benefits of good ud

Good urban design also bears secondary impacts on local retail and
economics. To attain the walkable "sense of place" that planners
strive for, deterrents (like high-speed automobile traffic and wide
streets with little pedestrian accessibility) must be minimized. By
reducing street width, traffic is slowed, allowing for development in
ways that high-speed thoroughfares would prevent while making
existing commercial corridors more visible to drivers (because they
must slow down and take in more of their surroundings) and more
hospitable to pedestrians. Arguably, this increase in people on the
street would serve local businesses.

Good urban design can offer significant benefits to the

community; conversely, poor design can have significant
adverse effects on the urban environment, society and
economy.

While good urban design sometimes costs more upfront, this

is not necessarily the case; moreover, long-term costs can be
avoided.

Communities value the better quality of life that good urban

design can deliver.

Urban design can affect people's ability and willingness to

undertake physical exercise: good design can offer health
benefits.

Urban design can help make towns and cities safer and more
secure.

Urban design elements are interconnected: urban design is

most effective when a number of elements come together (eg,
mixed use, density and connectivity).
Urban design that respects and supports local character can:

attract highly skilled workers and high-tech businesses

help in the promotion and branding of cities and regions
potentially add a premium to the value of housing
reinforce a sense of identity among residents, and
encourage them to help actively manage their neighbourhood

offer people meaningful choices between very distinctive

places, whose differences they value

encourage the conservation and responsible use of nonrenewable resources.

urban space

In land use planning, urban open space is open space areas for "parks", "green
spaces", and other open areas. The landscape of urban open spaces can range
from playing fields to highly maintained environments to relatively natural landscapes.
They are commonly open to public access, however, urban open spaces may be
privately owned. Areas outside of city boundaries, such as state and national parksas
well as open space in the countryside, are not considered urban open space. Streets,
piazzas, plazas and urban squares are not always defined as urban open space in land
use planning.
The benefits that urban open space provides to citizens can be broken into three basic
forms; recreation, ecology, and aesthetic value.

Recreational[edit]
Urban open space is often appreciated for the recreational opportunities it provides.
Recreation in urban open space may include active recreation (such as organized sports
and individual exercise) or passive recreation, which may simply entail being in the open
space. Time spent in an urban open space for recreation offers a reprieve from the
urban environment.

Ecological[edit]
The conservation of nature in an urban environment has direct impact on people for
another reason as well. A Toronto civic affairs bulletin entitled Urban Open Space:
Luxury or Necessity makes the claim that "popular awareness of the balance of nature,
of natural processes and of mans place in and effect on nature i.e., "ecological
awareness" is important. As humans live more and more in man-made surroundings
i.e., cities he risks harming himself by building and acting in ignorance of natural
processes."

Aesthetic[edit]
The aesthetic value of urban open spaces is self-evident. People enjoy viewing nature,
especially when it is otherwise extensively deprived, as is the case in urban
environments. Therefore, open space offers the value of "substituting gray
infrastructure."[4]
One researcher states how attractive neighborhoods contribute to positive attitudes and
social norms that encourage walking, while having close access to recreational facilities
such as parks increases the likelihood that people will translate walking intentions into
actual action
urban space

An urban area is a location characterized by high human population density and vast
human-built features in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may
be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended
to rural settlements such asvillages and hamlets.
Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization.
Measuring the extent of an urban area helps in analyzingpopulation density and urban
sprawl, and in determining urban and rural populations. [citation needed]
Unlike an urban area, a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area, but
also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the
urban core city, typically by employment ties through commuting, with the urban core city
being the primary labor market.
urban form

The arrangement of a built up area. This arrangement is made up of many components

including how close buildings and uses are together; what uses are located where; and
how much of the natural environment is a part of the built up area.
Scope of urban design

It is to provide a framework for exploring the meaning and scope of urban design is
contemporary planning and urban development.
Central Argument: Urban Design is neither big architecture nor limited to urban landscape
issues. It does not operate solely at the interface between planning and architecture.
Why Urban Design is important?
1. Ecological Significance: Urban Design involves modifying the natural environment. It
largely deals with the quality of built environment that are vital for preserving nature. It can
be effected positively or negatively; more emphasis on pedestrian circulation; relevance of
site (like contour site). Neighborhood concept everything in 10 minutes reach by walking.
2. Economic Significance: Due to competition, quality of built environment is the key factor
that significantly affects local, regional and international image of countries and sets the stage
for all economic activity. As Harvey points out that there is string relationship between
technological changes in the economic production and structural changes in the quality and
production of urban spaces. Here we can consider the concept of smart cities (fully hi-tech
designs just like in movie Ultraviolet).
3. Social and Cultural Significance: An important factor determining why people choose to
visit, invest in or relocate to a particular place is the atmosphere or the cultural identity
(eg- Chandigarh or Goa)

Urban design is the collaborative and multi-disciplinary process of shaping the

physical setting for life in cities, towns and villages; the art of making places;
design in an urban context. Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups
of buildings, spaces and landscapes, and the establishment of frameworks and
processes that facilitate successful development.
Urban structure
Urban structure is the arrangement of land use in urban areas. Sociologists,
economists, and geographers have developed several models, explaining where
different types of people and businesses tend to exist within the urban setting.
Urban structure can also refer to the urban spatial structure, which concerns
the arrangement of public and private space in cities and the degree of
connectivity and accessibility.
Scale concerns to the ratios of distances people can walk within given attention
spans, distances of visual recognition
A person 3-10 from us is in close relationship, 8-0 is normal conversation
distance- speak in normal voices, catches voice and facial gestures.
40-0 distance we can distinguish facial expressions
80-0 distance recognize a friends face