Urban Form and Housing Density, Australian Cities and European Models: Copenhagen and Stockholm Reconsidered

Bamford, Greg

doi:10.1080/08111140903108572

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“…The urban forms and the status of green space and active mobility development will have an influence on achieving the suggested planning strategy. Copenhagen, as an example of compact cities (Bamford, 2009), consists of the dense and intensive street network, which can provide the opportunity to urban dwellers to choose the routes with perceived higher quality, in most of the case, referring to routes that are not accessible for motorized traffic and with greenery in the surrounding (Verhoeven et al, 2018). Therefore, the planning strategy suggested in this paper has the most potential in the cities with compact urban form, for example, Hong Kong.…”

Section: City Of Copenhagen (mentioning

confidence: 99%

Double-layered health benefits: green space as a Third Place for everyday active mobility trips

Liu

Maurer

Skov-Petersen

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The present paper addresses the timely need, across research and practice, to ask: how do we plan sustainable and healthier cities in a synergetic way for everyday life? Currently, urban dwellers are facing significant health challenges, especially physical inactivity. There is increasing awareness of the need to initiate active living strategies for urban dwellers to confront this challenge. Active mobility—walking and cycling—is the core of active living strategies and is promoted as both a type of physical activity and a mode of transport. However, uptake of active mobility faces many barriers, including lack of motivation and longer travel times. This paper unfolds the potential of green spaces as Third Places that can potentially counteract the challenges and in return, deliver double-layered health benefits. The sensory experiences provided by urban green spaces and associated health benefits have been largely investigated; yet, little is focused on how these experiences can be integrated as a part of daily living activities. This paper gives voice to everyday practice and discusses how these experiences can be utilized as planned motivations for the use of active mobility. This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge for future research and practice, and bring forward an open debate about healthier cities, which can bridge all related professions across urban sectors.

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Section: City Of Copenhagen (mentioning

confidence: 99%

Double-layered health benefits: green space as a Third Place for everyday active mobility trips

Liu

Maurer

Skov-Petersen

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Social evolution and population growth are highly complex dynamics; often the solution to manage these complex issues is to simply extend infrastructure (Bamford, 2009;Braby, 1989), rather than propose densification or radical reform of the existing urban forms (Guaralda & Kowalik, 2012;White, 2008). The early stages of Australian and American cities developed when urban sprawl was easily manageable (Guaralda, 2017).…”

Section: Traditional Walking City Versus Auto-dependent Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban walkability profiles in Brisbane

Hellberg

Guaralda

Rinchumphu

2021

IRSPSD International

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Walkability is considered a critical factor that has shaped pre-industrial cities, and today it is promoted as the central element to achieve sustainable urban design and resilient communities. This paper aims to identify walkability profiles specific to Brisbane, Australia, one of the Australasian region's fastestgrowing cities. The study seeks to understand if the specific urban conditions of Brisbane impact people's attitude towards walking. Data on Brisbane walkability have been collected through a quantitative methodology; findings reveal that Brisbane pedestrians walk an average of 28-35 minutes daily, covering a maximum of 3.3 kilometers. The research also indicates that age is not a critical factor influencing walking times or distances and that the movement speed for distances below 10 kilometers is comparable to the average of other transport modes (car and public transport). This research is a pilot study to understand Brisbane's walkability and to inform future research on sustainable urban design in the region.

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“…The central municipality, the City of Copenhagen (henceforth Copenhagen), had around 620,000 inhabitants in 2019 (source: https://www.statbank.dk/) and is growing with about 10,000 inhabitants every yeara growth which has been going on for more than two decades. However, during the 40 years prior to that, Copenhagen experienced a steep decrease in population, mainly caused by suburbanization, decay of inner-city areas and deindustrialization (Bamford 2009). The turn came in the 1990s with a new interest in inner-city locations for living and working and a new political focus on rehabilitating urban areas (Jørgensen and AErø 2008), including the decision to build the Øresund bridge and tunnel, the Copenhagen metro, an extension of the airport, various public and cultural institutions and the new urban district Ørestad.…”

Section: The Inner-city Focus and The Compact Mixed-use Development Approach In Copenhagen Before The Southern Harbour Regenerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study

Adelfio

Aguiar

Fertner

et al. 2021

International Planning Studies

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The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized 'best practices' that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and policy mobilities studies to examine the regeneration of Copenhagen's Southern Harbour (Sydhavn) wherein the compact city and New Urbanism ideals, together with a declared inspiration from Dutch architecture, were originally incorporated in the masterplan. Through the analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews, the paper illustrates how these idealsmerged as 'New Compactism'were mobilized and re-intepreted by local actors in Sydhavn. It thus adds to our understanding of how the circulation of such ideals is not a matter of implementation, but a complex social process of translation that entails struggle and transformation.

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Urban Form and Housing Density, Australian Cities and European Models: Copenhagen and Stockholm Reconsidered

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Double-layered health benefits: green space as a Third Place for everyday active mobility trips

Double-layered health benefits: green space as a Third Place for everyday active mobility trips

Urban walkability profiles in Brisbane

Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study

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