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Urban Consolidation

Urban Consolidation. Definition. It is a policy implemented to increase population densities by the construction 0f medium-to-high density housing in already built-up areas in inner and middle suburbia. It aims to slow the rate of urban sprawl and make greater use of existing infrastructure.

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Urban Consolidation

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  1. Urban Consolidation

  2. Definition • It is a policy implemented to increase population densities by the construction 0f medium-to-high density housing in already built-up areas in inner and middle suburbia. • It aims to slow the rate of urban sprawl and make greater use of existing infrastructure.

  3. ‘Urban consolidation aims at an increase in population in the mid to outer ring of suburbs, by attracting family households which would otherwise settle in new houses in new suburbs’ Ray Archer et al., 1993.

  4. The Arguments For and Against Urban Consolidation

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