urban village
1urban village — urban village, U.S. a small, self contained community within or near a large metropolitan area: »The suburban office boom has had a powerful impact on the exurban landscape, creating what some authors call “urban villages” or concentrated nodes… …
2Urban village — An urban village is an urban planning and urban design concept. It refers to an urban form typically characterized by: * Medium density development * Mixed use zoning * The provision of good public transit * An emphasis on urban design… …
3Urban village (China) — Urban villages (zh cp|1=城中村|2=Chéng Zhōng Cūn; literally: village in city ) are a unique phenomenon that formed part of China’s urbanization efforts.The villages appear on both the outskirts and the downtown segments of major cities, including… …
4urban village — /ɜbən ˈvɪlədʒ/ (say erbuhn viuhj) noun an urban design concept that is characterised by medium density development, mixed use zoning, and the provision of good public transport, with people finding their work, recreation, and social interactions… …
5Holbeck Urban Village — is the name given to the mixed use re generation south of Leeds railway station in England by local government and planning agencies.The designated area, once known simply as part of Holbeck, is located amongst ex locomotive engineering and… …
6Urban design — concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or… …
7Village — A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city [ [http://www.answers.com/village r=67 village: Definition and Much More from Answers.com ] ] . Though generally located in rural areas …
8Urban development in Detroit — refers to a series of revitalizations, over many decades, aimed at enhancing the city s economy and quality of life. An early effort, in response to civil disturbance and racial unrest in the late 1960s, was the New Detroit committee, a group of… …
9Urban agriculture — and Peri Urban Agriculture is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around (peri urban), a village, town or city. [Bailkey, M. and J. Nasr. 2000. From Brownfields to Greenfields: Producing Food in North American… …
10Urban areas in Sweden — Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort . The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden (2005). They could be compared with census designated… …
