AutoblogGreen: Japan's Ministry of the Environment says pack the cities even tighter
Japanese cities are crowded. This fact is so well known that The Onion can easily poke fun at it. Earlier this year, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment issued a report suggesting that cities in Japan become even more centralized so that "per capita CO2 emissions from automobiles and the passenger transport sector" that have recently increased due to decentralization are reduced, according to Japan for Sustainability. By centralizing residential areas, stores and public facilities, people wouldn't have to travel as far as often, the report says. While we think of America as a land where the car is king, the MotE report says that the recent "decentralization has generated a situation in which people cannot lead convenient lives without driving their own cars," again according to JfS...more...
