Difference between revisions of "Urban object"

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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]]: a facility or location, designated for more than one of the above functions.
 

Revision as of 15:41, 29 November 2012

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:

Housing facilities for living purposesStructures 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 assetsAmenity, 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 transportTransportation infrastructureRoad network: road infrastructure connecting hubsRail network: rail infrastructure connecting hubsHub: transfer node in a transport networkMixed use: a facility or location, designated for more than one functionStructure urban objects.png
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