urban village

For another urban planning concept in China, see Urban village (China). An urban village is an urban planning concept. Typically the aims are to create an environment which:people can live and work inis self-sustainableis environmentally friendlyencourages community development and bondingA key focus is self-sustainability, where people can live, work, shop and entertain in a single urban area. This is vastly different to urban sprawl where people transit across suburbs frequently to get to, for instance, work places or shopping centres.In existing urban village developments, it is common to see buildings with shops on the ground floor and a mix of offices and apartments on upper floors. Hence it would be possible to walk from your apartment to your office, which is just a few minutes down the street. Along the way you would pass stores from which you can easily make purchases, without travelling across multiple suburbs.
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