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An Urban object is a physical structure within the urban built environment.
 
An Urban object is a physical structure within the urban built environment.
   
=Types of urban objects=
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==Types of urban objects==
Within the Securipedia, the following types of urban objects are discerned:
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Within the Securipedia, the following categorisation of urban objects is used (click map for link):
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poly 368 342 682 340 734 258 1056 254 1060 502 734 506 684 426 366 428 [[Retail and commercial services|Retail: structures designed designated for the purpose of housing economic activities that fulfil the role of goods and service provision.]]
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rect 364 514 690 594 [[Office|Office space]]
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poly 364 686 682 686 730 606 1052 606 1052 848 730 846 676 768 364 768 [[Industry|Industry]]
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rect 362 942 690 1024 [[Public services and facilities|Public services and facilities]]
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rect 728 864 1052 940 [[Educational facilities|Educational facilities]]
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rect 728 944 1050 1024 [[Health facilities|Health facilities]]
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rect 730 1026 1050 1104 [[Government Asset|Government assets]]
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poly 366 1242 680 1242 726 1118 1054 1118 1050 1200 726 1196 726 1282 1054 1282 1052 1442 724 1438 676 1326 362 1326 [[Social facilities, open and civic space|Social facilities, open and civic space]]
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poly 370 1532 674 1532 734 1446 1054 1450 1054 1696 738 1696 682 1614 364 1618 [[Utilities|Utilities: all infrastructures with supportive functions related to the health and well-being of the citizens excluding transportation]]
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rect 364 1788 692 1874 [[Transportation|Transportation infrastructure]]
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rect 726 1706 1052 1788 [[Road network|Road network: road infrastructure connecting hubs]]
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rect 728 1788 1052 1872 [[Rail network|Rail network: rail infrastructure connecting hubs]]
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poly 724 1954 1044 1950 1086 1998 1412 1996 1412 1830 1090 1830 1042 1868 728 1872 [[Hub|Hub: transfer node in a transport network]]
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rect 362 1962 690 2046 [[Mixed use|Mixed use: an urban object or cluster of urban objects designated for more than one function]]
   
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*[[Residential]]: this concerns housing facilities for living purposes;
 
*[[Retail/Services]]: this concerns buildings designed designated for the purpose of housing economic activities that fulfil the role of goods and service provision. Examples include shops, restaurants, credit unions, etc. ;
 
*[[Office Employment]]: a location which accommodates employment facilitating the provision of services.;
 
*[[Industrial Employment]]: a facility that accommodates employment facilitating the creation of gooods;
 
*[[Social Infrastructure]]: a facility designated to fulfil supportive functions related to the health and well-being of the citizens of a modern society or urban area.
 
*[[Amenity/Open/Civic Space]]: a building, space or facility designated to provide recreational requirements of an urban area.
 
*[[Utilities]]: critical infrastructures, needed for maintaining the essential support for sustaining the standard of living.
 
*[[Transportation]]: a facility designated to facilitating the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another.
 
road network, rail line, station, port
 
*[[Mixed use]]
 

Latest revision as of 11:47, 3 January 2014

An Urban object is a physical structure within the urban built environment.

Types of urban objects

Within the Securipedia, the following categorisation of urban objects is used (click map for link):

Residential: housing facilities for living purposesRetail: structures designed designated for the purpose of housing economic activities that fulfil the role of goods and service provision.Office spaceIndustryPublic services and facilitiesEducational facilitiesHealth facilitiesGovernment assetsSocial facilities, open and civic spaceOpen and civic space: public space designed for recreationUtilities: all infrastructures with supportive functions related to the health and well-being of the citizens  excluding transportationTransportation infrastructureRoad network: road infrastructure connecting hubsRail network: rail infrastructure connecting hubsHub: transfer node in a transport networkMixed use: an urban object or cluster of urban objects  designated for more than one functionStructure urban objects.png
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