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As suburban industrial development becomes increasingly more profitable [citation needed], it becomes less financially attractive to build in high-density areas. Another impact of industry leaving the city is the reduction of buffer zones separating metropolitan areas, industrial parks and surrounding suburban residential areas.
An exurb (or alternately: exurban area) is an area outside the typically denser inner suburban area, at the edge of a metropolitan area, which has some economic and commuting connection to the metro area, low housing-density, [1] and relatively high population-growth. [2]
A typical suburban development in the United States, located in Chandler, Arizona An urban development in Palma, Mallorca. Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) [1] is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city".
A review of postmodern urbanism literature, published in 2018 in the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, examined coverage of style, epoch, and method, noting a general lack of cohesive definition, and the use of questionable interpretation to form conceptual statements. The review concluded that as a theoretical construct ...
A SUN is a small-scale, urban area within a city that comprises social, economic and environmental sustainability.The term "SUN" is significant; sustainable relating to its longevity and reduced environmental impact, urban relating to its location and physical character, and neighbourhood constituting the social and economic wellbeing of the area.
An aerial view of housing developments near Markham, Ontario; suburban development is often criticised for its uniformity. Mainstream criticism of suburbia emerged during the housing boom of the 1950s, reflecting concerns about the culture of aspirational homeownership and its societal impacts. [1]
New Suburbanism is an urban design movement which intends to improve on existing suburban or exurban designs. [1] New Suburbanists seek to establish an alternative between a dichotomy of the centripetal city and centrifugal suburb, [2] by features such as rear-loading garages and walking-focused landscaping.
A commuter town may be called by many other terms: "bedroom community" (Canada and northeastern US), [citation needed] "bedroom town", "bedroom suburb" (US), "dormitory town" (UK). The term " exurb " was used from the 1950s, but since 2006, is generally used for areas beyond suburbs and specifically less densely built than the suburbs to which ...