Compactification of cities, ie, the opposite of urban sprawl, has been increasingly presented
in the literature as a possible solution to reduce the carbon footprint and promote the …

Many scholars and planners emphasise the role of compact cities in sustainable urban
development. Compact urban form is seen as a way to encourage people, for example, to …

This article presents a comparative accessibility study between a real city and its redraft as a
Garden City. The benchmarking methodology involves defining and evaluating a location …

In the last twenty years or so there has been an increasing interest in how the form of cities–
eg their densities, size, building forms, configurations and layouts-can contribute to their …

The transformation of single family home settlements is a central issue in the search for a
more sustainable city. This residential model remains very popular among middle class …

The present study analyses changing commuting patterns according to settlement
characteristics in Athens' Metropolitan Area (AMA). The aim is to contribute to the policy …

The effects of urban sprawl have been well documented, particularly regarding energy
consumption. Suburban neighbourhoods are known to be energy inefficient and urban …

The compact city has become a leading concept in the planning of peri-urban areas. The
compact city concept is often advocated as “sustainable” because of claims that include …

The aspects of sustainability, to date, emerge as a central theme within the plethora of
definitions of the Smart City. In the current debate, the awareness that ICT is only one of the …

Multiple previous studies at international level have examined the effects of land use
policies regarding to sustainability, and particularly devoted to the induced private car …