Zoning In on Transit-Oriented Development: Understanding Bylaw Reform as Critical Policy Groundwork.
Transit-oriented development (TOD) has been widely encouraged as a strategy to limit urban sprawl, increase urban density, and enhance neighborhood diversity. Federal and regional governments have been increasingly promoting such TOD in parallel with light rail transit (LRT) projects to foster susta...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Planning Association Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 318 - 336 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2024
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