industrialization which theUnitedStates experienced as a result. In 1790, only about one out of every twenty Americans (on average) lived inurban areas (cities)...
TheUnitedStates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers...
urban studies, also known as pre-urban planning, is the paraprofessional version of urban and regional planning education, mostly taken as a bachelor's...
Urbanplanning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planningin specific contexts, is a technical and political process...
Home Rule intheUnitedStates relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers...
plan is most often used by urban planners intheUnitedStates. Each city and county adopts and updates their plan to guide the growth and land development...
engineering plans. Similarly, the theory of urbanplanning was mainly interested in visionary planning and design which would demonstrate how the ideal city...
of urban areas such as transportation and distribution networks. The history of urbanplanning runs parallel to the history of the city, as planning is...
American urban politics refers to politics within cities of theUnitedStates of America. City governments, run by mayors or city councils, hold a restricted...
UrbanPlanningin China is currently characterized by a top-down approach, high density urban development and extensive urbanization. China's urban planning...
Urbanplanningin Singapore is the direction of infrastructure development in Singapore. It is done through a three-tiered planning framework, consisting...
Urbanplanningin Australia has a significant role to play in ensuring the future sustainability of Australian cities. Australia is one of the most highly...
comprehensive planning document for the development of the monumental core and the park system of Washington, D.C., the capital of theUnitedStates. It was...
complex borders and 'holes' inthe city limits. Generally found more frequently inthe western UnitedStates, county islands form in areas of expansion when...
The Regional Plan Association is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization, founded in 1922, that focuses on recommendations to improve...
Town and country planningintheUnited Kingdom is the part of English land law which concerns land use planning. Its goal is to ensure sustainable economic...
The megaregions of theUnitedStates are eleven regions of theUnitedStates that contain two or more roughly adjacent urban metropolitan areas that, through...
public and private universities intheUnitedStates who have accredited UrbanPlanning Programs. Royal Town Planning Institute Thomas, June Manning (November...
urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices inthe field of town planning, urbanplanning or city planning. An urban planner...
and UrbanPlanning is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. It covers landscape science (including landscape planning, design...
and Hot Springs, South Dakota. Based on the success in those three towns, a pilot project followed in six states: Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts...