World Urbanism Day

International observance

The international organisation for World Urbanism Day, also known as "World Town Planning Day", was founded in 1949 by the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires, a graduate at the Institut d'urbanisme in Paris, to advance public and professional interest in planning. It is celebrated in more than 30 countries on four continents each November 8.^[1]

References

^ "World Town Planning Day". American Planning Association. Retrieved 2022-04-24.

External links

American Planning Association: World Town Planning Day
World Urbanism Day from WN Network

Urban planning

General

Urban area
City
Metropolitan area
Suburb
Land use
Planning
Planning and zoning commission
Growth management
World Urbanism Day
Labor market area

Major
branches

Urban planning	Land-use planning Comprehensive planning (US) History of urban planning Spatial planning (Eur) Redevelopment Urban design Urban green space Urbanism
Rural	Conservation development Preservation development Rural housing Village design statement (UK)
Regional planning	Regional Planning Association of America
Environmental planning	Environmental design Environmental impact assessment Recreation resource planning Sustainable development
Transportation planning	Transportation forecasting Trip distribution Rational planning model Transit-oriented development Professional transportation planner Urban freight distribution
Economic development	Community economic development

Concepts/
theories

Movements	Athens Charter Car-free movement City Beautiful movement Dark-sky movement Garden city movement Indigenous planning New Urbanism Settlement movement Smart growth Structuralism Transition towns
Theories	Collaborative planning Context theory Ekistics Intelligent urbanism Livable streets Market urbanism Radical planning Urban renewal
Cities by type	Company town / Monotown Commuter town Ghost town Global city Model village Planned community (New town) Intentional community Arcology
Concepts	Affordable housing Cityscape Cluster development Complete Communities Conservation community Creative city Eminent domain (US) Filtering (housing) Gentrification / Brusselization Infill Healthy cities / Healthy community design LEED-ND Leapfrog development Mixed-use development Model cities Permeability Placemaking Planning gain Planning Permission (U.K.) Rural flight Rural–urban fringe Temporary use Third place Tract housing Transferable development rights Urban decay Urban growth boundary Urban sprawl / Peri-urbanisation Urban vitality Urbanization Verticalization / High-rise urbanism Zoning

People

Theorists/ practitioners	Andrés Duany Clarence Perry Clarence Stein Colin Buchanan Daniel Burnham Donald Appleyard Ebenezer Howard Edmund Bacon Guy Benveniste Ian McHarg James Rouse Konstantinos Doxiadis Kevin A. Lynch Le Corbusier Loretta Lees Peter Calthorpe Patrick Geddes Raymond Unwin Thomas Adams List of urban theorists List of urban planners
Critics	Elizabeth Farrelly Jane Jacobs James Howard Kunstler Lewis Mumford Randal O'Toole

Training

Planning education
- Planning Accreditation Board
- Real estate education
Professional organizations

Places

Countries	Australia China Czech Republic Russia Serbia Singapore United Kingdom
Cities	Barcelona Shanghai Sydney
Other	Africa Communist countries Nazi Germany Ancient Egypt