PLANNING - Urban Design

Which is NOT a benefit from having a large greenspaces in cities

• Absorb pollution, gives off oxygen and cools the air as water transpires

• Provides habitat to wild beast

• Muffles noises and creates an island of peace

• Provides shade with less electricity required

The improvement of slum, deteriorated and underutilized areas of the city

• Urban Renewal

• Urban Design

• Environmental Planning

• Environmental Assessment

It is also called as blood stream of the city

• Transportation

• Communications

• Freeway

• Networks

A detailed procedure involved in the process of changing zoning conformances

• Rezoning

• Exemption

• Variance

• Spot zoning

A kind of ad-hoc zoning that allows a small piece of land to deviate from the approved zone of the area for certain reason is called

• Approved Zoning

• Spot Zoning

• Exception

• Flexible Zoning

He proposed "La Ville Radieuse (Radiant City)" anchored an objective to decongest the centers of the cities by increasing their densities by building high on small part of the total ground area

• Le Corbusier

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Arturo Soria Y Mata

According to him, the city was a totally designed system of main circulation arteries, a network of parks, and cluster of focal buildings or building blocks of civic centers including city hall, a country court house, a library, an opera house, a museum and a plaza. He is the foremost proponent of City Beautiful Movement

• Ebenezer Howard

• Arturo Soria Y Mata

• Daniel Burnham

• Le Corbusier

A center of activity; distinguished by virtue of its active function; it is a district hub of activity

• nodes

• CBD

• town center

• urban core

Distinct visual object that help in orienting people in the city and help identify an area

• district

• nodes

• edges

• landmark

Refers to all cities, regardless of their population density and to municipalities with a population density of atleast five hunded person per hectare

• Urban Area

• Component City

• Independent City

• Highly Urbanized City