Table 1
Articles in this special issue ‘Urban Densification’, Buildings and Cities (2021), 2(1); guest editor Jacques Teller.
| AUTHORS | TITLE | DOI |
|---|---|---|
| J. Teller | Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used? (Editorial) | 10.5334/bc.123 |
| B. Giddings & R. Rogerson | Compacting the city centre: densification in two Newcastles | 10.5334/bc.74 |
| G. Schiller, A. Blum, R. Hecht, H. Oertel, U. Ferber & G. Meinel | Urban infill development potential in Germany: comparing survey and GIS data | 10.5334/bc.69 |
| F. Kostourou | Housing growth: impacts on density, space consumption and urban morphology | 10.5334/bc.75 |
| N. Martino, C. Y. Girling & Y. Lu | Urban form and liveability: socioeconomic and built environment indicators | 10.5334/bc.82 |
| D. Godoy-Shimizu, P. Steadman & S. Evans | Density and morphology: from the building scale to the city scale | 10.5334/bc.83 |
| N. Livingstone, S. Fiorentino & M. Short | Planning for residential ‘value’? London’s densification policies and impacts | 10.5334/bc.88 |
| J. Rinkinen, E. Shove & M. Smits | Conceptualising urban density, energy demands and social practice | 10.5334/bc.72 |
| S. Angel, P. Lamson-Hall & Z. Gonzalez Blanco | Anatomy of density: measurable factors that constitute urban density | 10.5334/bc.91 |
| X. Li & M. Sunikka-Blank | Urban densification and social capital: neighbourhood restructuring in Jinan, China | 10.5334/bc.70 |
| J. Teller | Urban density and Covid-19: towards an adaptive approach | 10.5334/bc.89 |
| M. Berghauser Pont, P. Haupt, P. Berg, V. Alstäde & A. Heyman | Systematic review and comparison of densification effects and planning motivations | 10.5334/bc.125 |
Table 2
Overview of the articles in this special issue ‘Urban Densification’: their focus, drivers and effects.
| AUTHORS | SCOPE | MAIN DRIVERS | MAIN EFFECTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURE | PURPOSE | SCALE | PROCESS | EXPECTED | OBSERVED | ||
| J. Teller (Editorial) | Functional/structural | Descriptive/normative | Multiscale | – | – | Multifactorial | Multifactorial |
| B. Giddings & R. Rogerson | Functional/structural | Normative | Metro area | Hard versus soft densification | Policies | City attractiveness | Studentification, lack of affordability |
| G. Schiller, A. Blum, R. Hecht, H. Oertel, U. Ferber and G. Meinel | Structural | Normative | Country | Soft densification | Policies | No-net land take | – |
| F. Kostourou | Structural | Descriptive | Building | Soft densification | Micro-decisions | Affordability | Adaptability |
| N. Martino, C. Y. Girling & Y. Lu | Structural | Descriptive | Neighborhood | – | – | – | Urban liveability |
| D. Godoy-Shimizu, P. Steadman & S. Evans | Structural | Descriptive | From building to metro area | – | Evolution of building typologies | – | Energy use |
| N. Livingstone, S. Fiorentino & M. Short | Structural | Normative | Site level | Hard densification | Policies/real estate/finance | Value capture | Lack of affordability |
| J. Rinkinen, E. Shove & M. Smits | Functional/structural | Normative | Housing unit | Hard densification | Policies/real estate/finance | – | Social practices/urban metabolism |
| S. Angel, P. Lamson-Hall & Z. Gonzalez Blanco | Functional/structural | Descriptive/normative | Metro area | – | – | – | – |
| X. Li & M. Sunikka-Blank | Functional/structural | Intention | Site level | Hard densification | Policies/real estate/finance | Slum cleaning | Reduced social capital |
| J. Teller | Functional | Descriptive | From county to country level | – | – | – | Urban health |
| M. Berghauser Pont, P. Haupt, P. Berg, V. Alstäde & A. Heyman | Functional/structural | Descriptive/normative | Multiscale | – | – | Multifactorial | Multifactorial |