Compact cities : sustainable urban forms for developing countries / edited by Mike Jenks and Rod Burgess.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jenks, M. (Michael)

Burgess, Rod.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--Developing countries.

Sociology, Urban.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

City planning--Developing countries.

City planning.

Sustainable development--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 356 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, c2000.

Summary:

This new book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of contributors.

Contents:

Introduction Sustainable Urban Form in Developing Countries?

Part One Compact Cities in the Context of Developing Countries

Introduction

The Compact City Debate: A Global Perspective

Compact Cities in Developing Countries: Assessment and Implications

Compact City Policies for Megacities: Core Areas and Metropolitan Regions

The Regional Dimension of the Compact City Debate: Latin America

The Agricultural Consequences of Compact Development: The Case of Asian Cities

The Need for Compact Development in the Fast-Growing Areas of China: The Pearl River Delta

The Sustainable City as Metaphor: Urban Environmentalism in Medelln, Colombia

A High-Density 'Instant' City: Pudong in Shanghai

Urban Climate and Compact Cities in Developing Countries

Part Two Intensification, Urban Sprawl and the Peripheries

Can Urban Management Deliver the Sustainable City? Guided Densification in Brazil versus Informal Compactness in Egypt

City Expansion Policy versus Compact City Demand: The Case of Dhaka

The Inverted Compact City of Delhi

Views from the Urban Fringe: Habitat, Quality of Life and Gender in Santiago, Chile

Minimising the Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl: Towards a Strategy for Brazil

Rethinking the Compact City: Informal Urban Development in Caracas

Part Three Responses to Compaction at High and Low Densities

The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities

Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Compact Cities in South Africa

From Fragmentation to Compaction? The Case of Durban, South Africa

High-Rise and High-Density Compact Urban Form: The Development of Hong Kong

The Compact City of Hong Kong: A Sustainable Model for Asia?

Part Four Transport, Infrastructure and Environment

Transport Dilemmas in Dense Urban Areas: Examples from Eastern Asia

Bangkok Mass Transit Development Zones

Bulk Engineering Services: Costs and Densities

Compact City Environmental Strategies: Calcutta's Urban Ecosystem

Spatial Analysis of Urban Sustainability: Tainan City, Taiwan

Energy Use and Household Income: A Developing Country Perspective

Conclusion The Appropriateness of Compact City Concepts to Developing Countries

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-80389-7

1-135-80390-0

1-280-03223-5

9786610032235

0-203-47862-2

9780203478622

OCLC:

304072262