High-rise development and densification
are tools used by planners to achieve social
and environmental goals within increasingly
populous urban areas. This study aims to
explore the impacts that these processes
can have on residents in the
neighbourhoods they are occurring in. The
project employs a mixed-method approach
with both quantitative and qualitative
processes. This methodology will be
applied to the case study: residents on the
Isle of Dogs. The Isle of Dogs is a
neighbourhood located in London, England
that has undergone intense high-rise
development and regeneration. The study
involved a quantitative survey of 49
residents and 7 participants from the
survey volunteered to do a walked
interview. The study focused on residents’
perceptions of densification and high-rise
development. The findings indicate that
residents primarily felt opposed to high-rise
development and densification and felt
their lives and the neighbourhood were
both negatively impacted by factors
relating to development such as
infrastructure stress and loss of
community. There was a geographic divide,
with residents of newer high-rise towers
on the Isle feeling less negatively about development. Residents also felt a lack of
agency over the impact of development
and densification in their neighbourhood.
The additional pressures that densification
places on infrastructure is the primary
cause for resident's negative perceptions
of development. This current study
proposes that there is a need for a balance
between new development and
infrastructure pressure and this is key to
ensuring residents are not negatively
impacted and therefore more accepting of
development.
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