Pointers for Review for Planning (60 Questions)

1. 5 elements for City Image (Kevin Lynch)

 Path
 Edges
 Districts
 Nodes
 Landmarks
2. Terms

ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING

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
Platting
into two or more parcels.

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

Usually the last stage of the final site development process prior to issuance of
Final Plat
building permits which eats up the remaining adjacent rural open spaces.

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 Advocacy Planning
fortunate or least well represented groups in society.

In the Philippines, this type of land use planning emphasizes the proper
Sustainable Land
management of land resources to ensure that the present generation can benefit
Use Planning
from its continued use without compromising future generations.

This code mandates that all Local Government Units shall prepare their Local Government
comprehensive land use plans and enact them through zoning ordinances. Code, 1991 R.A. 7160

Promote Human
Reason for planning.
Growth

Phrase used to characterize development that meets the needs of the present Sustainable
generation without compromising the needs of the future generations. Development

Hippodamus of
First Planner and developed the Gridiron.
miletus

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

City
being.

The main reason why the nomadic existence of early man metamorphosed to
Agricultural Surplus
village settlement and later to the birth of cities.

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 Insula
existed in streets.

The orderly arrangement of urban streets and public spaces. City Planning

He conceptualized the 'City Beautiful Movement'. Daniel Burnham

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 Urban Design
the space between them, but not with the design of the individual buildings.

The science of human settlement. Ekistics

By definition, settlement inhabited by man. Human Settlement

Planning for roads, bridges, schools, parking structures, pubic buildings, water Capital Facilities
supply, and waste disposal facilities. Planning

The container of man, which consists of both the natural and man-made or artificial
Physical Settlement
element.
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 Zone
concentric zones with the cores as the central business district and fanning out Concept
from which are the residential and commuter zones.

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
Dwelling Unit
eating.

A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. Ridge

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

Density
and people to a given amount of space.

Designed to regulate land use, to ban industry and commerce from residential
Zoning
areas and to separate different types of living units.

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
Urban Area
public utilities and services.

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
Bedrooms
sun.

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

Transportation
Also called the blood-stream of a city.
System

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

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

Landmark
boundary on the ground.

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

Land-use Plan
development goals.

3. Concepts of Planning

 Concentric Ring Theory

 Sector or Radial Model
 Multiple Nuclei Model
 Grid Iron
4. Types of Cities in the Ancient Greece
 Astropolis
 Cosmopolis
 Megalopolis
 Metropolis
 Acropolis
 Necropolis
 Technopolis
 Tripolis