Architectural Planning (actual board exam questions)

A wide area of parks of undeveloped land surrounding a community

Greenbelt

The process in which a piece of land, referred to as the parent tract, is subdivided into Platting

two or more parcels.

Platting

Angles measured clockwise from any meridian, usually north; however, the National Geodetic Survey uses south

Azimuths

Usually the last stage of the final site development process prior to issuance of building

permit

Final Plat

A 20th century problem emanating from rapid urbanization of areas surrounding a city

which eats up the remaining adjacent rural open spaces

Urban Sprawl

A type of planning which emphasizes that the proper role of the planner is not to serve

the general public interest but rather to serve the interests of the least fortunate or least

well represented groups in society

Advocacy Planning

In the Philippines, this type of land use planning emphasizes the proper management of

land resources to ensure that the present generation can benefit from its continued use

without compromising future generations

Sustainable Land Use Planning

This code mandates that all Local Government Units shall prepare their comprehensive

Local Government Code, 1991

land use plans and enact them through zoning ordinances

R.A. 7160

Reason for planning.

Promote Human Growth

Phrase used to characterize development that meets the needs of the present

generation without compromising the needs of the future generations.

Sustainable Development

First Planner and developed the Gridiron

Hippodamus of miletus

A locale with a sizeable agglomeration of people having characteristics of an urban being.

City

The main reason why the nomadic existence of early man metamorphosed to village

settlement and later to the birth of cities

Agricultural Surplus

The rough equivalent of the present tenement cities that existed in ancient Rome, which

resulted from the population growth of the city and the congestion that existed in streets

Insula

In urban geography, a concept where urban settlement is confined to the area within the

legal limits of the city and the congestion and virtually all of this area is occupied by

urban residents.

Truebounded City

A Land Development Decision is also what kind of decision.

Traffic

The orderly arrangement of urban streets and public spaces

City Planning

He conceptualized the 'City Beautiful Movement'.

Daniel Burnham

A tool used to control the manner in which raw kind is subdivided and placed on the

marker for residential development

Subdivision Regulations

A profession which falls between planning and architecture. It deals with the large-scale

organization and design of the city, with the massing and organization and the space

between them, but not with the design of the individual buildings

Urban Design

The science of human settlement

Ekistics

By definition, settlement inhabited by man

Human Settlement

Planning for roads, bridges, schools, parking structures, pubic buildings, water supply,

and waste disposal facilities

Capital Facilities Planning

The container of man, which consists of both the natural and man-made or artificial

element.

Physical Settlement

A spatial organization concept a general view of the pattern of land use in a city

developed by Ernest W. Burgess. The city is conceived as a series of five concentric

zones with the cores as the central business district and fanning out from which are the

residential and commuter zones.

Concentric Zone Concept

The remaining space in a lot after deducting the required minimum open spaces

Buildable Area

A habitable room for 1 family only with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

Dwelling Unit

This is a type of a retaining wall made of rectangular baskets made of galvanized steel

wire or pvc coated wire hexagonal mesh which are filled with stones to form a wall.

Gabion Wall

A very steep slope of rock or clay.

Cliff

A piece of grassy land, especially one used for growing hay or as pasture for grazing Meadow

animals; low grassy land near a river or stream.

Meadow

A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains

Ridge

A long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water

Ravine

On land, an encumbrance limiting its use, usually imposed for community or mutual

protection.

Restriction

Of land, a contiguous land area which is considered as a unit, which is subject to a

single ownership, and which is legally recorded as a single piece

Parcel

A wall that serves 2 dwelling units, known also as party wall.

Common Wall

Niemeyer believed that relating large areas to each other is freedom as in the planned

city of___.

Brasilia

In architectural terms, it is the relationship of the number of residential structures and Density

people to a given amount of space.

Density

The government arm responsible for the development and implementation of low cost

housing in the Philippines

National Shelter Program

Housing provided for low-income groups generally through government intervention and

characterized by substantial subsidies and direct assistance.

Social Housing

A written agreement between parties, but it allows a specific period during which the

buyer can investigate the property and make a decision

Option to Buy

Sometimes called "subscription money", this is a deposit given to the seller to show that Earnest Money

the potential buyer has serious intentions

Earnest Money

A provision made in advance for the gradual liquidation of a future obligation by periodic

charges against the capital account

Amortization

Written document to transfer the property to one person to another

Deed

They develop or improve the land as well as construct houses

Developers

Determines the value of the house and also is familiar with trends in the local market and

in the industry.

Appraiser

Helps people find a place to live, specializing and matching wants of buyers with the

local supply.

Real Estate Broker

Are usually large concrete slabs or otherwise panelized units fabricated in a shop and

assembled at the site.

Total System

Codes that deal with the use, occupancy, and maintenance of existing buildings

Housing Codes

Designed to regulate land use, to ban industry and commerce from residential areas and

to separate different types of living units

Zoning

Construct three-dimensional volumetric units in a plant on a production line then hauled

to the site

Prefabrication Manufacturer

System building is the complete integration of all ___.

Subsystems

The improvement of slum, deteriorated, and underutilized areas of a city.

Urban Renewal

An area which is within the city limits, or closely linked to it by common use of public

utilities and services.

Urban Area

Two major hindrances to the prefabrication industry.

Code of Multiplicities and

Tradition

Three general types of structures.

Primitive

Vernacular

Grand

A piece of land with an economic use for farming.

Productive Use

Lands for well-being like parks, plazas, and of similar nature

Health and General Use

Similarly as the cost of the land, neighborhood character have this effect

Social Implications

Minimum road width in a neighborhood development to ease traffic flow

6.00 mts

Which building component receives priority over the location to have the morning sun.

Bedrooms

Urban Planning is defined briefly as the guidance of ___.

Growth and Change

A lattice structure that serves as a summer house.

Gazebo

In landscaping, ground cover is represented by ___.

Grass and Plants

The art of arranging buildings and other structures in harmony with the landscape

Site Planning

The study of the dynamic relationship between a community of organisms and its habitat.

Ecology

Preparations of an accurate base map for urban planning starts with ___.

Accurate Aerial Mosaic

Appraisal of adequacy of a city's water and sewer systems needs of future land uses are

embodied in the ___.

Comprehensive Plan

Also called the blood-stream of a city

Transportation System

A form of absence of all the principles and organized development of a community.

Urban Blight

The city of Washington conforms to the plan type of ___.

Star

An efficient and rapid transport system for automobiles to circulate across urban to urban

areas.

Freeways

A monument, fixed object, or marker used to designate the location of a land boundary on

the ground.

Landmark

A narrow passageway bordered by trees, fences, or other lateral barrier

Lane

The projection of a future pattern of use within an area, as determined by development

goals

Land-use Plan

The part of the surface of the earth not permanently covered by water.

Land

A line of demarcation between adjoining parcels of land.

Land Boundary

A survey of landed property establishing or reestablishing lengths and directions of

boundary line

Land Survey

The study of an existing pattern of use, within an area, to determine the nature and magnitude of deficiencies which might exist and to assess the potential of the pattern

relative to development goals

Land-use Analysis

A study and recording of the way in which land is being used in an area.

Land-use Survey

In surveying, the North-South component of a traverse course.

Latitude

An open space of ground of some size, covered with grass and kept smoothly mown

Lawn

A contract transferring the right of possession of buildings, property, etc., for a fixed Lease

period of time, usually for periodical compensation called 'rent'.

Lease

A tenure by lease; real estate held under a lease.

Leasehold