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| Title: | Evaluating Infill Development as an Antidote to Sprawl In the Detroit Metropolitan Region |
| Authors: | Wallis, Elizabeth Roberts |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2008 |
| Abstract: | Current national land use trends of increased suburban development
have prompted city mayors, administrators, planners, community activists,
and others to devise strategies for increasing the attractiveness of living in
urban areas in order to preserve open space in the surrounding region. One of
these strategies is infill development.
In addition to being promoted as an antidote to sprawl, infill
development can potentially offer a variety of benefits to urban communities
including encouraging neighborhood revitalization, generating new growth
on abandoned lots, providing significant cost benefits in the areas of the
environment and transportation, expanding a city’s tax base, and increasing
the affordable housing supply. Due to its complexity and inherent barriers to
success, however, it is not used as widely as it might be, especially
considering the extensive volume of vacant urban land.
This study examines the use of infill development in Detroit in order
to assess whether or not it is accomplishing similar goals in Detroit as in
other areas around the country—especially with regard to its potential to
serve as an antidote to sprawl. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/58603 |
| Appears in Collections: | Honors Theses (Bachelor's)
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