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=== Australia ===

[[File:Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.JPG|thumb|Mixed-use developments in [[Fortitude Valley, Queensland|Fortitude Valley]], Queensland]]

The first large-scale attempt to create mixed-use development in Australia was the [[Sydney Region Outline Plan]], a plan that identified Sydney's need to decentralise and organise its growth around the metropolitan area. Its main objective was to control the city's rapid post-war population growth by introducing growth corridors and economic centres that would help prevent uncontrolled sprawl and the overuse of the car as a means of transport <ref name="srop">{{cite book | title= Sydney region outline plan 1970–2000 A.D.: a strategy for development | author=State Planning Authority | publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] | ___location=Sydney | year=1968 | access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gentin |first=Michael |title=ALL MIXED UP: A Critical Analysis of Mixed Use |url=https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/upload/pdf/schools_and_engagement/resources/_notes/5A3_28.pdf |archive-format= |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=unsw.edu.au |page=29 |format=PDF}}</ref> Several subsequentcity centres such as [[Parramatta]] or [[Campbelltown, New South Wales| Campbelltown]] benefited from these policies, creating economic hubs with his own inner-city amenities along Sydney's main thoroughfares.<ref name="srop">

Subsequent plans complemented the initial plan,one with new policies focusingfocused on economic and urban renewal issues. In particular, the 1988 Plan was designed in collaboration with a transport strategy and was the first to recommend higher development densities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Metropolis of Three Cities |url=https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/greater-sydney-region-plan.pdf |website=planning.nsw.gov.au |publisher=Greater Sydney Commision |page=28}}</ref> Since then, planning authorities have given greater priority to mixed-use development of inner-city industrial land as a way of revitalising areas neglected by the decline in manufacturing<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grodach |first=Carl |last2=Gibson |first2=Chris |last3=O'Connor |first3=Justin |date=2019-08-25 |title=Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartments |url=http://theconversation.com/three-ways-to-fix-the-problems-caused-by-rezoning-inner-city-industrial-land-for-mixed-use-apartments-121566 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref> and, according to 2021 data from [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]], mixed zoning already suppose more than 9% of new housing approvals in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2022 |title=Land and Housing Supply Indicators, 2022 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/building-and-construction/land-and-housing-supply-indicators/latest-release |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en}}</ref>

=== Canada ===

One of the first cities to adopt a policy on mixed-use development is [[Toronto]]. The local government first played a role in 1986 with a zoning bylaw that allowed for commercial and residential units to be mixed. At the time, Toronto was in the beginning stages of planning a focus on developing mixed-use development due to the growing popularity of more social housing. The law has since been updated as recently as 2013, shifting much of its focus outside the downtown area which has been a part of the main city since 1998. With the regulations in place, the city has overseen the development of high-rise condominiums throughout the city with amenities and transit stops nearby. Toronto's policies of mixed-use development have inspired other North American cities in Canada and the United States to bring about similar changes.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/sites/ca.environment/files/uploads/files/planning_for_mixed_use_affordable_for_whom.pdf|title=Planning for Mixed Use: Affordable for Whom?}}</ref>