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A superstructure on a roof, dome, or tower, glazed along its sides, which admits light to the area below.

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Lantern

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Structures or plants which, because of their form and location, reduce wind velocities.

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Windbreak

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The land surrounding a flowing stream over which water spreads when a flood occurs.

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Flood Plain

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The soil layer beneath the topsoil

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Subsoil

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The study of the relationship between people and the urban environment in which they live.

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Urban Ecology

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Earth that is replaced around a foundation or retaining wall after the concrete forms have been removed.

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Backfill

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A stone guard to prevent damage to a wall; also a freestanding stone post to divert vehicular traffic.

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Bollard

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A part of a highway marked off to carry a single line of moving vehicles.

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Lane

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The general pattern of movement of the water on, under and above the earth.

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Water Cycle

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To summarize; to get to the essence of something.

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Abstract

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A portico used in Greek architecture, often as a covered meeting place or promenade.

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Stoa

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The restoration or substantial improvement of a building.

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Rehabilitation

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A hole drilled into the ground at the site of a proposed structure in order to obtain samples of the subsurface soil for examination and testing in a laboratory. Based on these tests, the soils engineer recommends the type of foundation and the allowable soil bearing pressure.

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Test Boring

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The surface flow of water from an area.

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Run-off

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The percentage of total rainfall which is not absorbed in the ground and, hence, runs off. It must be collected in a system of surface and subsurface drains.

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Runoff Coefficient

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As used by Lynch, a point of reference in a city that cannot be entered into or traversed.

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Landmark

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The boundary line of a lot.

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Lot Line

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A structural member placed over an opening and supporting construction above.

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Lintel

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A long-range, overall plan or concept for an area’s development.

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Master Plan

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The most important city of a country, state or region; or any large, busy city.

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Metropolis

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The 18th century social or economic movement, begun in England, that mechanized the productive processes by substituting machine power for hand power.

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Industrial Revolution

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The point at which two streets come together or cross.

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Intersection

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The wedge-shaped top member of an arch.

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Keystone

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the smallest identifiable parcel of land in a city.

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Lot

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An underground pipe or drain used to carry off rain water (storm sewer) or waste matter (sanitary sewer).

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Sewer

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A form of real estate tenancy in which the lessee has the right to use a piece of property under conditions described in the lease.

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Leasehold

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An ecological system, consisting of a community of living organisms and its physical environment.

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Ecosystem

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A high-speed, multiple-lane highway designed to move traffic smoothly and without interruption. Also called a freeway.

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Expressway

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A continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way generally with a minimum width of 44 inches.

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Exit

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30
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The digging or removal of earth.

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Excavation

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A balanced arrangement of elements on either side of a dividing line or plane.

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Symmetry

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A method of research consisting of the identification of a problem, the collection of relevant data, the formulation of a hypothesis, and the testing of that hypothesis.

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Scientific Method

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The process of determining location, form, and boundaries of a parcel of land by measurement, computation, and drawing.

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Survey

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the relationship of the sizes of building elements.

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Proportion

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The configuration of the surface features of an area of ground.

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Topography

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The heat transfer process which occurs when a warm fluid rises, displacing cold fluid which then falls.

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Convection

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The total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a parcel of land.

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Lot Area

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A street which carries relatively low traffic and provides access to low-intensity uses which front on it.

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Local Access Street

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A fictitious temperature which would produce the same physiological effect as the combined effects of temperatures, humidity and air movement.

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Effective Temperature

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the slight convexity of a column, used to overcome the optical illusion of concavity that would occur if the column were straight.

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Entasis

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The state of being a harmonious combination of elements.

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Unity

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The intersection of two roads at different levels so that vehicles may move from one road to the other without crossing the stream of traffic. Also called interchange.

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Grade Separation

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Composed of design elements originally derived from diverse sources or styles.

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Hybrid

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44
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Designing the external physical environment in which buildings and structures are placed.

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Site Planning

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45
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In far eastern architecture, a tower-like structure, often used as a shrine.

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Pagoda

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A continuous, major street, typically two or three lanes in each direction, that connects with the expressways at strategic locations.

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Arterial Street

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A use not strictly allowed in zoning ordinance, but permitted if specified conditions are met and if approval is granted by the local governing body.

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Conditional Use

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A graded flow path used in open drainage systems.

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Swale

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49
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An arrangement which tends to keep people apart, such as back-to-back seating in an airline terminal waiting room.

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Sociofugal

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A set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps.

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Algorithm

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51
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A platform raised above floor level.

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Dais

52
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The eastern or alter end of a church, usually semi-circular in plan.

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Apse

53
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An inner court open to the sky, but surrounded by a roof.

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Atrium

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The French term for the columns that raise a building off the ground, as used by Le Corbusier.

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Piloti

55
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A community of people living in a general area, which can generally support an elementary school.

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Neighborhood

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A commemorative shaft, square in section, with a small pyramid on top.

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Obelisk

57
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The number of people or families per unit of area.

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Population Density

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Lynch’s term for a city’s circulation routes.

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Paths

59
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Separating into component parts; reducing to a simpler form.

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Resolution

60
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A curved structure composed of wedge-shaped elements, used to span an opening.

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Arch

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Ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human.

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Anthropomorphic

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A buttressing or supporting structure.

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Abutment

63
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An arena encircled by tiers of seats.

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Amphitheater

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A statement supporting or helping to support a conclusion.

