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Urban studies and planning terminology

  • Forum (Roman)The Latin word forum traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *d'worom, meaning enclosure or courtyard. This ancient term described something enclosed by…
  • Shopping mallThe first covered shopping passage appeared in Paris in 1798, called the Passage du Caire. London followed with the Royal Opera Arcade opening in 1816 and…
  • White flightThe term white flight describes a sudden or gradual large-scale migration of white people from areas becoming more racially or ethnoculturally diverse to…
  • EcumenopolisIn 1967, a Greek city planner named Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis coined the word ecumenopolis. He used this term to describe a future where urban areas…