Urban planning

Urban planning

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broken windows theory

Land development; Urban planning

The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition may stop further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime. The theory was introduced ...

slums

Land development; Urban planning

A slum is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. The term has traditionally referred to housing areas that were once relatively ...

urban decay

Land development; Urban planning

Urban decay (or urban rot) is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. It may feature deindustrialization, depopulation or changing ...

urban rot

Land development; Urban planning

Urban rot (or urban decay) is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. It may feature deindustrialization, depopulation or changing ...

transit-oriented development

Land development; Urban planning

A transit-oriented development (TOD) is a mixed-use residential or commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport, and often incorporates features to encourage transit ridership. A ...

floor area ratio

Land development; Urban planning

It is the ratio of the total floor area of buildings on a certain location to the size of the land of that location, or the limit imposed on such a ratio. As a formula: Floor area ratio = (Total ...

urban planning

Land development; Urban planning

Urban planning (urban, city, and town planning) is a technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation ...