Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability /
[Book]
edited by Edward Ng.
Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2010.
1 online resource (xlii, 342 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes used by pla.
MIL
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Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability.
9781844074600
City planning-- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable urban development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning-- Environmental aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Regional Planning.