The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation

This is one of three companion papers taken from a study that assesses the comparative costs of urban redevelopment with the costs of greenfield development. This paper shows that substantial costs could be saved in infrastructure and transport if urban redevelopment became the focus. The second pap...

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Main Authors: Trubka, Roman, Newman, Peter, Bilsborough, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Australian Institute of Architects 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42902
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Newman, Peter
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description This is one of three companion papers taken from a study that assesses the comparative costs of urban redevelopment with the costs of greenfield development. This paper shows that substantial costs could be saved in infrastructure and transport if urban redevelopment became the focus. The second paper GEN 83: The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Predicting Transport Greenhouse Gases from Urban Form Parameters assesses how these different urban typologies perform with respect to greenhouse gases. The third paper GEN 85: The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Physical Activity Links to Healthcare Costs and Productivity discusses the health costs and productivity losses that can be linked to human inactivity in suburban living. The savings in transport and infrastructure for 1000 dwellings are in the order of $86 million up-front for infrastructure and $250 million for annualised transportation costs over 50 years.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-429022017-01-30T15:02:57Z The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation Trubka, Roman Newman, Peter Bilsborough, D. urban planning urban sprawl transport greenfield redevelopment infrastructure This is one of three companion papers taken from a study that assesses the comparative costs of urban redevelopment with the costs of greenfield development. This paper shows that substantial costs could be saved in infrastructure and transport if urban redevelopment became the focus. The second paper GEN 83: The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Predicting Transport Greenhouse Gases from Urban Form Parameters assesses how these different urban typologies perform with respect to greenhouse gases. The third paper GEN 85: The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Physical Activity Links to Healthcare Costs and Productivity discusses the health costs and productivity losses that can be linked to human inactivity in suburban living. The savings in transport and infrastructure for 1000 dwellings are in the order of $86 million up-front for infrastructure and $250 million for annualised transportation costs over 50 years. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42902 Royal Australian Institute of Architects restricted
spellingShingle urban planning
urban sprawl
transport
greenfield
redevelopment
infrastructure
Trubka, Roman
Newman, Peter
Bilsborough, D.
The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title_full The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title_fullStr The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title_full_unstemmed The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title_short The Costs of Urban Sprawl - Infrastructure and Transportation
title_sort costs of urban sprawl - infrastructure and transportation
topic urban planning
urban sprawl
transport
greenfield
redevelopment
infrastructure
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42902