Add to ORKGThis paper reviews the evidence in favour of the compact city and considers whether it is a viable policy option. Environmentalists, acadenics and politicians have all expressed strong support for the compact city as a basis for sustainable development. A review of the literature broadly confirms the claims made on its behalf, in particular that it is energy efficient and that it plays a crucial role in preventing rural land loss. It is further shown i) that there is nothing inevitable about the established pattern of urban dispersal, and ii) that although urban land is charaterised by a number of contstraints on development,it could in principle satisfy much of the projected demand for housing. Yet urban sprawl continues. Some of the reaso...
In the last twenty years or so there has been an increasing interest in how the form of cities – e.g...
Innovations in housing policy with an ecological edge can look back to a quarter century of experien...
The ruling model of urban growth is clearly unsustainable due to overuse of natural resources and co...
Although the compact city is widely promoted as a sustainable form of urban development, little atte...
This paper challenges the fact that the absolute freedom for residents to locate themselves wherever...
Arguments about sustainable urban form have generally been in normative terms without recourse to it...
It is commonly asserted that so-called compact development is the urban form most able to sustainab...
There is a widespread belief that compact urban development contributes to sustainability. Sustainab...
With the population of the Auckland region expected to reach 2 million people within the next 50 yea...
Arguments about sustainable urban form have generally been in normative terms without recourse to it...
State and local governments have long wrestled with sprawl, leading to theimplementation of “smart g...
The civil consciousness regarding environmental conservation has been penetrated to an extent exceed...
The consumer response to sustainable development initiatives provided the focus for a series of rese...
This title was first published in 2000. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban developmen...
The main arguments of this thesis are as follows. Residential expansion is a major feature of London...
In the last twenty years or so there has been an increasing interest in how the form of cities – e.g...
Innovations in housing policy with an ecological edge can look back to a quarter century of experien...
The ruling model of urban growth is clearly unsustainable due to overuse of natural resources and co...
Although the compact city is widely promoted as a sustainable form of urban development, little atte...
This paper challenges the fact that the absolute freedom for residents to locate themselves wherever...
Arguments about sustainable urban form have generally been in normative terms without recourse to it...
It is commonly asserted that so-called compact development is the urban form most able to sustainab...
There is a widespread belief that compact urban development contributes to sustainability. Sustainab...
With the population of the Auckland region expected to reach 2 million people within the next 50 yea...
Arguments about sustainable urban form have generally been in normative terms without recourse to it...
State and local governments have long wrestled with sprawl, leading to theimplementation of “smart g...
The civil consciousness regarding environmental conservation has been penetrated to an extent exceed...
The consumer response to sustainable development initiatives provided the focus for a series of rese...
This title was first published in 2000. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban developmen...
The main arguments of this thesis are as follows. Residential expansion is a major feature of London...
In the last twenty years or so there has been an increasing interest in how the form of cities – e.g...
Innovations in housing policy with an ecological edge can look back to a quarter century of experien...
The ruling model of urban growth is clearly unsustainable due to overuse of natural resources and co...