Christopher Leinberger explores economic trends related to walkable urban places. Because of growing preferences for walkable lifestyles among millennials, future economic development could depend on creating walkability.

Christopher B. Leinberger is a Visiting Fellow of the Brookings Institution and Director of the Graduate Real Estate Development Program at the University of Michigan. He demonstrates a concern for our nation’s social and environmental issues coupled with an understanding of economic realities.

Enjoy this lecture from the 2013 Placemaking Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by The University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities on April 3, 2013.

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