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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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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description 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-361192017-09-13T15:17:09Z Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia Newman, Peter 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. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36119 10.3390/su6096467 Adver, SUSTDE fulltext
spellingShingle Newman, Peter
Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title_full Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title_fullStr Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title_short Density, the Sustainability Multiplier: Some Myths and Truths with Application to Perth, Australia
title_sort density, the sustainability multiplier: some myths and truths with application to perth, australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36119