{"pk":3556,"title":"Planning for Higher Residential Densities","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The purpose ofthis paper is to explore some ofthe reasons for suburban resistance to higher-density housing developments and to propose some policies which will address underlying concerns without sacrificing the density itself. Threecasesare examined where a parcel of land was developed amid existing singlfamily neighborhoods. Aside from opposition to socio­ economic and racial integration, the dominant concerns were the physical character of the new development-the size of the abuildings and the quality of construction and maintenance-and a fear of (overall) change in the physical character of the existing neighborhood.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Essays","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0p44f7kt","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"James","middle_name":"R.","last_name":"Bergdoll","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-07-26T00:56:29Z","date_accepted":"2012-07-26T00:56:29Z","date_published":"1991-07-25T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucb_crp_bpj/article/3556/galley/2313/download/"}]}