LEADER 04658oam 2200601M 450 001 9910780379503321 005 20240102235716.0 010 $a1-135-80389-7 010 $a1-135-80390-0 010 $a1-280-03223-5 010 $a9786610032235 010 $a0-203-47862-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171775 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062752 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL3223 035 $a(OCoLC)304072262 035 $a(OCoLC)793588549 035 $a(OCoLC-P)793588549 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203478622 035 $a(CKB)111087027089054 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027089054 100 $a20040202j20001214 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCompact Cities $eSustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2000$aBoulder $cNetLibrary, Incorporated [distributor] 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 356 p.) $cill 311 $a1-138-13205-5 311 $a0-419-25130-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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. 330 8 $aAnnotation$bThis collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners. 606 $aSociology, Urban$zDeveloping countries 606 $aCities and towns$xGrowth 606 $aCity planning$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSustainable development$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aSociology, Urban 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth. 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aSustainable development 676 $a711.4091724 700 $aJenks$b Michael H.$01583097 702 $aBurgess$b Rod 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780379503321 996 $aCompact Cities$93865926 997 $aUNINA