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Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.

Consumerism
Consumerism has many definitions, but the main idea of it is an increasing consumption of services and products that looks desirable, economically and the consumer's interests. In the United States, consumerism played a part of the development and design of the land use. There was a direct link identified between consumerism and suburbanization during the postwar American society. Because Americans desired an improved standard of living after WWII; suburban home became the mass consumer commodity, not only benefiting the individual but also the larger economy.

Note for self - Key word look ups:

- consumerism

- culture of consumerism

- urban economic

- shopping centers

- suburbia