Compact Cities and Sustainable Urban Development: A Critical Assessment of Policies and Plans from an International Perspective (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

 
9781138730526: Compact Cities and Sustainable Urban Development: A Critical Assessment of Policies and Plans from an International Perspective (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1138730521 ISBN 13: 9781138730526
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This 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 to answer whether indeed this strategy controls the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, is acceptable to residents, reduces trip lengths and encourages use of public transit, improves efficiency in providing urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements supporting higher quality of life in cities.

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Gert De Roo, Donald Miller

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138730521
ISBN 13 
9781138730526
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
294
Editor
De Roo Gert, Miller Donald

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