urban policy
Metropolitan planning decisions
Urban policy is government action addressing the needs and challenges of cities—housing, transportation, public safety, economic development, zoning.
The term encompasses both planning decisions and responses to urban problems: The mayor's urban policy focused on affordable housing.
Urban policy debates often involve tensions between development and displacement, density and livability.
- city planningDesigning how towns develop
- public transitShared community vehicle system
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- master planOverall strategic framework
- inclusionary zoningPolicy requiring affordable housing
green roofs · gentrification · eminent domain · redlining · community centers · food desert · broken windows · affordable housing · startup incubators · transit-oriented development · zoning laws · code enforcement · placemaking · housing cooperatives · rent control · streetcar · walkability · tenement