Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth
Towns and cities are economic and social microcosms in which large numbers of people and firms interact. These interactions largely shape how a city looks, how it functions, and how it grows. But how exactly does this many-sided relationship work?...
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okr-10986-356842021-06-08T05:10:41Z Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth Lall, Somik Lebrand, Mathilde Park, Hogeun Sturm, Daniel Venables, Anthony CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN LAND MARKET URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN HOUSING URBAN PLANNING ECONOMIC DENSITY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DENSITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT Towns and cities are economic and social microcosms in which large numbers of people and firms interact. These interactions largely shape how a city looks, how it functions, and how it grows. But how exactly does this many-sided relationship work? What are the specific drivers of urban economic and spatial development? Pancakes to Pyramids brings us closer to answering these questions, beginning with an idealized contrast between two patterns of urban spatial growth. Pancakes are cities that grow outward and remain relatively low-built. Pyramids are cities that grow partly outward, but also partly inward and upward, filling vacant parcels and adding height to central districts to increase economic and residential densities. Both types of density can help cities overcome the challenges that come with population growth, and most urgently, evolving from a pancake into a pyramid, creating a platform with more options for controlling greenhouse gas emissions. This report draws on new evidence, econometric analysis, and predictive modeling to relate the economic growth of cities to their past spatial evolution, and to the possibility and conditions for future pyramidal growth. 2021-06-07T19:26:27Z 2021-06-07T19:26:27Z 2021-05-31 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/554671622446381555/City-Form-to-Promote-Sustainable-Growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35684 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy |
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CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN LAND MARKET URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN HOUSING URBAN PLANNING ECONOMIC DENSITY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DENSITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT |
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CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN LAND MARKET URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN HOUSING URBAN PLANNING ECONOMIC DENSITY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DENSITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT Lall, Somik Lebrand, Mathilde Park, Hogeun Sturm, Daniel Venables, Anthony Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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Towns and cities are economic and social
microcosms in which large numbers of people and firms
interact. These interactions largely shape how a city looks,
how it functions, and how it grows. But how exactly does
this many-sided relationship work? What are the specific
drivers of urban economic and spatial development? Pancakes
to Pyramids brings us closer to answering these questions,
beginning with an idealized contrast between two patterns of
urban spatial growth. Pancakes are cities that grow outward
and remain relatively low-built. Pyramids are cities that
grow partly outward, but also partly inward and upward,
filling vacant parcels and adding height to central
districts to increase economic and residential densities.
Both types of density can help cities overcome the
challenges that come with population growth, and most
urgently, evolving from a pancake into a pyramid, creating a
platform with more options for controlling greenhouse gas
emissions. This report draws on new evidence, econometric
analysis, and predictive modeling to relate the economic
growth of cities to their past spatial evolution, and to the
possibility and conditions for future pyramidal growth. |
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Lall, Somik Lebrand, Mathilde Park, Hogeun Sturm, Daniel Venables, Anthony |
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Lall, Somik Lebrand, Mathilde Park, Hogeun Sturm, Daniel Venables, Anthony |
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Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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Pancakes to Pyramids : City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth |
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pancakes to pyramids : city form to promote sustainable growth |
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