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====Car-free development==== The term car-free ''development'' implies a physical change: either build-up or changes to an existing built area.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Melia ''et al.'' (2010) define car-free developments as "residential or mixed use developments which: * Normally provide a traffic-free immediate environment, and * Offer no parking or limited parking separated from the residence, and: * Are designed to enable residents to live without owning a car."{{sfn|Melia|2010|p=28}} This definition (which they distinguish from the more common "low car development") is based mainly on experience in North West Europe,{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} where the movement for car-free development began.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Within this definition, three types are identified: * Vauban model,{{sfn|Melia|2010|p=25}} based on [[Vauban, Freiburg]]: it is not "carfree", but "parking-space-free" ({{langx|de|stellplatzfrei}}) in some streets.{{sfn|Melia|2010|p=25β26}} * Limited Access model{{sfn|Melia|2010|p=26}} * Pedestrianised centres with residential population{{sfn|Melia|2010|p=26}} [[File:Knez Mihailova at night.jpg|thumb|[[Knez Mihailova Street|Knez Mihailova]] pedestrian zone at night with New Year decoration in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]]]
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