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  2. Figure-ground diagram - Wikipedia

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    A figure-ground diagram is a two-dimensional map of an urban space that shows the relationship between built and unbuilt space. It is used in analysis of urban design and planning . It is akin to but not the same as a Nolli map which denotes public space both within and outside buildings and also akin to a block pattern diagram that records ...

  3. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    An Urban Metric System (UMS) has been conceived that could correct the problem, [6] since it allows computing the urban area limits and central points, and it can be applied in the same way to all past, present and future population and job distributions.

  4. Organizational chart - Wikipedia

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    An organizational chart, also called organigram, organogram, or organizational breakdown structure (OBS), is a diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs. The term is also used for similar diagrams, for example ones showing the different elements of a field of ...

  5. Typology (urban planning and architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In urban planning and architecture, typology refers to the task of identifying and grouping buildings and urban spaces according to the similarity of their essential characteristics. Common examples of essential characteristics include intensity of development (from rural to suburban to urban) and building use (church, hospital, school ...

  6. Community organization - Wikipedia

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    Community organization is differentiated from conflict-oriented community organizing, which focuses on short-term change through appeals to authority (i.e., pressuring established power structures for desired change), by focusing on long-term and short-term change through direct action and the organizing of community (i.e., the creation of alternative systems outside of established power ...

  7. Grid plan - Wikipedia

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    A simple example of a grid street pattern (see diagram) illustrates the progressive reduction in total street length (the sum of all individual street lengths) and the corresponding increase in block length. For a corresponding reduction of one, two, three and four streets within this 40-acre (16 ha) parcel, the street length is reduced from an ...

  8. Concentric zone model - Wikipedia

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    Based on human ecology theory done by Burgess and applied on Chicago, it was the first to give the explanation of distribution of social groups within urban areas.This concentric ring model depicts urban land usage in concentric rings: the Central Business District (or CBD) was in the middle of the model, and the city is expanded in rings with different land uses.

  9. Urban structure - Wikipedia

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    Urban structure is the arrangement of land use in urban areas, in other words, how the land use of a city is set out. [1] Urban planners , economists , and geographers have developed several models that explain where different types of people and businesses tend to exist within the urban setting.