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San Diego, a comprehensive plan for its improvement, 1908 A City Plan for Austin, Texas, 1928. Comprehensive planning is an ordered process that determines community goals and aspirations in terms of community development. The end product is called a comprehensive plan, [1] also known as a general plan, [2] or master plan. [3]
To this end, it is the systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use, and economic and social conditions in order to select and adopt the best land use options. [1] Often one element of a comprehensive plan , a land use plan provides a vision for the future possibilities of development in neighborhoods, districts ...
A local plan is one type of development plan. The development plan guides and shapes day-to-day decisions as to whether or not planning permission should be granted, under the system known as development control (development management in Scotland). In order to ensure that these decisions are rational and consistent, they must be considered ...
Fairfield County commissioners' land-use plan shows more commercial and residential growth in northern part of county, worrying long-time residents.
In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. [ 1 ] Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogonal geometry, facilitate movement.
A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation ...
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