Eco Eye

Higher density vs Urban Sprawl (20x8)

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With spiralling house prices, an insatiable demand for new homes in urban and suburban areas, and a building boom set to try to meet this demand, the question is where and how to build. Dr Lara Dungan finds out whether it is possible to redesign communities to `'densify' and ensure good family living, or whether the pattern of more sprawl, which locks in car dependence and congestion, is irreversible.