While urban populations have doubled in recent years, their footprint has increased nearly five-fold and density levels dropped. Despite the popularity of the compact city model among policymakers, academics and planners, cities across the world continue to sprawl with little control. This panel discussion examined whether spatial planning policy can tame urban growth and what the impacts of urban form are, if any, on productivity, the environment and social inclusion.
Chair: Ricky Burdett (Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science)
Panelists:
Edgar Pieterse (Director of the African Centre for Cities)
Karen Seto (Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University)
Shlomo Angel ( Head of Urban Expansion Program, New York University)
Somik Lall (Urban and Territorial Development, Disaster Risk Management and Resilience, World Bank)
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