Industrial cities around the world have a surplus of under-demolished vacant rusting factories. Nowhere is this more evident then in the old, cold part of America. As manufacturing moves offshore many cities particularly in the Northeast and Midwest have experienced a drastic decline in populations. Cleveland, Buffalo and Flint have lost more than 50% of their population in the last 50 years. Now these cities have a large footprint, a small population and a decreased tax base to pay for the existing infrastructure: roads, sewers and water treatment required for the industrial glory days of the past.

A movement is underway to "right size" cities by reducing their footprint and greening them up by creating high-density urban cores that can support mass transportation, energy efficient buildings, urban framing and renewable energy. These cities can become economically viable and sustainable again.

Join Robert Colangelo as he interviews four experts to discuss the benefits of "right sizing" cities and implementing sustainable initiative to turn the Rust Belt into the Emerald Necklace.

His guests will be:

Stephen Filmanowicz from the Congress for the New Urbanism

Joseph Schilling, Associate Director of the Metroplitan Institute and Professor at Virginia Technical University

Jeff Edstrom, a Senior Scientist with Environmental Consulting & Technology

Dave Flynn an Environment & Energy Attorney working in Buffalo, NY one of the cities with several "right sizing" programs already in place.