The compact city: an urban path towards sustainability in and areas

One of the principal topics dealt with as far as urban sustainability is concerned is urban form or, in another term, the morphology of the cities. It is quite obvious that the cities do not represent a single form, but whatever their form, they continue to be defined above all by their Urban density. The later influences the space use and management, energy and resources, social co-education and the cost of infrastructures and services, and last but not least urban climate. This question arouses a great interest between various disciplines. This research work is a contribution to the debate on the most favourable urban forms to a sustainable urban development, in the and areas. It presents the results of an experimental study, examining the effect of the level of the urban density and the compactness of the framework built oil the climate of the town of "Biskra" in Algeria.