Sustainable Population Growth in Low-Density Areas in a New Technological Era: Prospective Thinking on How to Support Planning Policies Using Complex Spatial Models

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 7; p. 221
• Main Author: Gomes, Eduardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI 01.07.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Cities; complex spatial models; Electric vehicles; Geography; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary subjects; Land settlement; land-use planning; low-density populated areas; Policies; populated areas; Population density; Population growth; Roads & highways; Rural areas; Suburban areas; Sustainability; Sustainable development; sustainable urban growth; technological era; Telecommuting; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban sprawl; Urbanization; PARIS team; ACL

Urban development is the result of the interaction between anthropogenic and environmental dimensions. From the perspective of its density, it ranges from high-density populated areas, associated with large cities that concentrate the main economic and social thrust of societies, to low-density popu...