Designing High-Density Cities: For Social and Environmental Sustainabi
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Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urb
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Frontiers Designing for social interaction in high-density housing: A multiple case analysis of recently completed design-led developments in London
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High Density Housing: What Is It & How Does It Affect Multifamily?
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Densification with Quality of Urban Life by Lars Grenaker - Issuu
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博客來-Designing High-Density Cities: For Social and Environmental Sustainability
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Understanding and Quantifying Urban Density Toward more Sustainable City Form
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