Today, it is increasingly known as Smart Growth and promoted as a solution to a host of suburban problems ranging from sprawl to traffic to housing.

The goal through Smart Growth is to go down to two or three units per acre, Mr. Wieboldt said.

LID techniques can also play an important role in Smart Growth and Green infrastructure land use planning.

He is a proponent of "Smart Growth" in new development: balancing the character of a given neighborhood with a project's impact on the environment.

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Organizations under the banner of Smart Growth also often work with the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Glendening is widely recognized as a pioneer in land development issues and is credited for coining the phrase "Smart Growth."

Glendening quietly continued his advocacy work for Smart Growth.

The intended result: what Smart Growth calls community buy-in, which seems to be something between co-option and cooperation.

Much of Smart Growth makes sense, because we just can't keep doing what we have been.