Alan Perkins

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Alan Perkins

Conference paper

Transport, housing and urban form: the life cycle transport and housing impact of city centre apartments compared with suburban dwellings

30 Nov 2007

Alan Perkins,

Stephen Hamnett,

Stephen Pullen,

Rocco Zito,

David Trebilcock

3rd State of Australian Cities National Conference, 28-30 November 2007, Adelaide, Australia

Life cycle analysis is used to calculate the total transport and housing energy and emissions from a sample of 41 households in seven apartment buildings in Adelaide. The study builds on previous research which calculated the life cycle energy and emissions from a sample of...

Conference paper

How significant an influence is urban form on city energy consumption for housing and transport?

5 Dec 2003

Alan Perkins

1st State of Australian Cities National Conference, 3-5 December 2003, Sydney, Australia

As cities seek to make their energy, water, biological and materials sub-systems more sustainable, the degree to which the intensification of urban development is supportive of these aims will become clearer.