The Density Multiplier: A Response to Mees

Density debates are highly emotional; it seems to cause many people in transport policy to go into a rage. We have often been the focus of these rages and in recent times Paul Mees has begun suggesting that we are part of a 'density delusion‘ (Mees, 2009). This article attempts to show why we must take density seriously.

• Record URL:
  https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/13527614
• Authors:
  • Newman, Peter
  • Kenworthy, Jeff
• Publication Date: 2011-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 32-44
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Population density; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Urban development
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01361556
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 27 2012 1:26PM