Traditionally, human settlements have developed in mixed-use patterns. However, with industrialization, governmental zoning regulations were introduced to … See more

Economic
Mixed-use developments are home to significant employment and housing opportunities. Many of these projects are already located in established downtown districts, meaning that development of public transit … See more

Some of the more frequent mixed-use scenarios in the United States are:
• Neighborhood commercial zoning – convenience goods and services, such as convenience stores, permitted in otherwise strictly residential areas
• Main … See more

• Activity centre
• Automobile dependency
• Edge city
• Main Street
• New Urbanism
• Pedestrian village See more

Expanded use of mixed-use zoning and mixed-use developments may be found in a variety of contexts, such as the following (multiple such contexts might apply to one particular project or situation):
• as part of smart growth planning strategies See more

Equity
Due to the speculative nature of large scale real estate developments, mega-mixed-use projects … See more

Australia
The first large-scale attempt to create mixed-use development in Australia was the Sydney Region Outline Plan, a plan that identified Sydney's need to decentralise and organise its growth around the … See more