[CPEO-MEF] Sustainable Installations

[Lenny Siegel]

Military bases focus on smarter growth

By Haya El Nasser
USA TODAY
December 26, 2009
Most military bases developed much the same as the suburbs outside their 
gates: They sprawled.

On military installations the size of small cities, homes are clustered 
on cul-de-sacs at one end, offices at another, stores somewhere else. 
The lack of sidewalks along their main roads signals that main streets 
are designed for cars — not pedestrians. Even those who live, work and 
shop on base have to drive from one point to another.

Now the military is rewriting the rules and embracing all things "green" 
and "sustainable." All branches are beginning to rethink the way they 
build and design their bases — significant because the military manages 
30 million acres of U.S. lands.

The largest bases are adopting concepts favored by many towns: compact, 
energy-efficient development that encourages walking, fosters a sense of 
community and eats up less space.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-12-25-sustainable_N.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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