Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia

The paper suggests that the divisive urban issue of density has criticalimportance for sustainability. It is particularly important to resolve for the low density cardependent cities of the world as they are highly resource consumptive. Ten myths aboutdensity and 10 truths about density are proposed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: Adver, SUSTDE 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36119
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Summary:The paper suggests that the divisive urban issue of density has criticalimportance for sustainability. It is particularly important to resolve for the low density cardependent cities of the world as they are highly resource consumptive. Ten myths aboutdensity and 10 truths about density are proposed to help resolve the planning issues socommonly found to divide urban communities. They are applied with data to Perth toillustrate the issues and how they can be resolved.