Nibbling (town planning)

In town planning, the nibbling is a term synonymous with urban spreading out.

Nibbling indicates the progressive installation of buildings in a nonurban Paysage. One also speaks about mitage to mark the fact that this phenomenon is insidious: a house appears, then another, then a Lotissement is built, then other constructions. The landscape thus gradually loses its rural character with the profit of a coexistence of green zones and built-up areas comprising one weak density of buildings and collective services.

This phenomenon is one of the features of the urban spreading out. It draws its origin from the desire of the townsmen for having a house with garden outside the city while remaining near this one, and of the weakness of the prices of the grounds. When the free grounds start to reach a certain level of price, nibbling extends towards less expensive zones, thus increasing the degree of spreading out.

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