Bibby, P., Henneberry, J.M. orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-4957 and Halleux, J.-M. (2020) Under the radar? 'Soft' residential densification in England, 2001-2011. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47 (1). pp. 102-118. ISSN 0265-8135
Abstract
Urban compaction policies have been widely adopted in developed countries in pursuit of more sustainable cities. Compactness is achieved through a process of ‘densification’, of developing and using land and buildings more intensively. However, empirical evidence on the processes and outcomes of urban densification is lacking. The paper addresses this lacuna. It considers densification in England, a country that has long experience of applying policies of urban containment and consolidation; and one where new data sources allow the analysis of recent land use change at a level of detail not hitherto possible. In England between 2001 and 2011 the bulk of additional dwellings were accommodated within urban areas, increasing their density. Yet there were wide inter- and intra-regional variations in the pattern of densification: for example, in the contributions of large scale, formal development and of small scale, informal, gradual change – of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ densification – to the process. The significant differences in local experiences of densification that result raise major issues for policy.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Urban containment; urban densification; hard densification; soft densification |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number PLAN URBANISME CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTURE 1600024924 PLAN URBANISME CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTURE 1600024924 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2018 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2021 15:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/2399808318772842 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129769 |