Glossary of Planning Terms

Glossary is usually defined as an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge. This knowledge base glossary provides a collection of knowledge base documents that define many technical terms. These terms are arranged alphabetically, but you can quickly jump to a specific term by selecting its first letter from the index of the knowledge base glossary below.

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Keyword

Term
Impervious Surface
In environmental language, a surface, such as pavement or a building, that water cannot penetrate or permeate.
Industrial/Employment (Future Land Use Category)
Manufacturing and industrial parks, warehouses, and distribution. May include other employment, such as office and services.
Infill Development
Development that takes place on vacant or underutilized parcels within an area that is already characterized by urban development and has access to urban services.
Infrastructure
The built facilities, generally publicly funded, that are required in order to serve a community's developmental and operational needs. The infrastructure includes such things as roads and water and sewer systems.
Innovation Corridor
This area has the highest concentrations of economic activity in [Prince George's County's] four targeted industry clusters...and has the greatest potential to catalyze future job growth, research, and innovation in the near- to mid-term. This area is well positioned to capitalize on the synergies that derive from businesses, research institutions, and incubators locating in close proximity to one another and on existing and planned transportation investment, such as the Purple Line. (Plan 2035, p. 23)
Institutional (Future Land Use Category)
Uses such as military installations, hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and schools.
Intensity
A term referring to the gross (total) floor area and/or the degree to which commercial and industrial land uses generate traffic, noise, air pollution and other potential problems, for commercial and industrial uses.