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Urban design engages with the production and adaption of the built environment and its appearance and function. Beyond the individual building scale, urban design focuses on the space and relationship between buildings and surroundings. As a creative practice urban design embeds societal and cultural values in configuring the built environment, shaping social behaviour.
An urban planning term referring to the physical characteristics of the built environment, including the configuration and function of buildings, the density of housing and their relation to each other and the natural environment.
A strategic planning intervention to redevelop an established urban area. Its purpose is to regenerate the area and improve neighbourhood amenity in often underutilised or disadvantaged urban areas.
The proportion of private rental sector properties that are currently unrented but are available to rent in a specified region. Traditionally, a fair rental market (for both landlords and tenants) has a 3% vacancy rate.
A tax to capture an increase of value generated through public investment or planning, such as the provision of new infrastructure or rezoning of land. Value capture can be essential in helping government fund local infrastructure improvements or in establishing new urban areas.
