Measuring the effect of urban planning changes
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
With a population likely to grow 27 percent by 2031, putting an end to urban sprawl in Greater Montreal appears impossible for the short to medium term. But it is possible to slow the pace of urban sprawl by harnessing the full development potential of central areas, according to forecasts by the researcher who developed a spatial microsimulation model called Local Demographic Simulations.