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Premise

65
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An original model after which something is patterned; a prototype.

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Archetype

66
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A bell tower

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Campanile

67
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A circular space covered by a dome.

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Rotunda

68
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The rate of slope between two points on a surface, determined by dividing their vertical difference in elevation by their horizontal distance apart.

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Gradient

69
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In urban planning, an outlying community of secondary importance, dependent on a larger city.

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Satellite

70
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Paving using crushed stone.

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Macadam

71
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The difference of elevation between adjacent contour lines.

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Contour Interval

72
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A typical pattern of urban development formed by a grid street system with two or more corridors of intense development intersecting at a central core.

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Rectilinear Pattern

73
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The entrance vestibule of a church.

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Narthex

74
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The process by which water vapor escapes into the atmosphere from plants.

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Transpiration

75
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The hierarchical order in a society by which some individuals or groups control others.

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Dominance

76
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Appropriation of private property for public use, together with acceptance for such use by a public agency.

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Dedication

77
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An independent living area which includes its own private cooking and bathing facilities.

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Dwelling Unit

78
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Flow from a culvert, sewer or other channel.

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Discharge

79
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The topmost section of an entablature.

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Cornice

80
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A circulation pattern in which channels spread out from a central point.

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Radial Pattern

81
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The study of the form or structure of anything.

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Morphology

82
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A repetitive dimension used in architectural design and planning.

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Module

83
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A stone of great size, especially in ancient construction.

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Megalith

84
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A freestanding canopy supported by columns symbolically sheltering an altar, throne or tomb.

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Baldacchino

85
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An arrangement that is neat, efficient, harmonious and comprehensible.

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Order

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The purpose for which a building is intended to be used.

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Occupancy

87
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The aesthetic or pleasurable features of a place or facility.

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Amenities

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A building or portion thereof used for the gathering together of 50 or more persons.

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Assembly Building

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A system of standardized units or sections for simplified construction or flexibility.

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Modular

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Referring to a disability which makes a person unable to walk an therefore confined to a wheelchair.

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Non-ambulatory

91
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Standards or rules by which something is tested.

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Criteria

92
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The geographic area from which the participants in an activity are drawn, such as the customers of a shopping center or the employees of a manufacturing plant.

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Catchment

93
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A three-dimensional volume that has density and bulk.

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Mass

94
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Special permission granted to an owner permitting a deviation from zoning requirements normally applicable to the property in question.

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Variance

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A law by which a government regulates and controls the character and use of property.

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Zoning Ordinance

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The legal means whereby land use is regulated and controlled for the welfare of the community.

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Zoning

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The right held by one party to make limited use of the property of another.

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Easement

98
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A use for property which is no longer permitted by the zoning ordinance. Unless it is unsafe, such a use is generally allowed to continue.

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Nonconforming Use

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The volume within which a building may legally be placed.

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Zoning Envelope

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A determining factor or characteristic.

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Parameter

101
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A flat or level surface.

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Plane

102
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Construction to resist the spread of fire, as specified in the applicable building code.

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Fire-resistive Construction

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The unique characteristics of a place which relate to a specific behavior or a particular activity.

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Behavior Setting

104
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Derived from observation, experience or experiment, and not based on theory.

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Empirical

105
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The separation of an entity into its components, so that it may be examined.

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Analysis

106
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A bank of earth, often piled up against a wall.

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Berm

107
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The type, arrangement and quality of dwelling units in a given area.

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Housing

108
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A division of urban land, normally private property, which is surrounded by public streets, and which is officially established and recorded.

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Block

109
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In Roman architecture, an oblong building used for public administration, from which early Christian churches evolved.

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Basilica

110
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Pertaining to symbolic representation of ideas or subjects by means of images.

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Iconographic

111
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The study of the quality, aspects and perception of beauty.

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Aesthetics

112
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The science of sound and sound control.

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Acoustics

113
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The rate at which a given material conducts heat, per inch of thickness.

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Conductivity (k)

114
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An area of land designed for industrial uses and developed as a unit.

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Industrial Park

115
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An imaginary line on the ground surface connecting all points of equal elevation.

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Contour

116
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The elimination of segregation or discrimination in public facilities by making such facilities available to persons of all races.

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Integration

117
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A term used by Lynch to describe the ease with which parts of a city can be recognized and organized into a coherent pattern. Also known as legibility.

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Imageability

118
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Referring to construction in which fire resistance is obtained by using wood structural members of specified minimum sizes.

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Heavy Timber

119
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A consistent, orderly or pleasing arrangement of the elements of a building or other work.

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Harmony

120
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One of many apartment units contained in a multi-floor building and accessible by elevators.

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High-rise Apartment

121
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One or more spaces designated for physically handicapped persons, requiring special design and dimensions.

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Handicapped Parking

122
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A form of land ownership in which the owner has absolute title, which can be transferred by sale or bequest.

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Fee Simple

123
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A concept developed by Ebenezer Howard in which all land would be owned by the community, the city would be economically balanced and self-contained and a permanent belt of farmland would surround the city.

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Garden City

124
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A public body which provides and manages housing, particularly for low-income families.

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Housing Authority

125
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A style of European architecture developed in the late Renaissance in reaction to classical forms, characterized by elaborate curves, scrolls and ornamentation.

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Baroque

126
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A type of residential siting in which a series of housing units are grouped closely together and surrounded by open space.

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Cluster

127
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A preliminary sketch or plan

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Equisse

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