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Preferred term

urban land use and town planning  

Definition(s)

  • Town planning, or urban land use, is concerned with the design and development of human settlements. It is a human activity with origins tracing back to antiquity, in Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and on up to the Renaissance and the baroque period in Europe. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Urban Land Use and Town Planning]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZNF08K4V-6

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