Granvik, Madeleine
- Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
Densification is today a popular strategy among planners and planning researchers to promote sustainable urban development. Some common arguments are that urban neighbourhoods with higher population den-sities can reduce car traffic and promote public transport, biking and walking – thereby reducing the environmental impact from transport. Densification is also presumed to provide a better economic basis for municipal services. The effects of densification has–however-seldom been evaluated and needs to be discussed in a nuanced and critical way. This paper discusses densification as a planning strategy mainly from a theoretical and conceptual point of view. Focus is on what kind of densification strategies and meanings that are to be found in differ-ent townscape areas in typical Swedish cities. We suggest a conceptual framework, developed from the main concept Functional Density.
Publicerad i
The Nordic Journal of Architectural Research
2012, volym: 24, nummer: 2, sidor: 29-46
SLU författare
Hedfors, Per
- Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
UKÄ forskningsämne
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42264