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Sustainable development is an integral aspect of the design of future societies (Pirouz et al., 2020). Thus, with sustainability in mind, debates surrounding desirable densities have started worldwide (Boyko and Cooper, 2013). Most of the developed countries have agreed on the ‘sustainability-as-density’concept (Quastel et al., 2012). Many researchers have mentioned the benefits of high density for sustainable development in urban areas (Jabareen, 2006; Bramley and Power, 2009; Dempsey, 2012). High density allows proximity to work, access to facilities, encourages mass transport, makes urban areas economically viable, and is conducive to the growth of socially active places.

Countries such as the United States (Muñiz and Garcia-López, 2019), United Kingdom (Raman, 2010), Australia (Haarhoff et al., 2016) have accepted highdensity planning policies for the sustainable development of their cities. Hence, new policy reforms include measures that involve the compaction and intensification of urban areas, both of which can increase population density, and actions to prevent repercussions on the surrounding environment (Ewing and Cervero, 2010). Such measures safeguard agricultural land, forest land, water resources, and other components by limiting the spread of cities and urban sprawl.