Definition+-+Urban+Planning




 * Mainly, the urban planning looks for the best way to locate services (water, ligth, telephone) and equipments (health cares, education, highways, residences) with the objective of provide a better life quality for the society.

Urban planing is, by definition, a multidisciplinary science. Among the sciences that compose the urban planning in the supporting bases are: sociology, geology and architecture, among others.

The sociology, for example, allows the urban planner to study and predict the behavior of the society as the protagonist of a city.

The need to dominate space and manage volumes requires the urban planner to possess knowledges in architecture

It is also important that the urban planner contemplates geological variables to develop studies of the natural environment and determine the feasibility of future construction projects in the city.

The town planner must guarantee the preservation of the environment, mediating between this (preservation) and the needs of the people ****that lives in a given area.

The city, as a human creation, is a "continuous present", that needs to change from day to day together with its habitants. This forces the urban planing to a continuous renewal to fit the city and the life of the society into the modern times.

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