Sustainability Principles and Practice
Fourth Edition
eco-district
A collaborative planning approach to sustainable development at a neighborhood scale.
infrastructure
The technological support systems used to transport people, goods, water, waste, energy, and information in human communities.
New Urbanism
An urban design movement similar to smart growth promoted by the Congress for the New Urbanism.
smart growth
An approach to urban planning which features compact, walkable, and transit-oriented neighborhoods with a mix of uses, housing types, and affordability levels.
sprawl
A human settlement pattern characterized by low-density land use, single-use zoning, and automobile dependency.
transit-oriented development (TOD)
An element of smart growth in which neighborhood development is clustered around convenient transit stations and located along transit corridors.
transportation demand management (TDM)
A set of tools and strategies for changing travel behavior in order to reduce the number of automobile vehicle trips and vehicle miles driven.
urban growth boundary (UGB)
A line adopted by a government body which separates an urban area within which development may occur from surrounding open lands where development is restricted.