N-UNCOUNT [oft N n](城镇)智能发展; 城市规划理论,倡议新兴建筑及道路集中在已有中心,避免空地绿地的开发People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on. (城镇)智能发展; 城市规划理论,倡议新兴建筑及道路集中在已有中心,避免空地绿地的开发
The Environmental Defense Fund has been given $800,000 in federal grants to promote smart growth.