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Originally Posted by d_jeffrey
It is included in other regions. All these "villages" are part of sprawl since the CMA is based on force of attraction of the main city. If the village would be self-sustained, it wouldn't be included in the CMA.
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I realize that. The problem is that when you include these surrounding rural areas and villages, it distorts the density calculation. Montreal and Toronto is surrounded by other smaller cities while Ottawa and Calgary are surrounded by farmland and a few small towns. This does not reflect the density of the urban area itself and by that I mean the city and the contiguous suburbs. To include Pakenham and the Marlborough Forest and the Mer Bleue and Gatineau Park in making a density calculation just does not make sense. These areas are not part of the urban area. They are not part of the sprawl that you are talking about. Farmland and natural areas and historic villages are not sprawl. On the contrary, they are the opposite of sprawl.
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