Glossary

accessory building

affordable housing

appropriate technology

architecture

autonomous vehicle

best practices

big data

bike path

bike sharing

bollard

brownfield land

built environment

bus lane

bus rapid transit

busway

bylaw

capital investment

carbon-neutral

car-free cities

cargo bike

carpooling

civic engagement

co-housing

co-operative housing

commune

complete streets

condominium (also known as condo)

congestion pricing

connectivity

construction

crowdsourcing

curb extension

cycling infrastructure

density

eco-mobility

economic development

economic growth

environmental racism

ethical consumerism

exurbs

food desert

gentrification

geotagging

grassroots

green building

green construction

green transportation

guerrilla urbanism

high speed rail

historic preservation

home zone

human-scaled

infill

infographic

infrastructure

interim design

land use

land value tax

landlord licensing

landscape architecture

landscape urbanism

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

ligh rail

livable streets

low-density zoning

mixed-use development

mobility

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

municipal bond

naked streets

New Pedestrianism

New Urbanism

NIMBY

open data

parklet

pedestrian

pedestrian village

placemaking

planned community

planning (see urban planning)

plaza

policy wonk

policymaker

pop-up

preservation development

property developer

public policy

public realm

real estate development

redevelopment

regional planning

rent control

rezoning

ride sharing

Rust Belt

shared space

sharing economy

smart growth

speed bump

sprawl

stakeholders

street furniture

streetscape

suburbs

sustainability

sustainable architecture

sustainable cities

sustainable transportation

tactical urbanism

temporary housing

tiny houses

traditional neighborhood structure

traffic calming

transit

transit-oriented development

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

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

urban agriculture

urban decay

urban planning

urban renaissance

urban village

urbanism

walkability

walkable

wayfinding

YIMBY

zoning