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High density living
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Living in tall buildings - what can London learn?
A brief outline of residential tall housing in London. -
Asian cities seeking to boost high density living by raising heights
A journal article that explains how different Asian cities are using tall buildings to increase housing density. -
Sustainability and living in a city
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.
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Detailed analysis of high density living in world cities and managing well-being.
Focus on wellbeing in the context of High Density Living : An Urban Planning Perspective -
Detailed report on high density living in Asia.
This 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.
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High density living in Singapore
Detailed report on high-density living in Singapore;
Ground and Elevated Public Spaces in Public Housing Precincts -
Detailed report on sustainable cities
The 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.
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Lessons learned from Singapore about high density cities
10 Principles for Liveable High-Density Cities
Lessons from Singapore
