ALBUQUERQUE: Communities ‘misplaced’ fixation on apartments risks squeezing out other types of housing that might make for a better city, a new study into the population and housing density shows.
A mix of terraces, semi-detached houses and even walk-up apartments was found to be the most sustainable and effective way of supporting areas of high population.
A property market driving a shift towards apartment living risked becoming a ‘one-dimensional’ city if residential high-rise was seen as the only way to build more compact suburbs, said the report…