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Infill Development: A Contested Solution To California’S Crises, Conrad Hampson
Infill Development: A Contested Solution To California’S Crises, Conrad Hampson
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Infill development has become a contested term regarding California’s perpetual housing crisis, the state’s fight against the ever-important climate emergency, and its efforts toward improving large social injustices. To define the contested term, infill development is the development or redevelopment of land that has been underutilized, in terms of being overlooked, abandoned, or left vacant, compared to the parcels surrounding the property, both directly abutting and within the more general locality. Regarding this concept and its trending nature, state and local governmental agencies, residential real estate developers, researchers, activist groups, and residents have each created their own narratives, taking up …