Denser living
Series: Urban Environment Today ; (132) 11 October 2001, 12-13(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Reports on the progress made by local authorities and developers towards meeting government housing density targets outlined in the revised PPG3. Identifies obstacles to achieving higher housing densities on brownfield land, such as public resistance to tower blocks and desire for spacious housing, the difficulty of financing innovative schemes, poor road layout, and poor quality social housing schemes. Emphasises the need for more specific regional planning guidance and concludes that the masterplanning process is crucial to the success of housing density schemes. Case studies on Glasgow's masterplanning and the redesign of road layouts to accomodate housing.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS64675 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 115320-1001 |
Reports on the progress made by local authorities and developers towards meeting government housing density targets outlined in the revised PPG3. Identifies obstacles to achieving higher housing densities on brownfield land, such as public resistance to tower blocks and desire for spacious housing, the difficulty of financing innovative schemes, poor road layout, and poor quality social housing schemes. Emphasises the need for more specific regional planning guidance and concludes that the masterplanning process is crucial to the success of housing density schemes. Case studies on Glasgow's masterplanning and the redesign of road layouts to accomodate housing.