Configurations And Urban Sustainability
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
72
Pages
10
Published
2004
Size
526 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/SC040411
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A. van Nes
Abstract
How can urban sustainability be described scientifically? Or can it be described at all? So far, it is problematic due to the lack of well-defined concepts. This lack is one of the problems many authors face when making proposals on how sustainable development in cities can be understood and achieved. The compact city model is proposed in order to encourage sustainable ways of living. It will conclude that urban compactness can best be approached from a configurable point of view, due to the fact that compactness is a topological term. The answers might result in an understanding of the manner in which the configuration of an urban grid generates movement and visibility, and of how it influences a balanced dispersal of economic and social activities. Keywords: urban sustainability, compact cities, street grid, spatial configuration, loc
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