page_title: Infill
hierarchical_section_title: Infill
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Baulücke (Hochbau) auf der Neusser Straße 651 in Köln-Weidenpesch.
context_page_description: In urban planning, infill is the rededication of land in an urban environment, usually open-space, to new construction. Infill also applies within an urban polity to construction on any undeveloped land that is not on the urban margin. The slightly broader term "land recycling" is sometimes used instead. Infill has been promoted as an economical use of existing infrastructure and a remedy for urban sprawl. Its detractors view it as overloading urban services, including increased traffic congestion and pollution, and decreasing urban green-space.
  In the urban planning and development industries, infill has been defined as the use of land within a built-up area for further construction, especially as part of a community redevelopment or growth management program or as part of smart growth.
  It focuses on the reuse and repositioning of obsolete or underutilized buildings and sites. This type of development is essential to renew blighted neighborhoods and to knit them back together with more prosperous communities.
  Redevelopment or land recycling is development that occurs on previously developed land.
context_section_description: In urban planning, infill is the rededication of land in an urban environment, usually open-space, to new construction. Infill also applies within an urban polity to construction on any undeveloped land that is not on the urban margin.  The slightly broader term "land recycling" is sometimes used instead. Infill has been promoted as an economical use of existing infrastructure and a remedy for urban sprawl. Its detractors view it as overloading urban services, including increased traffic congestion and pollution, and decreasing urban green-space.
  In the urban planning and development industries, infill has been defined as the use of land within a built-up area for further construction, especially as part of a community redevelopment or growth management program or as part of smart growth.
  It focuses on the reuse and repositioning of obsolete or underutilized buildings and sites. This type of development is essential to renew blighted neighborhoods and to knit them back together with more prosperous communities.
  Redevelopment or land recycling is development that occurs on previously developed land. Infill buildings are constructed on vacant or underused property or between existing buildings.
  Urban Infill Projects can also be considered as a means of sustainable land development close to a city's urban core. Splitting lots off from existing properties is currently the most popular means of urban infill development.
caption: Example of a potential urban infill site
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