The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to urban planning:
Urban planning – 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, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility.
Urban planning is also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning.
Major ideas
Urban area City Metropolitan area Suburb Land use Planning Planning and zoning commission Growth management
Branches of planning
Physical and real estate
Land-use planning Neighborhood planning Comprehensive planning (US) Spatial planning Urban design Redevelopment Regional planning Mixed-use development
Community and economic development Community economic development Community development planning
Environment
Environmental planning Recreation resource planning Sustainable development Climate change adaptation Conservation development Low-impact development
Transportation
Transportation planning Transit-oriented development Public transport planning
Preservation
Historic preservation Preservation development
Research
Urbanism
Urban informatics
Other approaches
Indigenous planning Online land planning Participatory planning Participatory GIS Technical aspects of urban planning Community engagement Participatory development People-centered development
History and theory of planning Theories of urban planning and history of urban planning
Sanitary movement Garden city movement Back-to-the-land movement Linear city City Beautiful movement Soviet urban planning ideologies of the 1920s Towers in the park New towns movement Strategic urban planning Advocacy planning New Suburbanism Communicative planning Rational planning model
Planning by region
Planning cultures
Planning of Africa
Urban planning in Africa Urbanization in Africa Urban planning in ancient Egypt
Planning of Asia
Urban planning in China Urban planning in Shanghai Ancient Chinese urban planning Urban planning in Singapore Urban planning in Iran
Planning of Europe
Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Town and country planning in England Town and country planning in Northern Ireland Town and country planning in Scotland Town and country planning in Wales Spatial planning in Serbia Urban planning in Spain Urban planning of Barcelona Urban planning in the Czech Republic Urban planning in Nazi Germany Urban planning in communist countries Soviet urban planning ideologies of the 1920s
Planning of North America
Urban planning in the United States Planning and development in Detroit
Planning of Oceania
Urban planning in Australia Urban planning in Sydney
Planning of South America
Planning education
Urban planning education
Awards for planning
Danish Urban Planning Award Kevin Lynch Award
Related fields
Architecture Civil engineering Development economics Urban ecology Urban economics Geography Land development Landscape architecture Marine spatial planning Public health Public policy Real estate development Social sciences
See also
Terminology Outline of transport planning Outline of architecture Outline of geography
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