That's a completely different argument though -- the way I read the article, this is about internal density of cities specifically. In particular, iirc the reso

That's a completely different argument though -- the way I read the article, this is about internal density of cities specifically. In particular, iirc the resource consumption of a person living in a dense city is shown to be smaller compared to that of a same-income person living in a low-density city or a suburb, so dense cities should contribute to a reduction in effective density that you are talking about here.