Based on 4 years of research for the EPSRC-funded Urban Futures project, Rachel Cooper and Christopher Boyko (with Roger Whitham) have written a short book about density for practitioners. The book aims to support decision-makers in urban environment who deal with, and consider, spatial density in their everyday practice as well as policymakers interested in thinking more broadly about density and its impacts.
The book is divided into four sections:
- Study one: The dimensions of density
- Study two: How people think about density
- Study three: Density and decision-making
- Study four: Future-proofing ‘sustainability solutions’ relating to density
A final conclusions section points out what decision-makers can do to help better design, plan and manage urban environments.
Christopher Boyko
Rachel Cooper