A Study on Smart Growth

DOI

10.2991/emcs-17.2017.35How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Smart growth; Four E's; Sustainable cities; AHP

Abstract

With the continued urban sprawl, numerous community planners promote the idea of smart growth, an approach to direct development in a long-range, sustainable way. Combining the concepts of the three E's of sustainability and 10 accepted principles, we put forward our theory of four E's of sustainability. First, we formulate a metric to measure smart growth of a city. We determine the weights of four E's and initiatives via AHP. Then, we score plan policies according to how specific the initiative states in words. Finally, we sum them up by weight, getting the aggregate score of a plan. Then, we choose Jia Yuguan in China and Long Beach in the United States for further study. We find the policies dealing with economic prosperity score higher in Jia Yuguan. And the policies in Long Beach fund for solving housing problems seem to be more effective. Finally, on a basis of the geography, expected growth rates, and economic chances, we propose new growth plans with the detailed reason. With our metric, redesigned urban plans score higher than before, which validates that refined plans meet the smart growth to a larger extent. With the continued urban sprawl, numerous community planners promote the idea of smart growth, an approach to direct development in a long-range, sustainable way. Combining the concepts of the three E's of sustainability and 10 accepted principles, we put forward our theory of four E's of sustainability.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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