The Guardian: "London housing crisis: should we build on the green belt?"

Link to The Guardian

"... Environmentalists, free-enterprise evangelists and even mainstream political parties tend to agree that car-dependent suburban sprawl is bad stuff, both environmentally and economically. It's an  interesting debate.

"Given London's expected population surge and the already high densities of much of inner London, it could be that rather than building new suburbs, we need to turn our existing ones into Compact Cities, if Greater London is to adapt and thrive. But would those suburbs agree?"