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The inverse relationship between the compactness index and CO2 emissions in our study suggest that less fragmented and compact cities emit less CO2 from the passenger transportation sector than the sprawled cities.
Suburban sprawl or compact cities?
We know how to make windmills and bicycles, compact cities and compact fluorescents.
Contemporary urban planning is often oriented towards encouraging compact cities and the prevention of sprawl.
Compact cities have been attributed to lower per capita energy use.
What about surströmming (who doesn't like pickled herring?); Stockholm, one the world's most beautiful, compact cities; and Stieg Larsson?
Its guidelines have encouraged more compact cities and protected farmland and forests, but their inflexibility has stirred resentment.
Of course with the anticipated rate of urbanisation and population expansion, compact cities mean much denser cities.
More compact cities have higher densities, while cities that sprawl and have wide open spaces between buildings have lower densities.
Compact cities like London, Paris or Copenhagen require far fewer car journeys than those with sprawling suburbs.
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Sieverts is also known for his 1997 book Zwischenstadt - on the evolution of once-compact cities into diffuse webs of development clusters and all that means for society - and its 2003 English translation, Cities Without Cities (Rutledge).
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