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High density living
- Social Life. (2014). Living in tall buildings - what can London learn? Retrieved 15th May 2018 from http://www.social-life.co/blog/post/Living_in_tall_buildings/A brief outline of residential tall housing in London.
- Wall Street Journal. (2008). Asian cities seeking to boost high density living by raising heights. Retrieved 15th May 2018 from https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB978044006249361803A journal article that explains how different Asian cities are using tall buildings to increase housing density.
- Australian Design Review. (2016). Sustainability and living in a city. Retrieved 15th May 2018 https://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/sustainability-and-the-city-an-interview-with-richard-hassell/Richard Hassell, director of Singapore-based practice, WOHA – pioneer of sustainable, tall buildings – talks to AR magazine about liveability, high-rise in the tropics and a new book that explores both.
- Pomeroy, Jason. (n.d.). High density living in the Asian context. Retrieved 15th May 2018 from http://www.pomeroystudio.sg/uploads/wysiwyg/high%20density%20living.pdfThis paper seeks to consider high‐density living within the Asian context, particularly apt, given that some of the region’s cities have some of the highest urban densities in the world.
- Menz, Sacha. (2014). Public Space Evolution in High density living in Singapore. Retrieved 15th May 2018 from http://wohnforum.arch.ethz.ch/sites/default/files/dateien/fcl_booklet_final_0915_light.pdfDetailed report on high-density living in Singapore;
Ground and Elevated Public Spaces in Public Housing Precincts - Lehmann, S. (2016). Sustainable urbanism: towards a framework for quality and optimal density? Retrieved 15th May 2018 from https://futurecitiesenviro.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40984-016-0021-3The purpose of this article is to report first on an extreme case of hyper-density: the Kowloon Walled City (demolished in 1993), where 50,000 residents led a grim life in one of the most densely populated precincts in the world with intolerable sanitary conditions.
- Centre for Liveable Cities and Urban Land Institute. (2013). 10 Principals for liveable high density cities; lessons from Singapore. Retrieved 15th May 2918 from http://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/ULI-Documents/10PrinciplesSingapore.pdf10 Principles for Liveable High-Density Cities
Lessons from Singapore