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World

• World development
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Land use

• Real estate development
• Overdevelopment
• Urban development or urban planning
• Sustainable development

A real estate developer builds on land, thereby increasing its value. ... Overdevelopment refers to a process by which natural resources are impacted by urbanization and/or road construction, at a rate significantly harmful to the ecosystem. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. ...

Science and technology

• Developmental biology
• 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
• Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering
• Energy development
• Renewable energy development
• Software development
• Development branch in software development
• Technology development
• Differential technological development, a proposed strategy for influencing the order in which developments are made

Views of a Foetus in the Womb, Leonardo da Vinci, ca. ... In classical differential geometry, development refers to the simple idea of rolling one smooth surface over another in Euclidean space. ... In mathematics, a development is a countable collection of open covers of a topological space that satisfies certain separation axioms. ... Higher electricity use per capita correlates with a higher score on the Human Development Index(1997). ... // Renewable energy development covers the advancement, capacity growth, and use of renewable energy sources by humans. ... “Software development” redirects here. ... Technology development is the process of research and development of technology. ... ...

Music

• Development (sonata form)

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Social science

• Development studies
• Development geography
• Child development
• Community development
• Cultural development or sociocultural evolution
• Economic development, the economic aspect of social change
• Human development
• Social development, processes of change in societies
• Sustainable development

Development studies is the multi-disciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing nations. ... Development geography is the study of the Earths geography and its relationship with economic development. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1. ... Economic development is the development of economic wealth of countries or regions for the well-being of their inhabitants. ... Human development may refer to: Human development (biology) Human development (psychology) see Developmental psychology Occasionally, it may refer to both, but because each of these is already an immense area, few if any contemporary academic discussions attempt to tackle both with any completeness. ... For other meanings of development used in and outside social sciences, see development. ... Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. ...

International and regional

• Development aid, the provision of assistance to developing countries
• Economic development
• International development
• Regional development

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Aid. ... Economic development is the development of economic wealth of countries or regions for the well-being of their inhabitants. ... This article is about International Development. ... Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. ...

Business and professional

• Business development, a process of growing a business
• Career development
• Corporate development, a position in a business
• Employee development
• Leadership development
• New product development
• Organization development
• Personal development or self-help
• Professional development

Business development includes a number of techniques designed to grow an economic enterprise. ... In organizational development (or OD), the study of career development looks at: how individuals manage their careers within and between organizations and how organizations structure the career progress of their members, can be tied into succession planning within some organizations. ... Often confused with Business Development, the Corporate Development position within an organization is not a commission based sales role. ... Employee development refers to the strategic investment, by an organization, in the training of its members. ... In organizational development, leadership development is the strategic investment in, and utilization of, the human capital within the organization. ... In business and engineering, new product development (NPD) is the term used to describe the complete process of bringing a new product or service to market. ... Organization development is the process through which an organization develops the internal capacity to be the most effective it can be in its mission work and to sustain itself over the long term. ... Personal development (also known as self-development, self-improvement or personal growth) comprises the development of the self. ... Professional development often refers to skills required for maintaining a specific career path or to general skills offered through continuing education, including the more general skills area of personal development. ...

Modern culture

• Development (album), a nu-metal album by musical group Nonpoint
• Arrested Development (group), a hip hop group in the early 1990s
• Arrested Development (TV series), a television show based upon a company and a family
• Musical development, a compositional process
• Photographic development or photographic processing
• Script development, in filmmaking

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