The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America

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The pockets of retail & restaurants dotted throughout residential neighbourhoods in the Netherlands bring a liveliness and utility to the neighbourhood - and even help solve traffic congestion. Learn how this kind of urban design has been illegal in most of the US and Canada for a century, and why it should be brought back.

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Image & Video Credits:

Video of walking Taipei courtesy of Taiwan4K:
   • 「4K」Ximending Morning Walk 西門町左路 「No Talking」  

City Beautiful - An Introduction to Zoning:
   • An Introduction to Zoning  

Photograph of Widnes in the late 19th century showing the effects of industrial pollution (public domain):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Zoning map of London, Ontario © 2003-2020 City Of London:
https://london.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w...

City Beautiful - The Case Against Single-Family Zoning:
   • The Case Against Single-Family Zoning  

Canadian Shows Milk in Bags by DeadVoidStudios (YouTube) (Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)):
   • Canadian Shows Milk in Bags  

That one little pocket of commercial within a residential neighbourhood on the London, Ontario zoing map is this conveniece store and haircutters:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.00922...

Map of the "Yellow Belt" in Toronto, MapTO:
http://www.mapto.ca/maps/2017/3/4/the...

The "Yellow Belt" concept comes originally from urban planner Gil Meslin:
  / g_meslin  

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