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Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution.

Deakin, Mark

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Abstract

Sustainable communities are seen as offering the opportunity to manage growth in plan-led and environmentally friendly patterns of settlement. The settlement model put forward and design solution for the development of sustainable communities in the South East Wedge of Edinburgh is examined. It is suggested that while the growth management strategy is clearly plan led, the degree to which the settlement model can be said to be environmentally friendly is questionable. Furthermore, it is suggested this is because the settlement model put forward for the development of sustainable communities in Edinburgh is unable to show whether the design solution advanced is ecologically sound; whether, in particular, the solution is ecologically sound and, because of this, efficient, not only in greening economic development, but also in making it financially viable for plan-led experiments of this kind to produce environmentally friendly patterns of settlement.

Citation

Deakin, M. (2003). Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution. Journal of Urban Design, 8(2), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574800306481

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2003-06
Deposit Date Apr 17, 2008
Print ISSN 1357-4809
Electronic ISSN 1469-9664
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 2
Pages 137-148
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13574800306481
Keywords Design; Urban Design; Human Geography; Urban Studies; Town planning; Housing; Ecology; Sustainability;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2035
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574800306481