neighbourhood planning
1Neighbourhood unit — The concept of the neighbourhood unit, crystallised from the prevailing social and intellectual attitudes of the early 1900s by Clarence Perry, is an early diagrammatic planning model for residential development in metropolitan areas.[1] It was… …
2Neighbourhood character — refers to the look and feel of an area [1], in particular a residential area. It also includes the activities that occur there. In everyday usage, it can often be synonymous with local character, residential character, urban character and place… …
3Planning gain — refers primarily to the increase in the value of land which results from planning permission being granted for that land. This increase in land value mainly accrues to the owner of the land, but a levy or tax may be applied to divert some of the… …
4Neighbourhood police centre — A neighbourhood police centre (NPC) is a mid sized police station in Singapore, introduced in 1997 to replace the Singapore Police Force s Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) system. Based similarly on the concepts of community policing and modelled… …
5Neighbourhood Police Centre — A Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) is a mid sized police station in Singapore, introduced in 1997 to replace the Singapore Police Force s Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) system. Based similarly on the concepts of community policing and modelled… …
6Neighbourhood — The Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City For other uses, see Neighbourhood (disambiguation). A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb …
7Neighbourhood effect — The neighbourhood effect is one of the contextual variables that explains the tendency of a person to vote in a certain direction based upon the relational effects of the people living in the neighbourhood. The voting preference of a… …
8neighbourhood — /ˈneɪbəhʊd / (say naybuhhood) noun 1. the region near or about some place or thing; the vicinity. 2. a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants: a fashionable neighbourhood. 3. a number of persons living near one …
9Urban planning areas in Singapore — Singapore is currently divided into 55 urban planning areas by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, organised into five regions. [http://www.ura.gov.sg/landuse/devtguide.htm] A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area,… …
10urban planning — n. the study or profession dealing with the growth and functioning of cities and towns, including environmental concerns, zoning, the infrastructure, etc. urban planner n. * * * Programs pursued as a means of improving the urban environment and… …
