Clarifying and re-conceptualising density

Boyko, Christopher T.; Cooper, Cary L.

doi:10.1016/j.progress.2011.07.001

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“…In the context of multiple win-win claims for density to what extent do planners seek to balance the benefits and dis-benefits of higher density development in practice? One appeal of density is its apparent simplicity, it is offered as an independent variable (Boyko & Cooper 2011), which will deliver a series of benefits. In England, lower density development has been the tradition and so higher density living required a cultural shift on the part of developers (Karadimitriou 2013) and potential residents (Allen & Blandy 2004).…”

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Coordinating density; working through conviction, suspicion and pragmatism

Holman

Mace

Paccoud

et al. 2015

Progress in Planning

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Coordinating density; working through conviction, suspicion and pragmatism

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Paccoud

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Progress in Planning

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“…Three main characteristics define a compact city: dense and proximate development patterns, urban areas linked by transportation, and accessibility to local services (OECD, 2012). Boyko and Cooper (2011) have explored definitions of densification and methods of measuring the density of cities. They propose an extensive comparison between densification and sprawl approaches in terms of mobility, land use, social equity, green spaces, energy, and their physical advantages and disadvantages.…”

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A methodology to determine the potential of urban densification through roof stacking

Amer

Mustafà

Teller

et al. 2017

Sustainable Cities and Society

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HIGHLIGHTS Seven approaches present solutions for urban densification  Successful roof stacking requires integrating urban, engineering and architectural aspects  European cities have a great potential to be densified through roof stacking  30% of the population increase could be covered by roof stacking in Brussels ABSTRACTFacing the need to accommodate a growing number of inhabitants in major European cities, this research aimed to establish a methodology that facilitates decision making on urban densification through roof stacking.The methodology adopts a systematic approach on three consecutive levels: urban, engineering, and social.Multiple criteria are identified to assess and map the roof stacking potential in terms of location and number of added floors. The Brussels Capital Region was chosen as a case study to experiment with the developed workflow chart and validate the proposed approach, using ArcGIS software, by creating a map of the urban densification potential through roof stacking of Brussels at the city scale. The results show a realistic potential of accommodating 30% of the expected population increase in Brussels by the year 2040 using only roof stacking, provided that the current urban regulations are respected. In addition, a theoretical potential to accommodate more than the expected population increase by the same year is proposed provided that urban planning regulations are relaxed in relation to the height of buildings. Further applications to other cities in 2 Europe would help create additional opportunities to develop an automated tool for estimating such potentials on a wider scope.

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“…Greater differences in the appearance of others generate more weariness, and generally higher density may lead to "overload" and correspond to more unhelpful behaviors (Bell 1996 p. 380). Density is a complex concept, with many definitions and characterizations and many factors linked to it; hence the suggestion that it should be studied using both "hard" quantitative measures and "soft" qualitative and contextual ones (Boyko and Cooper 2011).Densification, which now seems widely accepted as a pathway to deal with both urbanization and environmental challenges, is a delicate subject, and one that causes great debate in planning and design. Whilst this might seem the ideal, if not the only, path ahead for policymakers and professionals, there is still significant cultural resistance to it, especially in certain areas where the "suburban dream" remains widely embedded in collective images and values.…”

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Urban Design and Quality of Life

Rómice

Thwaites

Porta

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Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research

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This chapter deals with those aspects of the design of cities that have been shown to affect quality of life. Whilst direct causal relationships between physical space and well-being are often difficult to establish, physical space certainly does play a significant part in shaping the way we engage with it, informing the individual and collective sense of attachment to our own environment; this will become increasingly important, with the urbanization process predicted to grow, a significant part of which in conditions of informality. The aim of this chapter is to gather relevant and recent research that highlights advances in the study of the reciprocal effect between urban form and urban life and use this to compile an agenda for future thinking, research and practice in the field of socially sustainable urban design.The thrust of this agenda is centered on the concept of control. Since urbanization is an ongoing phenomenon and life in cities is now the norm for the vast majority of people, the traditional role of design needs to be reconsidered to give way to more collaborative and flexible forms of conceptualization, creation, occupation and management of space. This is important in order to relieve pressure on land and institutions, and instill an overall proactive and reciprocal attitude towards space itself, and space as a form of collective and social life.The chapter will highlight that urban quality of life rests on four core themes of: material well-being; emotional and personal development; interpersonal relationships; and physical well-being. These themes provide an organizational framework for exploration of how they are manifest at the metropolitan, neighbourhood and pedestrian levels of scale. KeywordsCities, urban form, control, urban design, quality of life, metropolitan scale, neighbourhood scale, pedestrian scale. Email author OutlineFrom an overview on recent trends in urbanization, we will introduce the notion of control as a key to read the following text and in particular we will: 1. contextualize the concept of control in relation to the fields of both quality of life (QoL) and urban form. In fact, the literature in both domains shows that there is a mutually reciprocal relationship between aspects of quality of life and urban spatial structure; 2. review established and recent research on the relationships between QoL and urban form, structured around metropolitan, neighborhood and pedestrian scales, which illustrates the centrality of control in shaping our cities and allowing quality of life to be fulfilled within them; 3. propose a conceptual framework for socio-spatial urban design, which is sensitive to the relative importance of predictive/structural and loose/flexible urban elements in the production and management of urban space, and their critical role in affording their users a sense of control; 4. suggest the need for a reconceptualization of city form away from an assemblage of material and spatial elements towards a more integrated sense of a city as a mutually d...

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Clarifying and re-conceptualising density

Cited by 205 publications

References 175 publications

Coordinating density; working through conviction, suspicion and pragmatism

Coordinating density; working through conviction, suspicion and pragmatism

A methodology to determine the potential of urban densification through roof stacking

Urban Design and Quality of Life

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