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WorksheetsPLANNING - Urban Design
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
