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    Cities of the Future or a Relic of the Past? The Universality of Low-Density Urbanism Among the Ancient Maya

    Year: 2024, 2024
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Koch, Timothy Alexander Eland, Thesis advisor (ths): Haines, Helen, Thesis advisor (ths): McLellan, Alec, Degree committee member (dgc): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Low-density urbanism is ubiquitous in the industrialized world, with suburbs and sprawling urban zones like the American Northeastern Seaboard being classified as such. Due to
    outsized environmental impacts and perceived unsustainability, this settlement pattern is often
    maligned. As one of the few prominent examples of agrarian-based low-density urbanism, the
    ancient Maya can provide… more