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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A long-term archaeological reappraisal of low-density urbanism: Implications for contemporary cities |
Author: | Hawken, S. Fletcher, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Urban Archaeology, 2021; 3:29-50 |
Publisher: | Brepols |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISSN: | 2736-2426 2736-2434 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Scott Hawken and Roland Fletcher |
Abstract: | Dispersed, low-density urbanism has conventionally been considered as a unique consequence of industrialization and factors such as mechanized transport. Pre-industrial urbanism by contrast, has been perceived almost entirely in terms of compact densely inhabited cities with a strong differentiation between an urban and a rural populace. Evidence demonstrates, low-density settlements were a notable feature of the agrarian-urban world, especially in the tropics, and have been a characteristic of every known socio-economic system used by Homo sapiens. This paper situates past examples of large, low-density, dispersed urban settlements, with their long histories and their distinct patterns of growth and demise, in relation to contemporary low-density cities. This critical reappraisal of low-density, dispersed cities in the context of a long and culturally diverse urban past is signicant for addressing urban sustainability challenges. |
Keywords: | Low-density urbanism; comparative urbanism; cities; urban sustainability; dispersed urbanism; settlement archaeology; urban planning; urban archaeology |
Rights: | This is an open access article made available under a cc by-nc 4.0 International License. |
DOI: | 10.1484/J.JUA.5.123674 |
Published version: | http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503592237-1 |
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