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Book
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Chapter
Complementarities and Contradictions
The final chapter addresses the key question which brings together the research presented in the book: to what extent and in what ways does urban form affect sustainability? It begins by recounting the elements o...
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Elements of Urban Form
This chapter provides a common platform for the research presented in this book and is divided into two parts. The first section examines the elements of urban form identified for the purposes of the research ...
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Issues and Concepts
There has been a considerable amount of research that defines and characterises the form of the sustainable city, and which urban forms may most affect sustainability. It is a complex issue. The physical dimen...
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Economic Viability
The arguments for sustainable cities are primarily couched in environmental and social rather than economic terms. Nevertheless the economics of cities is a central aspect of sustainability and a number of aut...