ABSTRACT
Many decisions on lifestyles result from the ways in which space has been allocated in the past and is being allocated in the present. A sustainable urban lifestyle requires, for example, the availability of public transport, which cannot function effectively and efficiently without relatively high dwelling density. It requires spaces for public institutions close to dwellings and corridors for efficient infrastructure alignments. Spatial allocation can enable proximity to convenient and affordable essential facilities, for home, work, shopping, schooling, and health care. It can also combat unsustainable lifestyles by refusing to allocate space for uses, such as plots for single large houses and spaces for parking private vehicles.
