The compact city is globally acknowledged as the most adequate urban model to encourage
sustainable urban development. Its validity is often assumed, despite the lack of clarity on …

The compact city concept remains a key policy response to multiple societal challenges.
Based on theoretical and empirical research, this article seeks to a) develop a systemic …

The compact city is one of the leading paradigms of sustainable urbanism. Compact city
planning and development has, over the last 30 years or so, been the preferred response to …

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 …

Compact cities are promoted in policy as a response to current societal challenges, but it is
unclear or ambiguous what qualities or benefits a compact city is supposed to deliver. The …

Compact city policy applications are expanding rapidly worldwide, and so is research on the
topic. This review sampled 92 publications from the last 5 years mentioning this model in …

The compact city has garnered significant attention from researchers in academia,
particularly in recent years, due to its relevance to various global challenges, such as …

Barcelona is an interesting living laboratory for studying the role of the local scale in urban
planning. Since the early stages of what is known as the Barcelona Model (1979–1994) …

It is of general consensus that last decades have brought deep transformations into the
spatial organization of cities. Beyond the changes in demographics and population density …

This article asserts the importance of studying small cities. We argue that small cities have
been ignored by urban theorists who, in seeking to conceptualize broad urban agendas and …