importance and sensitivity. There is plenty of land on the front that is not so important, though, if I had my druthers I would like to see as much open space as possible remain while we redevelop brownfields with greater density to absorb any growth that occurs. Of course, if you really want my opinion (I'm sure many don't but this is an open forum for discussion so I'll go ahead and give it ) I think the human population needs to stop growing altogether. 6 billion is plenty humans for this planet. Of course I am looking at the issue as a biologist, not an economist who would want the growth to continue the economic growth, but it is simply not sustainable. Every ecosystem has a carrying capacity and the Planet as a whole is no exception. Planet Earth simply cannot sustain 20 billion people; of course reducing the average humans consumption would allow for a higher population, but there is still a limit. OK, I'll shut up now, and let the conversation get back to urban development.

Agreed.