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How did smart growth become politically divisive

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In 1992 , UN representatives from 178 nations signed a diabolical set of non binding recommendations in Rio de Janeiro called Agenda 21 .

The principles outlined in Agenda 21 are voluntary and non binding and merely report issued after a United Nations summit on the environment.

Signing on to the agreement does not require the United States to do anything at all.

Implementing Agenda 21 at the local level has largely fallen on the ICLEI , an international organization that promotes sustainable development.

Conspiracy theorists painted smart growth as a dystopian rebuilding of American cities when it will never really come close.

The definition of smart growth is broad and somewhat fuzzy.

It took a long time for smart growth principles to turn into buildings, revised codes, and implemented policies without concrete examples.

Glenn Beck spread the conspiracy theory and capitalized on it.

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