Project SherlockEst. Knowledge

Paper

2010

Travel and the Built Environment: A Meta-Analysis

Reid Ewing & Robert Cervero

A meta-analysis of dozens of studies finding that residential density, land-use mix and pedestrian-friendly design measurably reduce driving, giving planners a quantified basis for arguing built form changes travel behaviour.

No free copy is linked yet — expect to buy or borrow this one elsewhere.

Groundwork for

Works in the library that name this one as a prerequisite.

Measuring Sprawl 2014Reid Ewing & Shima Hamidi, 2014Builds a composite sprawl index from density, land-use mix, activity centring and street connectivity for hundreds of U.S. metropolitan areas, and finds residents of the most compact metros have measurably better odds of upward economic mobility.

Filed under Urban Design & Planning in Architecture & Built Environment.