BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS

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BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS

ENSURES THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS NOT ONLY OF THE PRESENT GENERATION BUT ALSO THE FUTURE

URBAN PLANNING

A VAST FIELD THAT ENCOMPASSES NUMEROUS IDEAS AND THEORIES

URBAN PLANNING CONCEPTS

TYPICALLY CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR SCALE, PRACTICAL APPLICATION, AND THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS/APPROACH

SYSTEMATICALLY

THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED STANDARD FOR CATEGORIZING THE CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES IN URBAN PLANNING BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ORGANIZE THEM ________.

• BASED ON SCALE

• BASED ON THE PRACTICAL APPROACH

• BASED ON THE THEORETICAL APPROACH

CONCEPTS IN URBAN PLANNING

• REGIONAL PLANNING

• CITY PLANNING

• NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING

BASED ON SCALE

• STRATEGIC URBAN PLANNING

• LAND USE PLANNING

• MASTER PLANNING

• INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

• ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

• TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

• LANDSCAPE PLANNING

BASED ON THE PRATICAL APPROACH

• GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT

• CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT

• TOWERS IN THE PARK

• DECENTRALIZED PLANNING

• MODERNIST PLANNING

• SANITARY MOVEMENT

• RATIONAL PROCESS APPROACH

• INCREMENTALISM

• PARTICIPATORY PLANNING

• ADVOCACY PLANNING

• TRANSACTIVE PLANNING

BASED ON THE THEORETICAL APPROACH

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

• AREA DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIC URBAN PLANNING

• URBAN RENEWAL

• URBAN REGENERATION

• URBAN REDEVELOPMENT

MASTER PLANNING

• STREET DESIGN

• COMMUNITY PLANNING

• PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

• CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING

• COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

• SPECIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

• MOBILITY PLANNING

• NETWORKS PLANNING

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

• BIODIVERSITY

• ECOSYSTEM PLANNING

LANDSCAPE PLANNING

REGIONAL PLANNING

IMPLIES A STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF HOW TO DEAL WITH URBAN ISSUES AT A LARGER SCALE, SOMETIMES A NATIONAL SCALE

REGIONAL PLANNING

INCLUDE VARIOUS MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS SUCH AS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS

REGIONAL PLANNING

INCLUDES AND IS NOT LIMITED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC PLANNING

REGIONAL PLANS AND POLICIES

IMPLEMENTED SINCE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

GREAT LONDON, PARIS, AND NEW YORK

EXAMPLES OF REGIONAL PLANNING

CITY PLANNING

NARROWER THAN REGIONAL PLANNING

CITY PLANNING

INCULCATES THE POLICIES OF THE REGION AND FOCUSES ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN A BORDERED CITY

SMALL CITY (TOWN)

MANAGED BY A SINGLE ENTITY

BIG CITY

MANAGED BY A GROUP OF ENTITIES COMMONLY KNOW AS MUNICIPALITIES

MUNICIPALITIES

FURTHER DIVIDED INTO DEPARTMENTS THAT OVERSEE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING

A COMMUNITY WITHIN A LARGER AREA

BLOCKS PLANNING

EUROPEAN TERM FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD; BLOCK IS THE SMALLEST DEVEOPMENT

BLOCKS PLANNING

INCLUDES SMALL NUMBER OF BUIDINGS THAT SHARE ACCESS TO LOCAL AMENITIES

STRATEGIC URBAN PLANNING

REFERS TO DEVISING, ANALYSING AND RECOMMENDING THE BEST WAYS TO DEVELOP LAND.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS

DEVELOPED FOR 1O TO 20 YEARS THAT FOCUS ON COMMUNITY/CITIZEN DEVELOPMENT

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS

ALSO KNOW AS SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING

LAND USE PLANNING

MOST COMMON TOOL USED BY CITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
ALSO KNOW AS ZONING

LAND USE PLANNING

IDEAL TOOL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS RETROFITTING EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

USED TO PREPARE LAND USE DATA FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS

ZONES

CAN BE ALLOCATED FROM REGIONAL PLANS UP TO PLOTS

MASTER PLANNING

SERVES AS FRAMEWORKS TO ORGANIZE LAND USE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FACILITIES DETAILED PLANS FOR LARGER AREA

MASTER PLANS

AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLANS

URBAN RENEWAL PLANS

FOR THE CITY CENTRE

REVITALIZING AND MODERNIZING THE OLDER URBAN AREAS TO ATTRACT INVESTMENTS FOR IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE

URBAN REHABILITATION PLANS

IMPROVE OR UPGRADE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS

URBAN REGENERATION PLANS

FOR OLD MARKETPLACES’REVITALIZATION OR MIXED-USE AREAS

URBAN BEAUTIFICATION PLANS

FOR SPECIAL AREAS

AESTHETIC QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACES. STREETSCAPE

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND FACIITIES

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND LAND REQUIRED FOR THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF ENERGY, WATER, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

DONE BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT THE CITY LEVEL

PRIVATIZATION

NEW CONCEPT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING WHERIEN PRIVATE COMPANIES MAY TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING/OPERATING/MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OFTEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

BALANCE BETWEEN HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND THE NATURAL WORLD

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT INTERRUPT NATURE AND ITS ECOSYSTEMS IS ITS PURPOSE

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

MAINSTREAM APPROACH IN THE LAST TWO DECADES OWING TO AWARENESS OD CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

EIA (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT)

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS ECOSYSTEMS

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

INCLUDES PLANNING EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

LANDSCAPE PLANNING

BRANCHED FROM ANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THE SCALE

LANDSCAPE PLANNERS

HOLISTICALLY FORMULATE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE NATURE, ITS BIODIVERSITY AND ITS ECOSYSTEMS

GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT

PROPOSED A LOW POPULATION DENISTY CITY WITH GOOD HOUSING, OPEN SPACES AND WIDE ROADS; SELF CONTAINED CITY

EBENEZER HOWARD

GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT IS IDEALIZED BY

THE THREE MAGNETS

IMPRESIVE DIAGRAM OF THE THREE MAGNETS NAMELY THE TOWN MAGNET, COUNTRY MAGNET WITH THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES AND THE THIRD MAGNET WITH ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF BOTH TOWN AND COUNTRY LIFE

GARDEN CITY

ALSO CALLED AS THE THIRD MAGNET

• STRONG COMMUNITY

• ORDERED DEVELOPMENT

• ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

CORE GARDEN CITY PRINCIPLES

TOWERS IN THE PARK

BY LE CORBUSIER, FOCUSED ON A HIGH-DENSITY ENERGY-EFFICIENT CITY BASED ON HIS RENOWNED CONCEPT

HOUSE AS A MACHINE

LE CORBUSIER’S RENOWNED CONCEPT

DECENTRALIZED PLANNING

BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, IDENTIFIED AUTOMIBILE MOBILITY AS A PRINCIPLE PLANNING PARAMETER

• LAND US EPLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

• INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

• ECONOMIC ZONES AND DEVELOPMENT

• ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• URBAN RENEWAL OR REVITALIZATION

URBAN PLANNING CONCEPTS BASED ON BROAD OBJECTIVES

LAND-USE PLANNING

ITS PRINCIPAL FOCUS IS ON MUNICIPAL, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL DEVEOPMENTS

LAND-USE PLAN

MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF URBAN PLANNING;DECIDES EVERYTHING FROM THE LAYOUT OF ONE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BOROUGH

INDUSTRIAL AREAS

FOUND ON EXCLUSIVE ZONE, AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS ALBEIT WITHIN DRIVABLE DISTANCE

COMMERCIAL SITES

GENERALLY BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS