Glossary
accessory dwelling
activity center
affordable housing
allotment garden
appropriate technology
aquaponics
architecture
automobile dependency
autonomous building
autonomous vehicle
bedroom community (see commuter town)
best practices
bicycle parking
bicycle registration
bicycle-friendly
big data
bike box
bike carrier
bike path
bike sharing
bikeway
bollard
box bike (see cargo bike)
brownfield land
brownfield status
buffered bike lane
build out
built environment
bus lane
bus rapid transit
busway
bylaw
California Green Building initiative
capital investment
carbon-neutral
car-free cities
car-free zone
cargo bike
carpooling
charrette
city center
civic engagement
clean energy
Climate Change
cloud-based
co-housing
commercial area
commune
community garden
community land trust
commuter rail
commuter town
complete streets
condominium (also known as condo)
contraflow bike lane
congestion pricing
congregate housing
connectivity
construction
co-operative housing
crowdsourcing
curb extension
cycling infrastructure
demographics
densification
density
digital native
displacement
distribution center
eco-mobility
economic development
economic growth
economic restructuring
edge city
electric vehicle
environmental justice
environmental racism
environmental restoration
ethical consumerism
exurbs
food desert
food oasis
food swamp
foreclosure crisis
Freeganism
fused grid
gentrification
geotagging
ghetto
grassroots
green belt
green building
green construction
green retrofit
green roof
green transportation
green wall
greenfield land
greenfield status
greenway
greywater
guerrilla urbanism
heritage preservation
high speed rail
historic preservation
home zone
homelessness
housing vouchers
human-scaled
hybrid vehicle
hydroponics
industrial design
industrial zone
infill
infographic
infrastructure
intercity rail
interdisciplinary
interim design
intersectional
land recycling
land swap
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
paratransit
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
protected bike lane
protected intersection
public investment
public policy
public realm
rapid transit
real estate development
redeployable housing
redevelopment
redlining
regional planning
renewable energy
rent control
right-to-housing
residential area
residential hotel
residential segregation
restrictive zoning
rezoning
ride sharing
roof garden
Rust Belt
self-build housing
severance (land)
shared housing
shared lane markings
shared space
sharing economy
sidepath
simple living
site planning
slum
smart city
smart growth
speed bump
social housing
sprawl
stakeholders
stormwater management
street furniture
streetcar
streetscape
strip mall
subdivision (land)
suburbanization
suburbs
sub-prime mortgage
sustainability
sustainable architecture
sustainable change
sustainable cities
sustainable transportation
tactical urbanism
temporary housing
terraced housing
tiny house movement
traditional neighborhood structure
traffic calming
traffic congestion
traffic reduction
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 greenhouse
urban open space
urban planning
urban prairie
urban renaissance
urban village
urbanism
value capture
Vancouverism
walkability
walkable
walking audit
water conservation
wayfinding
white flight
WikiHouse
YIMBY
zoning