Development

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Contents

• 1 Land use
• 2 Science and technology
• 3 Social science
• 4 International and regional
• 5 Business and professional
• 6 Music
• 7 Other

Land use

• Green development, a concept that includes consideration of community-wide or regional environmental implications
• Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways
• Mixed-use development, the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings
• Real estate development, a business encompassing activities from renovation to the purchase of raw land
• Subdivision (land), or a development, a piece of land divided from a larger portion for sale or further development
• Urban planning, or development, integrates land use planning and transportation planning to improve communities
• Transit-oriented development, a mixed-use residential or commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport

Science and technology

• Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering
• Development (differential geometry), the process of rolling one surface over another
• Development (journal), an academic journal in developmental biology
• Development (topology), a countable collection of open coverings
• Developmental biology, the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop
• Drug development, the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market
• Embryogenesis, or development, the process by which the embryo is formed
• Energy development, the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources
• Human development (biology), the process of growing to maturity
  • Prenatal development, the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy
  • Child development, the biological, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence
  • Youth development, the process through which adolescents acquire the cognitive, social, and emotional skills and abilities required to navigate life
• Neural development, the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system
• Photographic development, the chemical means by which exposed photographic film or paper is processed to produce a visible image
• Research and development, work aiming to increase knowledge
• Software development, the development of a software product
• Tooth development or odontogenesis
• Web development, work involved in developing a web site

Social science

• Development studies, social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries
• Development geography, geography with reference to the standard of living and quality of life of human inhabitants
• Developmental psychology, the scientific study of systematic psychological, emotional, and perception changes over life spans
• Community development, the practices and academic disciplines to improve various aspects of local communities
• Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time
• Economic development, the economic aspect of social change
• Human development (humanity), an international and economic development paradigm
• Human development theory, a theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics
• Rural development, actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighborhoods, countryside, and remote villages
• Social development, processes of change in societies
• Sustainable development, a pattern of resources use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment

International and regional

• Regional development, the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed
  • Multilateral development bank
  • European Development Fund, an instrument for European Community aid
  • Development aid, the provision of assistance to developing countries
• Economic development, the sustained, concerted effort of policymakers and community to promote the standard of living and economic health in a specific area
• Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of "human development"
• International development, the development of greater quality of life for humans

Business and professional

• Business development, a process of growing a business
• Career development, which as several meanings
• Corporate development, a position in a business
• Development & Commerce Bank (now called RHB Bank)
• Fundraising, soliciting voluntary contributions to an organization or prospective organization
• Training and development, organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings
• Leadership development, activities that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual or organization
• New product development, the complete process of bringing a new product to market
• Organization development, a conceptual, organization-wide effort to increase an organization's effectiveness and viability
• Personal development or self-help
• Professional development, skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement

Music

• Development (album), a 2002 nu-metal album by musical group Nonpoint
• Musical development, a compositional process

Other

• Characterisation including character development
• Develop, term used in Chess
• Development of doctrine, a term used by John Henry Newman to describe Catholic teachings
• Development hell, media industry term for when a project is stuck in development
• Development of religion, the various stages in the evolution of any particular religion or religious system
• Driver development program is a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers
• Components of the "development" phase in film making
  • Film finance
  • Film budgeting
  • Green-light

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