Urban Village is an anti-sprawl urban planning and design concept. A good urban village is characterized by a strong urban design, a high level of self-containment (people live, work and play in the same area), use of alternate transportation (transit, walking, biking) and a strong community attachment.

Though there is no perfect urban village in practice, this blog focuses on initiatives that have successfully taken communities closer to the goal.  The purpose is to turn my home – Milton, Ontario – into an enviable Urban Village.

Suburbia-driven sprawl is not sustainable.  Post WW-II development was driven by single-use zoning that fuelled sprawl by separating residential and manufacturing areas. Urban Villages, on the other hand, bring back traditional neighbourhoods by mixing employment and residential activities, thus allowing people to live near their work rather than relying on long distance commuting.

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