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Introduction - Compact cities and sustainable development
2019There is a widespread belief that compact urban development contributes to sustainability. Sustainability is seen by many as an essential requirement for human survival on planet Earth. Space consumption by urban development has become a major concern, but throughout the world.
de Roo, G., Miller, D.
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Compact Cities and Sustainable Urban Development
2019This title was first published in 2000. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy in the European Community and of Agenda 21, and a central principle of growth management programmes used by cities around the world. This work takes a critical look at a number of claims made by proponents of this initiative, seeking ...
de Roo, Gert, Miller, Donald
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The Compact City: Just or Just Compact? A Preliminary Analysis
Urban Studies, 2000The aim of the research described in this paper is to examine the validity of the claims that higher-density urban form promotes social equity—that is, promotes benefits for the life-chances of low-income groups. Overall, the evidence suggests that, for medium-sized English cities, higher urban densities may be positive for some aspects of social ...
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Scaling the Potential of Compact City Development: The Case of Lahore, Pakistan
Sustainability, 2021Giovanni Tesoriere +2 more
exaly
The Future of the Compact City
Built Environment, 2010Nicola Dempsey, Mike Jenks
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Diversifying the compact city: A renewed agenda for geographical research
Dialogues in Human Geography, 2023Kristin Kjærås +2 more
exaly
Environmental planning and the compact city a dutch perspective
1998In The Netherlands in the early 1980s, the compact city was welcomed by the authorities and the planning profession as a spatial concept. The city was as a place in which to live and work. The National Council for Physical Planning, i.e. the Dutch Ministerial Department for Land Use Planning, defined the compact city policy as one that, "more than any ...
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