Effective Urban Densification - A Guide for Professionals and the Housing Industry

The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities. Advancing a novel formula labelled BAAKFIL, this book introduces a new way of thinking about affordability and revitalization of neighbourhoods and communities.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Problem 3. BAAKFIL 4. BAAKFIL Business Model 5. BAAKFIL Design Tool-kit 6. Demonstration Projects 7. Conclusion Author's Notes and Index

About the author

Barry Johns is a Canadian Architect who began his career with Arthur Erickson in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a former Chancellor of the College of Fellows, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. His award-winning design practice in Edmonton, Alberta was founded in 1981.

Summary

The housing crisis confronts two of North America’s contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities. Advancing a novel formula labelled BAAKFIL, this book introduces a new way of thinking about affordability and revitalization of neighbourhoods and communities.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Johns, Johns Barry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032540252
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254025-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, North America, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Politics & government, Urban & municipal planning, Property & real estate, Environmental Management, Politics and government, urban economics, North America (USA and Canada), Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Housing & homelessness, Property and real estate, Housing and homelessness, Regional / urban economics