Key basic factors to consider in urban

planning
1. Planners must pay attention to the area’s environment:
physical environmental
geological and
geographical forces (use GIS or terrain mapping imagery or LIDAR —Light
Detection and Ranging—is a remote sensing method used to examine the
surface of the Earth)
social-consider demographics for transportation
economic-say farm to market proximity
2. Consider city residents/dwellers
3. Plans must be forward thinking-in anticipation of say health concerns
4. Areas in need of renewal need special consideration.
Affected by calamities,
ethnic clearings,
affected by wars/political conflicts=ex. Afghanistan
5. Urban planners need the right tools at their disposal to do their jobs:
GIS, high resolution picometre imaging, orthogonal imagery
aerial mapping imagery
LIDAR, etc
Other critical points to consider
• Other considerations:
• Population
• Land area
• Land use
• population density
Connect this with the 6 Social Institutions
• Prioritize: connect these for behavioral change
• Health
• Education/Church
• Church/Education
• Family
• Economy
• Political
References:
• https://www.eagleview.com/2016/08/5-key-factors-in-urban-planning
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. Retireved June 2019.