Ricky BurdettLondon School of Economics

Squeezing the Middle?Housing & Urban Neighbourhoods

Urban Age NYC 26 Feb 2005Ricky Burdett

•Density/complexity •Continuity/urban grain•Uses/regulation•Affordable housing/matrix of possibilities

Density Comparison Central London - Manhattan

51.6 km²area

422,000 residents

1,398,000 workplaces

82 pers./hapopulation density

54 km²area

1,537,000 residents

2,060,000 workplaces

284 pers./hapopulation density

The five case study areas

Bensham ManorCroydon

‘Rough suburbia’

111 pers./ha

43 unit/ha

ClissoldHackney

‘Multi-cultural village’

148 pers./ha

67 unit/ha

FerndaleLambeth

‘Brixton buzz’

151 pers./ha

66 unit/ha

TownHammersmith & Fulham

‘Urban village’

153 pers./ha

71 unit/ha

Green Street EastNewham

‘Asian Enclave’

176 pers./ha

54 unit/ha

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MORI Results – Levels of Dissatisfaction/Satisfaction

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280dphdwellings per hectare

Clissold, London Borough of Hackney

148 pers./ha

67 units/ha

Town, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

153 pers./ha

71 units/ha