This process selects the best possible use and development suited for a given site.

It is the branch of geology that deals with the origin, nature and distribution of landforms.

A detailed description or representation on a map of the natural and artificial features of an area.

The natural science that

studies the waters of the earth, their

occurrence, circulation and distribution, their

chemical and physical properties, and their

reaction to the living environment including

their relation to all living things.

A permeable geological stratum or formation that can both

store and transit groundwater in significant quantities.

A geographic area of land bounded by topographic

features and height of land that captures precipitation, filters and stores water and drains water to a shared designation.

It influences the privacy, social contact among people, and freedom of movement of an individual or a group of people.

The study of the community and its social and economic structures are done to determine whether there is a need, an interest, or any objections on the project.

It is defined as the way an open space of a given site is configured to an arrangement of elements that evoke activity or flow, both physically or visually

When sites are characterized by

outstanding natural features of earth

rock, water or plant material, these

may be incorporated in the site

development as natural assets of the

land.

It is a confined

view usually directed

toward a terminal or a

dominant feature.

The vehicular and pedestrian circulation on or adjacent to site.

These are present, along with laws and codes, in every city and municipality to regulate the type of development. It divides into land-use that are designated by building height, building coverage, density of population and open spaces.

The art of arranging structures on the land and shaping

the spaces between; an art linked to architecture,

engineering, landscape and city planning.