An Evaluation Approach of Compact City from viewpoints of Quality of Life and Energy Consumption

Abstract

We will show a micro-economic based quantitative analysis scheme to evaluate the degree of compactness of cities that takes into accounts 1) the utility theory based on transportation and composite goods consumption behavior, and 2) a consistency between the level of utility and energy consumption. Such scheme is sometimes used in microeconomic modeling for policy analysis. However, we evaluate such the spatial structure of urban form as a transportation network configuration and land use condition that can reduce the energy consumption and get cities much compact.