A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
Residential area in Helena, Montana, United States
Suburban slum in Bhutan
A residential area of Ikuri in Tampere, Finland
Bashundhara R/A, a private residential area in Dhaka
In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a single use, they may combine several compatible activities by use, or in the case of form-based zoning, the differing regulations may govern the density, size and shape of allowed buildings whatever their use. The planning rules for each zone determine whether planning permission for a given development may be granted. Zoning may specify a variety of outright and conditional uses of land. It may indicate the size and dimensions of lots that land may be subdivided into, or the form and scale of buildings. These guidelines are set in order to guide urban growth and development.
The Zoning Scheme of the General Spatial Plan for the City of Skopje, North Macedonia. Different urban zoning areas are represented by different colours.
Aerial view of Chatswood, Australia, looking towards Sydney. The boundaries between low density residential, commercial and industrial zones are clearly visible.
Paris, looking toward the high density district of La Défense.
Zoning scheme of the center of Tallahassee, Florida, United States.
