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Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?
Abstract
This paper considers some key issues that help to evaluate whether or not the promotion of compact cities is a worthwhile planning goal. These are: the pressures on prime agricultural land; residential density preferences; energy resource savings; the potential for expanding transit use and promoting TODs (transit-oriented developments); the costs and benefits of suburbanization; the efficiency gains from compactness; the impact of telecommunications on the density of development; the prospects for downtowns; the influence of rent-seeking on the promotion of downtown projects; the social equity of compactness; and the effects of competition among cities. Our evaluation of these issues does not support the case for promoting compact cities.
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- Authors
- Gordon, P., & Richardson, H. W.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1997-03-31
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 95-106
- ISSN
- 0194-4363 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0130
- OpenAlex
- W2072171930
- Cited by
- 1,159
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 56.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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