The 'compact city'is generally considered to represent a sustainable urban form. However,
transformation of urban sites as consequence of compact city planning potentially conflicts …

Urban policy is an increasingly important policy domain in international and national
agendas, intended to cope with the complexity of urban problems. The use of integral …

Denmark's private non-profit housing (almene boliger) sector provides affordable housing
and social housing and is capable of being self-governing and self-financing. We examine …

Whilst the political rhetoric of social mix has been similar across countries, asymmetries in
their housing and planning systems and institutions owing to dissimilar underlying values …

It is well known that welfare states ensure a certain level of social protection affecting levels
of well‐being and the extent of inequalities in society. Changes within crucial domains of …

Urban sustainability has been used to cover multiple aspects of urban development. Terms
related to sustainability have been generously used to advance ubiquitous and hard-to …

Urbanisation, urban growth and planning in the Copenhagen Metropolitan Region with
reference studies from Europe and the USA 87% of the Danish population lives in urban …

Transforming energy use in cities to address the threats of climate change and resource
scarcity is a major challenge in urban development. This study takes stock of the state of …

The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as
transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized 'best practices' that are simply …

This chapter discusses urban policy and its contribution to social sustainability in Nordic
cities while simultaneously recognising two difficulties in this endeavour. It introduces the …