This CASEbrief is an executive summary of 'A framework for housing in the London Thames Gateway', a 3 volume report by LSE Housing and Enterprise LSE Cities (Anne Power, Liz Richardson, Kelly Seshimo, Kathryn Firth, with Philipp Rode, Christine Whitehead and Tony Travers). The report makes...

This paper focusses on one central aspect of urban development: transport and urban form and how the two shape the provision of access to people, goods and services, and information in cities. The more efficient this access, the greater the economic benefits through economies of scale,...