Glossary
accessory dwelling
activity center
affordable housing
appropriate technology
architecture
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 transportation
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
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
light rail
linear city
linear park
livable streets
low-density zoning
low-income
mansionization
megacity
megalopolis
mixed-use development
mobility
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
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
redlining
regional planning
rent control
residential area
residential segregation
restrictive zoning
rezoning
ride sharing
Rust Belt
severance (land)
shared space
sharing economy
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 houses
traditional neighborhood structure
traffic calming
transect
transit
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