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Areas of Practice
Lessons 13: Urban Design
Question | Answer |
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Context-Sensitive Design | Refers to roadway standards and development practices that are flexible and sensitive to community values |
Form-Based Code | Means of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form |
Landscape Urbanism | Theory that argues that the best way to plan and organize a city is through the design of the city's landscape |
New Urbanism | Is a planning and development approach based on the principles of how cities and towns had been built for the last several centuries: walkable blocks and streets, housing and shopping in close proximity, and accessible public spaces. |
Transect | Term that refers to development on a rural to urban continuum |
What are different transects? | T1 Natural Zone T2 Rural Zone T3 General Urban Zone T4 urban Center Zone T5 Urban Center Core |
Tactical Urbanism | Refers to low-cost temporary changes to the urban environment that are intended to demonstrate the potential impacts that change can leave |
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) | A mixed-use development designed to maximize access to public transportation |