SEGMENT ONE Chapter 1: A North American City Segregated uses Seas of Parking Difficulty getting around without a car Vicious cycle of needing more auto-oriented infrastructure Chapter 2: My entry into urbanism Chapter 3: The Scourge of Exclusionary Zoning Segregated uses Single-family-ONLY zoning Homogeneity Increased car dependency Anti-Renter sentiment Chapter 4: Building Cities for Parking and Cars Parking minimums Effects on housing costs Increased roadways Effects on walkability and the urban fabric "Power Centres" and outer suburban shopping centres SEGMENT TWO Chapter 5: Bad for Public Finances Relative infrastructure costs of infill vs greenfield Tax revenue effects of infill Chapter 6: Bad for Affordability Rising housing costs Canada's cuts to its immigration rates Examples from Austin and cities in the US that have legalized multifamily and increased housing production Chapter 7: Bad for Climate Greenhouse emissions of private automobiles Energy consumption of multi-family infill Chapter 8: More in our neighbourhoods Mixed uses Productivity Chapter 9: The way forward from sprawl Allowing multi-family housing (ending single-family exclusionary zoning).
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