Urban Indicators These are factors that measure or evaluate conditions and characteristics of urban space. Examples of these are accessibility, density, services or amenities available in a certain area. Urban “Masoveria” A form of accessing housing through an act of interchange of properties between the owner and a temporary inhabitant (historically developed in the region of Catalonia). Normally the use of the properties is allowed during a certain number of years in exchange of a renovation or maintenance to it. Every exchange may be different. (The term Masoveria can be comparable to “sharecropping” in the United States South as a way to share land in exchange for production or maintenance). Urban Planning Organization of the physical environment where people live and develop their daily lives. It runs on the basis of a group of norms and laws, such as municipal urban plans, reform plans, etc. Planning orders the use of land with its distinctive purpose such as housing, services, public spaces and spaces for mobility. Urban planning is also able to exist as a result of community involvement or not only as part of an administration: this is called Community Urban Planning.
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