tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836820589798999332.post5548250923335160080..comments2012-07-25T23:22:49.730-04:00Comments on Home of Sky: HOW MUCH SPACE DO SUBURBS WASTE?Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01733565549985382881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836820589798999332.post-44517987281879974392012-06-19T10:51:03.080-04:002012-06-19T10:51:03.080-04:00I could do that shiznit in a second! But it'll...I could do that shiznit in a second! But it'll have to be a different second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836820589798999332.post-53834120108840194612012-06-19T00:20:09.482-04:002012-06-19T00:20:09.482-04:00GIS data would probably work. I don't know if ...GIS data would probably work. I don't know if there would be any that's open source, but I'll bet we know somebody who does!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238317902536795846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836820589798999332.post-8866946746792613182012-06-18T23:15:20.029-04:002012-06-18T23:15:20.029-04:00Yeah, maybe I should put a disclaimer, but I reali...Yeah, maybe I should put a disclaimer, but I realise this is a fairly simplistic analysis of “waste” in general, since I more specifically am referring to where-most-people-live space, as opposed to farm land. We should try calculating the numbers when accounting for non-residential space. I don't know how we'd subtract the farm space from Pickering data though, for instance.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733565549985382881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836820589798999332.post-56156108132427715542012-06-18T22:01:03.188-04:002012-06-18T22:01:03.188-04:00I wonder how the numbers would change if you only ...I wonder how the numbers would change if you only included the areas in each jurisdiction that are zoned residential. Pickering has a tonne of farmland and other very sparsely populated greenspace that probably shouldn't count towards the calculation, but at the same time Old Toronto has a lot of commercial space that also doesn't actually house residents (I've never been to Manhattan and I don't know a lot about its commercial/residential organisation).<br />I think that using the word "waste" to refer to any area that doesn't house people also doesn't consider the value of greenspace or the need for adequate supporting infrastructure and businesses. That terminology suggests that all other factors don't matter, the only important point is that the more densely we populate any given area, the better off we will be. This isn't the case for obvious reasons.<br />But all that said, I fully agree that the suburbs are a waste of space, infrastructure, oil, et cetera.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238317902536795846noreply@blogger.com