The Past and Future of Sustainable Communities with Peter Calthorpe, Architect & Urban Designer

The Past and Future of Sustainable Communities with Peter Calthorpe, Architect & Urban Designer

54:04 Mar 15, 2026
About this episode
The world’s cities are big and getting bigger.  By 2050, 80% of the world’s people will live in cities. Can cities be made sustainable?  Who is thinking about this? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Peter Calthorpe, architect and urban designer with HDR, a global company specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental and construction services. Over the past 45 years, Calthorpe has been a primary advocate for sustainable communities, the New Urbanism and transit-oriented development. His most recent publications are "Ending Global Sprawl: Urban Standards for Sustainable and Resilient Development" for the World Bank and “Grand Boulevards and the AB2011 Revolution: Reinventing the Strip to Solve California’s Housing Crisis.”
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