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The compact city and the environment: a review
Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 2000In many Western countries the concept of the compact city has been adopted as a guiding principle for urban development. It is commonly held that the compact city is the best policy goal to prevent or reduce the negative effects of urbanisation on the environment.
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Public Transport and the Compact City
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2000The compact-city policy is a prudent strategy for carrying out city intensification and expansion. Similarly, public transport is seen as the most appropriate mode of transportation for this urban form. The connection between the two is clear—public transport makes sense in a compact city, and the compact city seeks to increase the use of public ...
Le Clercq, F., de Vries, J.S.
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The Compact City and Networked City in Korea
International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2003This thesis is the focus on the compact city. There is a strong link between urban form and sustainable development, but it is not simple and straightforward. It has been suggested that a sustainable city must be of a form and scale appropriate to walking, cycling and efficient public transport, and with a compactness that encourages social interaction.
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Built Environment
This commentary takes papers from two issues eight years apart which focused on the compact city showing how the focus on density became less apparent while questions of sustainability gained prominence.
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This commentary takes papers from two issues eight years apart which focused on the compact city showing how the focus on density became less apparent while questions of sustainability gained prominence.
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Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2005
The problems of urban sprawl have long been recognized. The classic response to sprawl has been compact settlements of one form or another. Yet the profession’s modern origins stem from responses to overcrowding. Relieving crowding by letting in more light and air led to less compact urban form.
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The problems of urban sprawl have long been recognized. The classic response to sprawl has been compact settlements of one form or another. Yet the profession’s modern origins stem from responses to overcrowding. Relieving crowding by letting in more light and air led to less compact urban form.
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2019
In the urban age, cities are confronting an array of problems: fossil fuel depletion, climate change, ageing population and inadequate urban infrastructure, housing affordability, food and water shortages, social isolation, and a rising burden of non-communicable disease, road injury and mental ill-health.
Mark Stevenson, Jason Thompson
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In the urban age, cities are confronting an array of problems: fossil fuel depletion, climate change, ageing population and inadequate urban infrastructure, housing affordability, food and water shortages, social isolation, and a rising burden of non-communicable disease, road injury and mental ill-health.
Mark Stevenson, Jason Thompson
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