Urban Policies

Demands for better urban management are becoming more acute.
More than half

of the world's population now lives in cities, an impact of massive urban
development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Between 2000 and 2005, the
developing world's cities grew by 2.68 percent, more than quadrupling the rate of
0.61 percent in wealthier areas of the globe. Urban planners are here to manage
such development and improve cities. They are versatile professionals who offer
solutions to the economic, social, environmental, and mobility problems facing the
urban world. So, what is urban planning? Objectives and contents of urban
planning? Check this out in the presentation below:
1. What is urban planning?
On the basis of the provisions of the Law on Urban Planning in 2009, urban areas
are understood in the simplest way as activities where densely populated areas live.
administrative, economic, and cultural; play a role in promoting the socio-
economic development of a country or a territory or a locality.
Thereby, urban planning is defined correctly as follows: "Urban planning is the

organization of space, architecture, urban landscape, technical infrastructure
system, social infrastructure works and housing to create an appropriate living
environment for people living in urban areas, expressed through urban planning."
Urban planning, also known as regional planning, town planning, city planning, or
rural planning, is a political and technical process focused on the development and
design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and
infrastructure passing through. into and out of urban areas, such as transportation,
communications and distribution networks and their accessibility.
Traditionally, urban planning follows a top-down approach in master planning of

the material layout of human settlements. The primary concern is public welfare,
including considerations of environmental efficiency, sanitation, protection, and
use, as well as the impact of master plans on economic and social activities.
Over time, urban planning has focused on the cruxes of society and the
environment, focusing on planning as a tool to improve people's health and well-
being while maintaining sustainability standards. Sustainable development was
added as one of the main goals of all planning efforts by the end of the 20th
century when the adverse economic and environmental impacts of previous
planning models became apparent.
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Similarly, at the beginning of the 21st century, legal and political views aimed at
emphasizing the interests of residents, businesses, and communities effectively
influenced urban planners to consider more broadly the experiences and needs of
residents while planning.
2. What is urban planning named in English?
Urban planning has an English name: "urban planning, city planning or urban
schemes".
3. Objectives and contents of urban planning?
First, urban planning objectives
Urban planning answers questions about how people will live, work, and play in
each area and, therefore, guides orderly development in urban, suburban, and rural
areas. Although primarily concerned with planning settlements and communities,
urban planners are also responsible for planning the efficient transportation of
goods, resources, people, and waste; the distribution of basic necessities such as
water and electricity; a sense of inclusion and opportunity for people of all walks
of life, cultures and needs; economic growth or business development; improving
the health and conservation of areas of natural environmental significance
contributes positively to reducing CO2 emissions as well as protecting heritage
structures and the built environment.
Urban planning is a dynamic field as questions around how people live, work, and
play change over time. These changes are constantly reflected in planning
methods, regional rules and policies that make it a highly technical, political,
social, economic, and environmental field.
Urban planning is an interdisciplinary field that includes civil engineering,

architecture, human geography, politics, social sciences, and design sciences.
Practitioners of urban planning involve research and analysis, strategic thinking,
engineering architecture, urban design, community consultation, policy proposals,
implementation, and management. It is closely related to the field of urban design
and some urban planners provide designs for streets, parks, buildings, and other
urban areas.
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Urban planners work with the integrated sectors of civil engineering, landscape
architecture, architecture, and public administration to achieve strategic, policy and
sustainability goals.
Early urban planners were often members of these general fields although today,
urban planning is a separate, independent area of expertise. The discipline of urban
planning is a broader category that includes various sub-areas such as land use
planning, zoning, economic development, environmental planning, and
transportation planning. The formulation of plannings requires a thorough
understanding of the penal code and the regional planning code.
Second, the content of urban planning
The technical aspects of urban planning involve the application of scientific,

technical processes, considerations and characteristics related to land use planning,
urban design, natural resources, transport, and infrastructure. Urban planning
includes techniques such as: predicting population growth, zoning, mapping, and
geographic analysis, analyzing park spaces, surveying water supplies, identifying
traffic patterns, recognizing food supply needs, allocating health and social care
services, and analyzing the impact of land use.
To predict how cities will develop and estimate the impact of their interventions,
planners use a variety of models. These models can be used to indicate
relationships and patterns in demographic, geographic, and economic data. They
can solve short-term problems like how people move through cities, or long-term
issues like land use and growth. One of those models is the Geographic
Information System (GIS) which is used to create a current planning model and
then forecast future impacts on society, economy, and the environment.
Building codes and other regulations are tied to urban planning by regulating how
cities are built and used from an individual level. Enforcement methodologies
include government zoning, planning rights and building codes, as well as privacy
agreements and restrictive covenants.
The neoclassical school of economics argues that planning is unnecessary, or even

harmful, because market efficiency allows for efficient land use. A pluralist
political line of thinking argues in a similar way that government should not
interfere in political competition between different interest groups, which
determine how land is used. The traditional justification for urban planning is that
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the planner does for the city what the engineer or architect does for the house, that
is, makes it more in line with the needs and preferences of the inhabitants.
The widely adopted consensus-building planning model, which seeks to meet

different interests within the community has been criticized as based on, rather
than challenging, community power structures. Instead, it has been proposed as a
framework for urban planning decision-making.
Interventions by urban planners are required in many cases. These include

infrastructure projects involving access to water, sewage, or transportation; efforts
to address issues related to housing, urban mobility, public space organization, and
urban rights; and institutional programs that require support for local governments
related to public service delivery or space management.

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Demands for better urban management are becoming more acute.

More than half

1. What is urban planning?

Thereby, urban planning is defined correctly as follows: "Urban planning is the

Traditionally, urban planning follows a top-down approach in master planning of

2. What is urban planning named in English?

3. Objectives and contents of urban planning?

First, urban planning objectives

Urban planning is an interdisciplinary field that includes civil engineering,

Second, the content of urban planning

The technical aspects of urban planning involve the application of scientific,

The neoclassical school of economics argues that planning is unnecessary, or even

The widely adopted consensus-building planning model, which seeks to meet

Interventions by urban planners are required in many cases. These include

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