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RESIDENTIAL DENSIFICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Housing
DEF

An urban planning and development strategy that increases the number of people or residential units within established urban areas.

OBS

Densification is achieved through planning practices that permit and encourage secondary suites, laneway housing, mixed-use buildings, infill housing and the redevelopment of urban areas requiring renewal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Stratégie d'aménagement urbain qui accroît le nombre de personnes ou de logements au sein d'une zone urbaine établie.

OBS

Les moyens déployés pour y parvenir sont les pratiques d'urbanisme qui autorisent et encouragent la réalisation de logements accessoires, de maisons sur ruelle, d'immeubles à usage mixte et d'habitations intercalaires, de même que le réaménagement de secteurs urbains qui ont besoin d'être rénovés.

Spanish

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