CITY PLANNING

Land Use/Zoning

Transportation

Energy

Natural Resources Economic Development

Housing

Parks and Recreation

Urban Design

Public Meetings

What Do City Planners Do?

Zoning Ordinance A policy document that regulates land use, including the

size and shape of buildings and various uses.

Comprehensive Plan A 20 year plan that states the goals and objectives of a

Community’s future vision. The Plan analyzes the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

Key Planning Vocabulary

Plat Map A plat in the U.S is a map, drawn to scale, showing the

divisions of a piece of land.

DanielBurnhamFatherofCityPlanningWorldColumbianExposi<on1893PlanofChicago1909

Key Planning Icons

EdwardBasseDFatherofZoning1stComprehensiveZoningOrdinanceCoined“parkway”and“freeway”1916

PatrickGeddesFatherofRegionalPlanningWrote“Ci<esinEvolu<on”1915

IanMcHargFatherofModernEcologyWrote“DesignWithNature”1969EcologyPlanningandMapping

EbenezerHowardGardenCi<esMovement1898Balancedareasofresidences,industryandagriculture,concentricpaDern.

KevinLynchWrote“ImageoftheCity”1960Definesedges,nodes,landmarks,districts,andpaths.Coined“imageability”and“wayfinding”

JaneJacobsWrote“TheDeathandLifeofGreatAmericanCi<es”1961UrbanRenewalProjectssavingneighborhoods

RachelCarlsonAmericanmarinebiologistandconserva<onistWrote“SilentSpring”1962

Elements of a City Edges

Vancouver, BC

New Orleans, LA

Districts

San Francisco, CA

Chinatown, UK

Landmarks

NYC

North St. Paul, MN

Public Spaces

Chicago, IL

Sienna, Italy

Transportation

Madrid, Spain

Dublin, Ireland

Map Exercise

PLAT MAP ZONING MAP AERIAL MAP

Use your creativity to draw what type of city you would love to live in!

Imagine Your City!

IDEAS: Parks/Trees

Bike Paths Post Offices Waterparks Townhouses

Walking Paths Streets/Sidewalks

Industries/Factories Rivers/Lakes/Ponds Businesses/Stores/

Offices Houses/Apartments

Police Stations/Schools Amusement Parks

Find all of the planning words on this word search!

Planning Word Search

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