This report argues that housing and planning policy should be governed by the proximity principle: the idea that compact cities, towns and villages produce the best social, economic and environmental outcomes. Proximity brings people and services closer together, reduces the need to travel and uses less land and energy. Before the development of modern transport, proximity was achieved automatically. Today, it can be achieved with careful planning and intervention by government.
Housing
The Proximity Principle
Why we are living too far apart
The Proximity Principle
- Report
- A4, 32pp
- May 2008
- PDF: The Proximity Principle
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