Sustainable Communities? A Comparative Perspective on Urban Housing in the European Union

This paper examines the sustainability of urban housing in the European Union. It outlines a number of key criteria for assessing the sustainability of urban housing including mixed-use developments, higher residential densities, high-quality dwellings and neighbourhoods, affordability and food prod...

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Published in:European planning studies 2014-07, Vol.22 (7), p.1384-1406
Main Author: Winston, Nessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordable housing
Austria
Comparative analysis
Denmark
Europe
European Union
Finland
Food
Food production
Housing
Location
Mixed use developments
Neighbourhoods
Production
Quality of life
Studies
Success
Surveys
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sweden
Urban areas
Urban housing
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Summary:This paper examines the sustainability of urban housing in the European Union. It outlines a number of key criteria for assessing the sustainability of urban housing including mixed-use developments, higher residential densities, high-quality dwellings and neighbourhoods, affordability and food production. Utilizing the 2007 tranche of the European Quality of Life Survey, it finds significant variations between countries in the sustainability of urban housing and communities and highlights the leaders and laggards in this regard. The relative success of urban areas in Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland deserves some additional research, although there is scope for considerable improvement even in these "leader" countries. The paper highlights significant problems with housing and communities in some urban locations which must significantly retract from (a) the quality of life of residents in these locations and (b) the sustainability of their cities.
ISSN:0965-4313
1469-5944
DOI:10.1080/09654313.2013.788612