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 into
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
land use plans and enact them through zoning ordinances.

Local Government
Code, 1991
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.
The main reason why the nomadic existence of early man
metamorphosed to village
settlement and later to the birth of cities.

City

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.
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.

Insula

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

Urban Design

Agricultural Surplus

Truebounded City

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 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.
A habitable room for 1 family only with facilities for living, sleeping,
cooking, and eating.
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.
A very steep slope of rock or clay.

Buildable Area

A piece of grassy land, especially one used for growing hay or as pasture
for grazing
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
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
the potential buyer has serious intentions.

Earnest Money

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

obligation by periodic

Amortization

Dwelling Unit
Gabion Wall

Clif

charges against the capital account.

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

Housing Codes

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

Zoning

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.
Minimum road width in a neighborhood development to ease traffic flow.

Social Implications

Which building component receives priority over the location to have the
morning sun.
Urban Planning is defined briefly as the guidance of ___.

Bedrooms

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.
The study of the dynamic relationship between a community of
organisms and its habitat.
Preparations of an accurate base map for urban planning starts with ___.

Site Planning

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

Urban Blight

An efficient and rapid transport system for automobiles to circulate

across urban to urban

Freeways

6.00 mts.

Growth and Change

Ecology
Accurate Aerial Mosaic

Star

areas.
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.
A contract transferring the right of possession of buildings, property,
etc., for a fixed
period of time, usually for periodical compensation called 'rent'.

Lawn

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

Leasehold

Lease