collocation · academic
infill development
/ˌɪnˈfɪl dɪˈvɛləpmənt/in·FIL DE·ve·LOP·ment
Building new structures on vacant or underused parcels within existing urban areas.
Examples
“Infill development helps make better use of existing infrastructure and can reduce sprawl.”
“Residents sometimes oppose infill development because it can change neighbourhood character.”
“Municipal policies often encourage infill development on brownfield sites.”
Band 8 sentence
“Strategic infill development can revitalize neglected neighbourhoods while minimising pressure to expand into greenfield sites.”
Collocations
- encourage infill development
- infill housing
Word family
Common mistakes
Infill developments make city more dense.→Infill developments make the city denser.
They infill the empty lots with new houses.→They build infill development on the empty lots.
Say it for a higher band
5build on empty lots→6urban infill→7+infill development
Synonyms
infill growth
Easily confused
infill development vs brownfield redevelopment
“The project combined brownfield redevelopment with targeted infill development to revitalize the area.”
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