Revisiting the Compact City?

"[I]n 1992, 'Built Environment' ran a themed issue on the topic of the compact city, which favoured the concept, 'or variants of it' to some degree... Almost twenty years on, this issue revisits the compact city and questions the extent to which it continues to be described,...

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Published in:Built environment (London. 1978) 2010-01, Vol.36 (1), p.4-8
Main Author: DEMPSEY, NICOLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Built environments
Cities
Density
Dwellings
Housing
Land use
Renewable energy
Sustainable cities
Urban development
Urban space
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Summary:"[I]n 1992, 'Built Environment' ran a themed issue on the topic of the compact city, which favoured the concept, 'or variants of it' to some degree... Almost twenty years on, this issue revisits the compact city and questions the extent to which it continues to be described, and adopted, as a model of sustainable urban form." Seven additional articles are separately indexed. Illustration by Louis Hellman.
ISSN:0263-7960