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Urban planning

eminent domain

Land development; Urban planning

Eminent domain (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) is an action of ...

compulsory purchase

Land development; Urban planning

Eminent domain (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) is an action of ...

resumption

Land development; Urban planning

Eminent domain (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) is an action of ...

compulsory acquisition

Land development; Urban planning

Eminent domain (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) is an action of ...

zoning

Land development; Urban planning

Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which ...

growth management

Land development; Urban planning

Growth management is a set of techniques used by government to ensure that as the population grows that there are services available to meet their demands. Other demands such as the protection of ...

architectural determinism

Land development; Urban planning

Architectural determinism claims the built environment is the chief or even sole determinant of social behaviour. The term was first coined by Maurice Broady in his 1966 paper Social theory in ...

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