Urban Design and Planning Types

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Which type of urban design primarily focuses on establishing overarching objectives and pinpointing promising growth sectors within a city or metropolitan area?

Economic Development
Master Planning
Strategic Urban Planning (correct)
Land-use Planning

A city is developing regulations concerning the type, location, and amount of land needed for residential, commercial, and industrial functions. Which type of urban design is the city engaging in?

Environmental Planning
Land-use Planning (correct)
Infrastructure Planning
Urban Revitalization

When is master planning typically employed?

When implementing small, incremental changes to improve community infrastructure.
When modifying pre-existing structures in a historical district.
When creating a design for a new greenfield development project. (correct)
When redeveloping brownfield sites with existing infrastructure.

What is a key characteristic of urban revitalization projects?

They aim to improve areas experiencing decline, with solutions varying based on the decline's root cause. (D) Signup and view all the answers

To foster increased financial prosperity, a city is planning an economic development project that requires integrating land-use, master, and infrastructure plans along with insights from environmental experts. What is the primary goal of this project?

To identify areas of growth to foster greater financial prosperity within the city. (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following environmental factors are typically emphasized in environmental planning?

Air and noise pollution, endangered species habitats, and flood zones. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of infrastructure planning in urban design?

Addressing fundamental facilities and systems that serve a city and its residents. (D) Signup and view all the answers

A city aims to enhance its transportation network, upgrade its water and sanitation systems, and ensure reliable energy distribution, aligning these improvements with the city's long-term strategic goals. What type of urban design is being implemented?

Infrastructure planning (C) Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Strategic Urban Planning

Sets high-level goals and determines desired growth areas for a city. Results in a strategic or development plan.

Land-Use Planning

Concerns legislation and policy to influence land use, including governmental statutes and regulations.

Master Planning

Used for building on undeveloped land from scratch, considering zoning and infrastructure.

Urban Revitalization

Improves declining areas, addressing the root cause of decline through community interaction.

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Economic Development

Identifies growth areas to increase financial prosperity, requiring land-use, master, and infrastructure plans.

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Environmental Planning

Emphasizes sustainability, addressing pollution, habitats, flood zones, and biodiversity.

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Infrastructure Planning

Deals with fundamental facilities and systems that serve a city, supporting goals in the strategic plan.

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Study Notes

Urban design is a field with various planning types that shape the growth and function of cities.

Strategic Urban Planning

Defines high-level objectives and identifies desired growth areas for a city or metropolitan area.
The result of this planning is a strategic plan, which is also known as a development plan.

Land-Use Planning

Focuses on legislation and policy by adopting planning instruments, such as governmental statues, regulations, rules, codes and policies to influence land use.
Considers the type, location, and amount of land required for different city functions.
Includes residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural considerations.

Master Planning

Applies to greenfield development projects or building on undeveloped land instead of modifying existing structures or spaces.
Starts from scratch.
Considers required zoning and infrastructure.
Uses professional consultants as their expertise and insights are needed to consider potential angles.

Urban Revitalization

Improves areas in decline, addressing the root causes of the issues, which vary from city to city.
Community interaction is crucial.
Urban revitalization is a form of redevelopment; justification should be used when there is something wrong or weak in the old development.

Economic Development

Pinpoints areas of growth to boost financial prosperity within the city.
Land-use and master plans are neede, along with infrastructure plans
Environmental plans and experts are also tapped into.

Environmental Planning

Prioritizes sustainability.
Considers air and noise pollution, habitats of endangered species, flood zones, coastal zone erosion, and biodiversity.
Master and revitalization plans, along with infrastructure plans should work with environmental planning.

Infrastructure Planning

Addresses fundamental facilities and systems serving a city and its residents.
Examines how these facilities can support goals outlined in the strategic plan.
Includes public works, community, safety, and transportation infrastructure.

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Explore the various planning types within urban design that shape city growth. Includes strategic urban planning which focuses on high-level objectives, land-use planning with legislation and policy and master planning applicable to greenfield development projects.