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Density and the compact city [PDF]
Dialogues in Human Geography, 2023 The ‘compact city’ agenda has become commonplace and is often presented as an urban ‘good’ in mainstream urban research, policy, and practice. Haarstad et al.'s intervention aims to bring critical geographical research to this debate, and is a very welcome one.
Colin Mcfarlane
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Dialogues in Human Geography, 2023 In our article, ‘Diversifying the compact city’ (2023), we aimed to open a dialogue in human geography and beyond on how to broaden the scope of how we examine and critique compact urbanism. The insightful and constructive commentaries we received generated further reflection on the lived experiences of compact urbanism and the mutual benefits of ...
Per Gunnar Røe +2 more
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Are compact cities environmentally friendly? [PDF]
Journal of Urban Economics, 2012 There is a wide consensus among international institutions and national governments in favor of compact (i.e. densely populated) cities as a way to improve the ecological performance of the transport system. Indeed, when both the intercity and intra-urban distributions of activities are given, a higher population density makes cities more ...
Riou, Stéphane +2 more
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Landscapes for compact cities [PDF]
Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2019 The pursuit of urban sustainability is a goal that is belatedly gaining traction in the urban design of many cities worldwide, hastened by concerns over the increasing extent of the impact of human...
Puay Yok Tan, Bianca Maria Rinaldi
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Sustainable Transport in a Compact City [PDF]
, 2010 Transport policies in many countries seek to achieve a modal shift from the private car to public transport, in order to reduce environmental externalities like (local) air pollution, stench and visual annoyance, congestion etc. At the same time, the relationship between the spatial organisation and transportation is widely acknowledged, because the ...
Nijkamp, Peter, Rienstra, Sytze A.
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The breathability of compact cities
Urban Climate, 2015 Abstract Breathability in dense building arrays with packing densities similar to those of typical European cities is investigated using laboratory measurements and numerical simulations. We focus on arrays made up by regularly spaced square buildings forming a network of streets with right-angle intersections.
BUCCOLIERI, RICCARDO +4 more
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Compact City as Sustainable City
Demiurge: Ideas, Technologies, Perspectives of Design, 2018 The purpose of the article is to explore the continually changing and developing universe of urban planning practices, to study approaches, methods, and theoretical and design tools that is changing the European city. The methodology of the research is to apply the empirical method, to analyze and compare the results of the developed projects ...
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Are Compact Cities Environmentally (and Socially) Desirable? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 There is a wide consensus among international institutions and national governments in favor of compact (i.e. densely populated) cities as a way to improve the ecological performance of the transport system. Indeed, when both the intercity and intra-urban distributions of activities are given, a higher population density makes cities more ...
Gaigne, Carl +2 more
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Compact City Strategy of Bangkok Mega-City [PDF]
MANUSYA, 2008 The objectives of this study encompass three aspects. First, it analyzes the Bangkok Mega-city Model in three subareas around the New Suvarnabhumi International Airport.4 Second, it analyzes the compact city policy to measure factors of the compact city based on affordable transportation costs related to household income, jobhousing balance, and ...
Chaweewan Denpaiboon, Hidehiko Kanegae
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