A Narrative Literature Review
What Is the Ideal Density for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Growth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21633752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalia Bliznina (0000-0003-3345-7229, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1167-1186 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Policy Debate (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-1482 • E-ISSN: 2152-050X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10511482.2021.1950801 |
| OpenAlex | W3193428471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 76 |
Urban growth in the form of sprawl became a global planning problem in the 20th century. High urbanization rates in combination with low-density zoning regulations put additional pressure on growing cities. Sprawl continues to generate negative social, environmental, and economic impacts. The results of 20 studies presented in this narrative review, which observe the change in urban form over time, indicate that the current urban growth form is sprawl. Compact urban form is considered a sustainable form of urban growth in the literature. The results of 10 studies on the correlation between the urban form and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions show that densification without provision of adequate access to public transportation will induce more traffic, congestion, and associated CO2 emissions. The ideal density is subject to adequate access to public transportation—that is, mass transit-supportive density. Environmentally sustainable densities cannot deliver detached housing as a housing mode in many countries. International agreements on CO2 emissions should be translated and implemented at the metropolitan and municipal levels of governance via tools that have statutory powers. Statutory instruments such as planning schemes, building codes, and planning and environmental acts incorporating precinct-sustainable assessment systems (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE, and Green Star) provide the opportunity to endorse sustainable density objectives
Business · Civil engineering · Compact city · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Growth management · Land use · Political science · Precinct · Public transport · Smart growth · Statutory law · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Transit-oriented development · Transport engineering · Urban density · Urban planning · Urban sprawl · Urbanization · Zoning · Engineering · Environmental Science · Impact of Light on Environment and Health · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Transport and Accessibility
World urbanization prospects
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Effects of changing population or density on urban carbon dioxide emissions
Urban sprawl
The influence of urban form on GHG emissions in the U.S. household sector
Measuring Urban Form
Are European cities becoming dispersed?
A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion
Relationship between urban form and CO2 emissions
Sanra—a scale for the quality assessment of narrative review articles
Fragmentation and Sprawl
Suitability criteria for measures of urban sprawl
Compact City and Urban Sprawl
Global typology of urban energy use and potentials for an urbanization mitigation wedge
Patterns of Eastern European urbanisation in the mirror of Western trends – Convergent, unique or hybrid
Evaluating the effect of compact urban form on air quality in Korea
Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground
Building up or spreading out? Typologies of urban growth across 478 cities of 1 million
A global fingerprint of macro-scale changes in urban structure from 1999 to 2009
The Analysis of the Urban Sprawl Measurement System of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Based on Deep Learning and Neural Network Algorithm
Perspectives Emerged from Students and Supervisory Staff Interaction in Drug Use Prevention
CO 2 emissions, urbanisation and economic growth
Urban Form, Energy and the Environment
Urban sprawl, density, and accessibility
Does urbanization lead to less energy use and lower CO2 emissions? A cross-country analysis
Measuring Sprawl and Its Impacts
Does compact development increase or reduce traffic congestion
Zoning, TDRs and the density of development
A simple theory of smart growth and sprawl
Quantifying Urban Form
Policies to Control Urban Sprawl
Can low carbon city experiments transform the development regime
Do State Growth Management Regulations Reduce Sprawl
The Decline of Inner Suburbs
Compact, Dispersed, Fragmented, Extensive? A Comparison of Urban Growth in Twenty-five Global Cities using Remotely Sensed Data, Pattern Metrics and Census Information
Examining the Impacts of Urban Form on Air Pollution in Developing Countries
New Towns
Land-Use Dynamics beyond the American Urban Fringe
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |