Author Christopher B. Leinberger describes how government policy over the last 60 years – driven by the auto and oil industry – has encouraged suburban sprawl with its strip malls and isolated housing developments. The result: decline of community, urban decay, pollution, and a rise in obesity and asthma. But there’s a new approach (or perhaps it’s an old approach) in which citizens live, work, and play within easy walking distance.
Developer and educator Leinberger is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and is director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Michigan.
Make Your Reservation
Christopher B. Leinberger: The Option of Urbanism
April 18, 2012 – Reception: 6pm — Program: 6:30pm
Location: Central Library, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105
