What's The Difference Between 'Low-Rise' and 'High-Rise'

There are many definitions for the difference between a low-rise and a high-rise building. Some definitions are based on dimensions (eg 'property up to 35 metres [115 feet] which is divided into regular floor levels."<ref>http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=51477 |title=Data Standards: Structures |publisher=Emporis Standards |accessdate=June 10, 2009</ref> while other definitions cite the number of floors (eg The city of Toronto defines a low-rise as a building between 4 and 12 stories). There are some people who introduce a mid-rise category for between 4 and 10 stories. Wikipedia rather unhelpfully tells us 'a low-rise is a building that is only a few stories tall or any building that is shorter than a high-rise' <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-rise%7Ctitle=Data Standards: Structures |publisher=Emporis Standards |accessdate=June 10, 2009</ref>. For simplicity sake, Chimni combines the low and mid-story standards defines the cut off size between low-rise and mid-rise as 10 stories. 1-9 stories is low rise, 10 and above is high-rise.

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