@techreport{1b97258274f247b7bd5b690e145f4b8a,
title = "Geddes Institute Studies in Sustainable Planning: Tayplan Area",
keywords = "Pilot study, Sustainable planning, Strategic development plans, Scotland, Housing densities, Montage",
author = "Lorens Holm and Cameron McEwan and Kaissa Tait and Krisztina Meszoly and \{Geddes Institute for Urban Research\}",
note = "This project is a pilot study for research in sustainable planning in Scotland, with a particular focus on sustainable housing development. We have an opportunity to collaborate with European partners in Spain, Hungary, and Norway, and hence to broaden the scope to a European-wide study of sustainable development. It is almost universally recognised that the quality of our natural and built environment is under pressure from population growth and the market forces that determine most decisions concerning development. In order to accommodate its growing population, the Scottish Government has plans to build 35,000 new houses per year over the next 10 years, which at present densities would cover an area the size of Edinburgh. It is also recognised that there is a critical need to identify and adopt sustainable strategies for development in order to address this pressure. Additionally, there have been recent changes in planning law and recent publication of Government planning policy documents calling for sustainable development that maintains and protects the qualities of the natural and built environment. dc.description.sponsorship: School of Architecture, University of Dundee British Council, IAESTE UK dc.ispartof: Geddes Institute Papers;2 ",
year = "2009",
month = jul,
language = "English",
publisher = "Geddes Institute for Urban Research",
number = "2",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Geddes Institute for Urban Research",
}