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The Compact City: Just or Just Compact? A Preliminary Analysis
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The aim of the research described in this paper is to examine the validity of the claims that higher-density urban form promotes social equity—that is, promotes benefits for the life-chances of low-income groups. Overall, the evidence suggests that, for medium-sized English cities, higher urban densities may be positive for some aspects of social equity and negative for others. More specifically, likely benefits include improved public transport, reduced social segregation and better access to facilities, while the main problems are likely to be reduced living space and a lack of affordable housing. Investigations of different aspects of density show that the cities that most support social equity appear to be those that have a large proportion of high-density housing.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burton, E.
- Venue
- Urban Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-10
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1969-2006
- ISSN
- 0042-0980 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-063X
- OpenAlex
- W2134915282
- Cited by
- 863
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 27.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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