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https://dialogue.earth/content/uploads/2020/05/manhattan_central_park_new_york_1503_large.jpg426180David Owen is the author of a new book on the sustainability lessons of New York. In an interview with Jared Green, he argues the case for densely populated cities and says traditional environmentalists have got it wrong.