Built Environment- Any place where humans have intervened, by intent or design or by accident,
in the natural environment.

City Planner- A person who deals with the regulation of land use and the physical arrangement of
city structures; can work for the local, county, regional, state, or federal government as well as
for a private group.

Community- A locality where a group of people live and/or work.

Green Space- Preplanned and preserved open land.

Elevation- A drawing showing the vertical elements of a building, interior or exterior.

Historic Preservation- Protection, rehabilitation, restoration and reconstruction of sites significant to a culture.

Landmark- A prominent or well-known object in or feature of a particular landscape.

Neighborhood- People living in physical proximity who often share bonds of friendship and common interest.

New Urbanism- A planning movement that emphasizes walkability, increased density, mixed-use buildings, and a traditional neighborhood structure.

Plan- A drawing showing the horizontal elements of a building.

Rural Area- An area of very little development, often characterized by agricultural uses or undeveloped land.

Scale- The size of a model in proportion to the size of the actual thing.

Smartgrowth- A planning movement that responds to "sprawl" by limiting growth on undeveloped land, and refocusing a larger share of regional growth within central cities and inner suburbs.

Sprawl- Uncontained and unplanned development.

Street Furniture- Signs, benches, trash receptacles, lights, and other things "furnishing" the streets.

Suburb- An outlying part of a city.

Urban Area- An area of dense or closely placed development, often associated with a street plan made up of blocks and mixed uses.

Zone- A legal definition that restricts building types and size, enterprises, or uses (i.e. residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, parks, and recreation) within a specified area of a community.