TY  - CHAP
AU  - Frank van der Hoeven
ED  - Serafeim Polyzos
Y1  - 2012-03-30
PY  - 2012
T1  - Leidsche Rijn: Balancing the Compact City with the Randstad Motorway Network
N2  - Cities are growing as never before and nowadays, it is estimated that at least 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas. This trend is expected to continue and simultaneously the problems in urban areas are anticipated to have an increase. Urbanization constitutes a complex process involving problems with social, economic, environmental and spatial dimensions that need appropriate solutions. This book highlights some of these problems and discusses possible solutions in terms of organisation, planning and management. The purpose of the book is to present selected chapters, of great importance for understanding the urban development issues, written by renowned authors in this scientific field. All the chapters have been thoroughly reviewed and they cover some basic aspects concerning urban sustainability, urban sprawl, urban planning, urban environment, housing and land uses. The editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr Marius Minea in reviewing two chapters.
BT  - Urban Development
SP  - Ch. 2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/36615
DO  - 10.5772/36615
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -