DCHP-2

eco-density EcoDensity, Ecodensity, ecodensity DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — proprietary, British Columbia, Housing

  a plan to add more housing to existing urban neighbourhoods to reduce service costs.

  Type: 1. Origin — In 2006, then-mayor Sam Sullivan introduced the concept of EcoDensity to Vancouver in response to the city's need to reduce urban sprawl and become more sustainable (see the 2006 quotation). In an unusual move, Sullivan registered the term to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office under his own name (see the 2007 quotations) but the trademark has since been transferred to the City of Vancouver (see CIPO reference). The EcoDensity initiative includes laneway houses and towers. The term is used most in Canada (see Chart 1) and is found most frequently in British Columbia (see Chart 2).

  See also: laneway house  

  • The term is protected as EcoDensity, yet the most frequent variant seems to be eco-density. Other variants exist as well, see the spellings above.