How to stop the urban sprawl
Series: RICS Business ; October 2004, 20-22(3)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Looks at the value of higher-density development as a means of limiting the effects of addressing the lack of housing supply through extensive house building and preserving the UK's scarce land resources. Government has chosen to solve the supply problem by increasing house building targets. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned that the new house building will go beyond the approved brownfield sites and encroach onto greenfield areas. RICS endorsed the community benefit of higher-density schemes in its final recommendations to the Barker review and CPRE agrees that there is much scope for new developments to be built at higher densities. RICS sees the importance of overcoming negative public perceptions of these schemes and summarises a range of views on how to make them happen. Provides two case studies. View the article at www.rics.org.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS68347 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 127731-1001 |
Looks at the value of higher-density development as a means of limiting the effects of addressing the lack of housing supply through extensive house building and preserving the UK's scarce land resources. Government has chosen to solve the supply problem by increasing house building targets. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned that the new house building will go beyond the approved brownfield sites and encroach onto greenfield areas. RICS endorsed the community benefit of higher-density schemes in its final recommendations to the Barker review and CPRE agrees that there is much scope for new developments to be built at higher densities. RICS sees the importance of overcoming negative public perceptions of these schemes and summarises a range of views on how to make them happen. Provides two case studies. View the article at www.rics.org.