Module 1 pt 3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
are usually farms. They are spread out because of the space
taken up by fields. Some houses were built far apart from each other
Dispersed settlements
sometimes follow the shape of the land. follow features
such as roads, railway lines or rivers
Linear settlements
where buildings are clustered round a central point.
Nucleated settlements
the layout streets and buildings are distributed
City Layout
It has no particular order. The streets may be narrow and winding.
There are few open spaces.
Irregular layout
a type of city plan in which streets run at right
angles to each other, forming a grid
The grid plan
The streets radiate out from a central point.
Radiocentric layout
6 Settlement Function
Residential
Administrative
Industrial
Commercial
Services
Tourism
Three Magnets diagram which addressed the
question ‘Where will the people go?’, the choices being ‘Town’,
‘Country’ or ‘Town-Country’
Garden City Concept
he believed that “Human society and the beauty of nature are meant
to be enjoyed together”
Sir Ebenezer Howard
- It is simply a physical environment based on daily human activities
- everything has been within walking distance
Neighborhood Unit
- a concept in urban planning that refers essentially to smaller metropolitan
areas - somewhat near to, but are mostly independent of,
larger metropolitan areas.
Satellite Town
To introduce beautification and monumental grandeur in cities
City Beautiful Movement
a place acting through climatic and geographic processes upon people and
thus shaping them.
Geddesian Theory
America’s first garden community, serving
as a world wide example of the harmonious
blending of private space and open area
Radburn Theory
a large block of land surrounded by
main roads
Superblock
system of buildings built side by side along a highway. like locating industries,
repair shop, petrol pumps with direct access to the highways
Ribbon Development
give one acre (4.000 m2) of land on which to
build a house and grow food. The city was considered to be (almost) fully
self-sufficient
Broad Acre City
- is the area of land where town meets country.
- an area most often reserved for urban-based people who wish to be closer to
nature
Urban Fringe
a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing things that exist and
events that happen on earth
Geographic Information System (GIS)
it provides the basis for zoning laws and restricts certain uses of land to
promote the orderly development of land in a way that protects the
environment, conserves resources, promotes social interaction, enhances a
community, and provides for transportation
Land use planning
strategic document that guides the development, management, and use of
land within a specific geographic area
Comprehensive Land use planning
is the active process of organizing physical activities and land uses in order
to ensure proper siting and coordination of land uses
Physical Planning
