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Land Use & Urban Planning Concepts - Coggle Diagram
Land Use & Urban Planning Concepts
Types of Planning
Urban Planning
Narrowest term, covering land use laws, regulations in municipal areas
Comprehensive Planning
Covers both Urban and Land Use Planning, but also addresses long term considerations important to community development
Land Use Planning
Includes Urban Planning BUT also addresses planning for larger geographical areas or regions
Challenges of Urban Planning
Preventing Land use conflicts
Example: siting residential areas far away enough from industrial areas to decrease noise and pollution effects
Minimizing Traffic Congestions
Inadequate road network
can lead to problems related to excessive traffic, thoughtful planning needed
Preventing Urban Sprawl
Encouraging cities to grow up
(through building high rise high density housing)
rather than growing out
(through single family homes)
Benefits of Urban Planning
Enhanced Preparedness for Emergencies
Ensures city neighbourhoods and zones
consider public safety, health and avoidance of natural hazards and disasters
Better Economic Development
Well planned cities make it
easier to logically situate transportation, commercial, manufacturing and industrial activities
Happier and Healthier Residents
Minimizing traffic congestion, pollution and overcrowding contributes to a more happy population which is
less susceptible to negative social influences
like criminal activity
Cities that can grow in an environmentally friendly manner
Efforts in
preserving green and natural elements
of local ecology and resources leads to a
city that can grow without overtaxing surrounding areas