urbanism
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- noun
- /ˈɜrbənɪzəm/
- Specialized
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urbanismo
- Urbanism focuses on how cities are planned and organized to improve quality of life.
- New Urbanism
- growth and urbanism
Mumford's Emersonian approach to architecture and urbanism aimed toward moral reform.
- Mumford's Emersonian approach to architecture and urbanism aimed toward moral reform.
- This past year we have explored urbanism through a wide range of events including lectures and seminars, poetry readings, and walking tours.
- That's why I go back to start with with this dialogue about the advent of urbanism, Modern urbanism.
- Now we're in the connected structure of urbanism.
- I'm jumping one of the most interesting competitions in urbanism.
- So my first project, one that is I think breaking away from urbanism, was a Daydream to me.
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The Good City is a Fort Wayne, Indiana, website about market-driven urbanism and community, Complete Streets, and pedestrian-friendly cityscapes.
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Portland was implementing progressive urbanism long before it even reached the agenda in most places.
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There was also a huge growth in urbanism in the time periods cited.
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The promise of urbanism, as it appeared in the great industrial era, remains unfulfilled.
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However, there is much more than just infrastructure and spatial division that defines sustainable urbanism.
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Mumford's Emersonian approach to architecture and urbanism aimed toward moral reform.
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Creative placemaking adds to walkable urbanism by sealing the deal on physical, mental, and social well-being.
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In lockstep with these changes, urban design movements like the New Urbanism have challenged the predominant tradition of single-use zoning and sought to create mixed-use communities.
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The study of urbanism helps us understand the growth and function of cities worldwide.
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Many cities are investing in urbanism to design sustainable and vibrant living spaces.
Synonyms
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Designing and arranging buildings, roads, and public spaces in cities and towns
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Designing and managing how buildings, roads, and public spaces are placed in a city
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Deciding where roads, houses, and shops go in towns and cities
Antonyms
How Pro-Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word urbanism comes from the Latin root urb, from urbs, meaning 'city', and it shares this root with urban and suburb. It is the study and practice of planning and designing towns and cities, so the origin explains why it is about making and organising 'cities'.