in the late decades of the 20th century, urban planners, due to the environmental worries arising from modernist urbanism looked for paradigms of new sustainable development regarding ideal city forms, since urban sprawl and horizontal expanse of cities lead to different socio–economic and structural disorders; therefore , during the recent decades , planners who are unanimously heading for sus...

Examples are given that show the relevance of concept a compact city at international level and in practice domestic urban planning, idea ??such publications. It is shown this can be criticized due to uncertainty weak scientific groundlessness its definitions. The author describes initial motives gave rise birth German planning as science, which led him forefront world beginning 20th century, f...

Despite the improvement made in controlling local air pollution, urban areas are undergoing increasing environmental pressures and poor air quality is one of the major concerns. Recently, much attention has focused on the relationship between urban form and sustainability. There are indications that the density and the overall shape of cities can have implications on street level ventilation an...