ABSTRACT

This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners.

part |2 pages

Part One Compact Cities in the Context of Developing Countries Introduction

part |2 pages

Part Two Intensification, Urban Sprawl and the Peripheries Introduction

chapter |14 pages

The Inverted Compact City of Delhi

part |2 pages

Part Four Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Introduction