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From: Sustainable urbanism: towards a framework for quality and optimal density?

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a and b: The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, demolished in 1992-93 due to its extreme density and unhealthy living conditions. Left: aerial photo. Right: All that remains today of the Hong Kong legend: the bronze model of Kowloon Walled City in the middle of a public park where it once stood. c: Aerial photo of Kowloon Walled City, a compact superblock with over 50,000 residents. (Source: Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, 1980s). d: Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong; it earned its Cantonese nickname ‘City of Darkness’ (photo around 1989)

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