Sustainable urban development indicators in Great Britain from 2001 to 2016

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Current planning strategies promoting suburbanisation, land use zoning and low built-up density areas tend to increase the environmental footprint of cities. In last decades, international local government plans are increasingly targeted at making urban more sustainable. Urban structure has been proved be an important factor guiding smart growth policies that promote sustainable environments improve neighbourhood social cohesion. This paper draws on a series unique historical datasets obtained from Ordnance Survey, covering largest British over 15 years (2001–2016) develop set twelve indicators composite Sustainable Development Index quantitatively measure assess key built environment features their relative change compared other each point in time based regular 1 km2 grids. The results show there is sustainability around city centres identify primary feature driving these improvements was walkable spaces.

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عنوان ژورنال: Landscape and Urban Planning

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1872-6062', '0169-2046']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104148