yard
Let an agent explain yards and their kinds and uses across cultures, support design, gardening and maintenance questions, describe planning and legal aspects at a general level, and separate this sense from yards as work areas and units of length.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain yards and their kinds and uses across cultures, support design, gardening and maintenance questions, describe planning and legal aspects at a general level, and separate this sense from yards as work areas and units of length.
An area of land adjoining a house or other building, enclosed or defined, used for outdoor living, gardening, work or storage, including front and back yards, house yards and homesteads, farmhouse courtyards, and traditional home gardens such as the Indonesian pekarangan, as well as yards in the sense of estates and grounds; yards are private outdoor spaces shaped by climate, culture, land tenure and planning rules.
What it is for: Outdoor land adjoining a dwelling.
It can be explain kinds and uses; support design and maintenance; describe planning aspects; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Attached to a dwelling
Private outdoor use
Cultural forms
Planning rules
What it looks like
Enclosed or open ground around a house with lawns, gardens or paving.
How it is recognised
Land adjoining a house or building
Front, back, courtyard, homestead
A railway yard is a work area; a yard is also a unit of length
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - play areas in yards
is related to - plants grown in yards
is related to - local planning authorities
In practice
Families and kinds
front and back yards
farmhouse and homestead yards
courtyards
traditional home gardens such as pekarangan
estates and grounds
Standards and regulation
Planning and zoning rules on setbacks and fences
Property and boundary law
Water use and landscaping regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Boundary disputes
Confusing senses of yard
Unsafe features such as pools without fencing
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.yard-4
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a yard is.
Definitions.
Concept
Concept and kinds.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a yard adjoining a dwelling, and how do front, back, courtyard, homestead and traditional forms differ? definition
- Is the residential yard or another sense of yard meant? boundary
Cultures
Yards across cultures.
Cultures
Cultures.
- How do yards and home gardens such as pekarangan differ across cultures and climates? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Use Design and maintenance.
Practice.
Design
Designing a yard.
Design
Design.
- How can a yard be designed for use, planting, water and wildlife? action
- Which entry fits landscape design? action
Maintain
Maintenance and safety.
Maintain
Maintenance.
- How are yards maintained, and what safety features such as pool fencing are required? provenance
- Is a safety hazard present now? boundary
Law Planning and property.
Law.
Planning
Planning rules.
Planning
Planning.
- What planning rules govern setbacks, fences, structures and trees in yards? provenance
- Which entry fits zoning? action
Boundaries
Boundaries and disputes.
Boundaries
Boundaries.
- How are yard boundaries defined, and how are disputes resolved, in general terms? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn History and environment.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did residential yards develop with suburbanisation and housing forms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Environment
Environmental role.
Environment
Environment.
- How do yards affect biodiversity, water and urban heat, according to research? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should home gardens be a separate entry?
- How should planning rules be linked by jurisdiction?
- How should landscaping guidance be linked?