Eco Eye
Higher density vs Urban Sprawl
S20 • E8 Feb 22, 2022 25m
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.