Building Law
Official approval required before constructing or significantly altering a building.
Building permit
An individual who lives in a particular place, such as a house or neighborhood.
Resident
A prominent feature used for orientation, like a monument or tall building.
Landmark
Surfaces which do not allow water to go through.
Impervious
A legal right to use another person's property for a specific purpose, like a driveway or utilities.
Easement
A division of buildings that prioritizes pedestrian spaces. Used in Barcelona
Superblock
A large, identifiable city area with distinct visual or thematic traits.
District
A measure of a building’s total floor area compared to the size of its lot.
Floor-area-ratio
The government's power to take private property for public use, with compensation.
Eminent domain
A navigable route or channel for ships, often connecting large bodies of water.
Seaway
A linear boundary or barrier separating different city parts, like a river or road.
Edge
Having a pattern of lines that goes out of a central point towards the edges of a circle.
Radial
Examination of waste management systems to ensure safe sewage treatment and disposal.
Septic analysis
The part of a building or piece of land that is along a road, river etc.
Frontage
Strategic points in a city that act as major junctions or focal points
Node
Parking spaces along the curb of a road.
Curbside parking
Legal regulations that say how land in specific areas can be used.
Zoning laws
Something that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
Epitome
Quality in a physical object which gives it a high probability of evoking a strong image in any given observer
Imageability
To care for and encourage the growth or development of something.
To nurture