densification
Making more compact
Densification is the process of making something denser or more compact.
In urban planning, it refers to increasing population or building concentration in an area: The city's densification strategy encouraged apartment construction near transit hubs.
The term appears in materials science, forestry, and other technical fields where compacting or concentrating matter is relevant.
Forcing into smaller space
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- contractionReduction in size
squeezing · thickening · solidification · tightening · crowding · packing · shrinkage · constriction
Material closing gaps
- upzoningIncreasing allowed density
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
- mixed-useCombining different functions
- high-riseMultistory tall building
intensification · redevelopment · land-use · housing · zoning · gentrification · brownfield · renewal
compression
Forcing into smaller space
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
contraction · squeezing · thickening · solidification · tightening · crowding · packing · shrinkage · constriction · cohesion
infill
Material closing gaps
- upzoningIncreasing allowed density
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
- mixed-useCombining different functions
high-rise · intensification · redevelopment · land-use · housing · zoning · gentrification · brownfield · renewal · revitalization
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, solidification, solidifying, rigidifying
- processesprocess, manufacturing, dissolving, fermentation, biological process
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform
- urban renewalredevelopment, rezoning, demolition, land acquisition, eminent domain
- urbanisingsprawl, zoning, expansion, growth, development
densificationdispersal
Spreading in many directions
dispersion · rarefaction · diffusion · spreading · scattering
densificationurban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
sprawl · suburbanization · decentralization · suburban sprawl · depopulation
dense, density, condense, condensed, condensation, denser, densest, condenser, densified