NOVEMBERASIA BUSINESS OUTLOOK9URBAN DEVELOPMENT: A SYNTHESIS OF BOTH PLANNING & ARCHITECTUREIMPRESSIONSWhat exactly is the distinction between urban design and urban planning? And why is it significant?Try looking around your neighborhood if you live in a city. Building facades, laneways, street corners, pedestrian crossings, green open spaces, and so on are all examples of urban design.These individual elements combine to form a gestalt known as the urbanscape, The city's spatial layout or appearance as perceived by our eyes. We then form a mental image of the city based on what we see and form an opinion about it.Urban design is how we alter the physical form of an urban area, with the intention of improving both its physical and non-physical elements.Although changing a city's physical form is the primary focus of urban design, it is not the only one. Designing an urban landscape is a complex process that goes beyond its physical appearance. As with all forms of art, urban design has an impact on things that are invisible to the eye and impossible to grasp with the hand.
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