Land Use Management in UrbanAna

Manage land use in UrbanAna. Define, edit, or remove land use types, customize parameters, and apply them to projects. Adjust settings for color, units, and parking calculations.

Knowledge Base

The Land Use tab in Project allows users to define and manage different land use types for urban development projects. This section provides tools to customize land use parameters and apply them to various objects. You can add, edit, or remove Land Uses used by UrbanAna.

Interface showing UrbanAna's Land Use tab with parameter controls for defining and managing land use types

Land Use interface displaying controls for customizing land use parameters and calculations

Project Parameters

  • Default Land Use: Set the default land use type for the project – whole development area (e.g., Shophouse).

Edit Land Use Parameters

  • Land Use: The dropdown lists all Land Uses in the current model. To change parameters of a specific Land Use, select it here.
  • Color: Specifies the color used to mark all Buildings and City Blocks with the selected Land Use. You can specify it directly as a hex value or use the color picker. Changes in SketchUp Material will sync automatically with the Land Use color.
  • Primary Unit: Name of the primary unit used in GFA per Primary Unit calculation (e.g., Apartment, Office).
  • Secondary Unit: Name of the secondary unit used in Secondary Unit per Primary Unit calculations (e.g., Residents per Apartment).
  • NFA Factor: Estimated percentage of internal Gross Floor Area accounted to Net Floor Area.
  • GFA per Primary Unit: Average Gross Floor Area of one Primary Unit.
  • Secondary Unit per Primary Unit: Number of Secondary Units per Primary Unit.

Parking Calculation

  • GFA per Parking Space: Gross Floor Area per Parking Space.
  • PL per Primary Unit: Parking Lots required per Primary Unit.
  • Secondary Unit per PL: Secondary Units per Parking Lots.

Tools

  • Add Land Use: Creates a new land use type by duplicating the parameters of the currently selected land use. The parameters of the newly created land use can then be modified independently.
  • Rename Land Use: Allows you to modify the name of selected land use type.
  • Remove Land Use: Deletes the currently selected land use type from the project. Any objects that were assigned this land use will automatically be reassigned to the project’s default land use type.

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