Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability /:

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 l...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ng, Edward
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xlii, 342 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781849774444
1849774447
9781136546013
1136546014
1282506056
9781282506053
9786612506055
6612506059

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