Glossary

accessory dwelling

activity center

affordable housing

appropriate technology

architecture

autonomous building

autonomous vehicle

bedroom community (see commuter town)

best practices

big data

bike path

bike sharing

bollard

brownfield land

brownfield status

build out

built environment

bus lane

bus rapid transit

busway

bylaw

capital investment

carbon-neutral

car-free cities

cargo bike

carpooling

charrette

city center

civic engagement

co-housing

co-operative housing

commercial area

commune

commuter town

complete streets

condominium (also known as condo)

congestion pricing

connectivity

construction

crowdsourcing

curb extension

cycling infrastructure

demographics

densification

density

digital native

eco-mobility

economic development

economic growth

economic restructuring

edge city

environmental justice

environmental racism

environmental restoration

ethical consumerism

exurbs

food desert

fused grid

gentrification

ghetto

geotagging

grassroots

green building

green construction

green retrofit

green roof

green transportation

green wall

greenfield land

greenfield status

greenway

guerrilla urbanism

high speed rail

historic preservation

home zone

human-scaled

industrial design

industrial zone

infill

infographic

infrastructure

interim design

land recycling

land use

land value tax

landlord licensing

landscape architecture

landscape design

landscape urbanism

laneway house

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

light rail

linear city

linear park

livable streets

low-density zoning

low-impact development

low-income

mansionization

McMansion

megacity

megalopolis

mixed-use development

mobility

modular building

modular home

mortgage discrimination

multi-family residential building (also known as multi-residential building)

municipal bond

naked streets

New Pedestrianism

New Urbanism

NIMBY

open data

parkland

parklet

passive house

pedestrian

pedestrian village

permaculture

placemaking

planned community

planning (see urban planning)

plaza

policy wonk

policymaker

pop-up

prefabricated home

preservation development

property developer

public policy

public realm

real estate development

redevelopment

redlining

regional planning

rent control

residential area

residential segregation

restrictive zoning

rezoning

ride sharing

roof garden

Rust Belt

severance (land)

shared space

sharing economy

simple living

site planning

slum

smart city

smart growth

speed bump

sprawl

stakeholders

stormwater management

streetcar

street furniture

streetscape

strip mall

subdivision (land)

suburbanization

suburbs

sustainability

sustainable architecture

sustainable cities

sustainable transportation

tactical urbanism

temporary housing

terraced housing

tiny house movement

traditional neighborhood structure

traffic calming

transect

transit

transition town

transitional housing

transit-oriented development

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

unincorporated area

urban agriculture

urban decay

urban design

urban open space

urban planning

urban prairie

urban renaissance

urban village

urbanism

Vancouverism

walkability

walkable

walking audit

wayfinding

white flight

YIMBY

zoning