Peter Calthorpe, urban designer ndi wolemba wa "Urbanism mu Age of Climate Change", wagwira ntchito pazantchito zazikulu kwambiri zamatawuni ku United States pazaka 20 zapitazi, m'malo monga Portland, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles ndi pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho kum'mwera kwa Louisiana. Anati chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe mizinda ingachite kuti iziziziritsa ndi kubzala mitengo.
"Ndizosavuta." Calthorpe anatero. "Inde, mutha kupanga madenga oyera ndi madenga obiriwira ... koma ndikhulupirireni, ndi denga la msewu lomwe limapangitsa kusiyana konse."
Madera okhala ndi zomera zambiri mumzinda amatha kupanga zisumbu zabwino mkati mwa tawuni. Komanso, misewu yam’mbali imalimbikitsa anthu kuyenda m’malo moyendetsa galimoto. Ndipo magalimoto ocheperako amatanthauza kuchepa kwa ndalama m’misewu ikuluikulu ndi malo oimikapo magalimoto, zomwe sizimangotengera kutentha komanso zimathandizira kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha, adatero.