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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Bunk, I suspect you won't have this, but you may surprise me. I've read that Calgary and Edmonton's new residential development is more than 80 per cent sprawl - in other words, communities growing outward, mostly low or medium density requiring new infrastructure, instead of infill.
Do you happen to have those numbers for both cities? This is a particular interest of mine.
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Hmm, maybe you're referring to the Queen's University study looking at urban form of metro areas across Canada?
http://www.canada.com/news/infograph...s/suburbs.html
This was done by my professor, David Gordon, actually.
It tries to categorize cities in terms of urbanity and mobility (not perfect, but a pretty good breakdown that's applicable across a diverse country).
Calgary's numbers are broadly in line with most Canadian cities in terms of amount of "active core" and suburban areas. We have less uncontrolled very, very low density "exurban" sprawl compared to most cities, which is a big advantage.