An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by, in its simplest form, mandating that the area...
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Land use (section Urban growth boundary)
etc. The urban growth boundary is one form of land-use regulation. For example, Portland, Oregon is required to have an urban growth boundary which contains...
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Kalkallo, Victoria (section Urban Growth Boundary)
Melbourne's urban growth boundary was extended to include Kalkallo in 2010. It was designated as part of the Urban Growth Zone in 2012. Urban sprawl is...
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Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates...
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more or less densely populated city". Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growth in many urban areas of housing, commercial development...
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coverage by fire, police and schools. Portland's urban growth boundary, adopted in 1979, separates urban areas (where high-density development is encouraged...
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Oaklands Junction is located beyond the Melbourne metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary. Oaklands Junction appears to get its name from the Oaklands Hunt...
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History of San Jose, California (section Urban sprawl)
(also known as "urban growth boundary") within existing city boundaries, limited development in the eastern foothills, and deferred growth in Coyote Valley...
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within Greater Melbourne, beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary. Prominent as a gold mining area in the late 19th century, much...
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use, urban design, natural resources, transportation, and infrastructure. Urban planning includes techniques such as: predicting population growth, zoning...
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