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[[File:DJI_0196-HDR-Pano.jpg|right|thumb|200px|An evening view of a canalised tributary of the Buiganhingi as it flows through Naimhejia, the second biggest city in Dezevau]]
[[File:France_Sitting_man_02.jpg|thumb|200px|A bronze statue of a flycatcher.]]
'''Urban planning in Dezevau''' is the planning and design of cities in [[Dezevau]]. It has a history that stretches back two thousand years or more, though modern urban planning only emerged after Dezevauni independence in 1941. It is a key academic, governmental and political concern, influenced strongly in the present day by the nature of local and federal power, and by the ideal of a democratic and socialist economy; its importance relates to the high level of urbanisation in Dezevau, which is about 70%. The most significant urban planning agencies are the district planning commissions, but like many other political processes in Dezevau, consultation with and input from both higher and lower governmental strata are crucial.  
In the [[Aguda Empire]], a '''flycatcher''' ([[Ziba]]: ''ngemuozaibungai'' {{wp|Help:IPA|[ŋəmɯɒzaibɯŋai]}}) was a person {{wp|employment|employed}} in a {{wp|household}} ostensibly to catch {{wp|flies}} and other {{wp|pests}}. However, later on in history, their role became that of {{wp|reputation|prestige}} symbol or {{wp|sexual objectification|sexual object}}, or even {{wp|sex worker}}, to an extent that this supplanted their role as {{wp|pest control}}. Flycatchers were generally young {{wp|men}}, seen as having the fast reactions, {{wp|dexterity}} and {{wp|endurance|physical endurance}} to do the job.  
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Flycatchers were a symbol of a household's {{wp|wealth}}, {{wp|sophistication}} and {{wp|Taste_(sociology)|taste}}, and most of their role was simply to be seen (or even just known about), by visitors, passers-by and other members of the household. They were appreciated for their looks both by their employers and guests, and might in some sense be regarded as {{wp|living statue|living sculptures}}. By their character and appearance, flycatchers advertised their employers' aesthetic refinement or sexual preferences. They were also expected variously to actually catch flies and deal with other pests (such as {{wp|mosquitoes}}, {{wp|spiders}}, {{wp|rodents}}), to help with errands around the household, to be {{wp|entertainment|entertaining}} for guests and household members (such as by {{wp|conversation}} or physical feats, such as fly-catching tricks), and to provide sexual services for members of the household or guests. If expected to provide {{wp|sexual activity|sex}}, flycatchers generally had considerable control over when, where and how, in more the manner of a liaison (extramarital sex was broadly not illicit in Aguda society). The roles of flycatchers varied considerably from household to household and from time to time, dependent on the particular {{wp|negotiation|negotiated}} relationship between them and their employers, especially as the coy fiction was maintained that they were primarily pest control employees.  
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An evening view of a canalised tributary of the Buiganhingi as it flows through Naimhejia, the second biggest city in Dezevau

Urban planning in Dezevau is the planning and design of cities in Dezevau. It has a history that stretches back two thousand years or more, though modern urban planning only emerged after Dezevauni independence in 1941. It is a key academic, governmental and political concern, influenced strongly in the present day by the nature of local and federal power, and by the ideal of a democratic and socialist economy; its importance relates to the high level of urbanisation in Dezevau, which is about 70%. The most significant urban planning agencies are the district planning commissions, but like many other political processes in Dezevau, consultation with and input from both higher and lower governmental strata are crucial. (See more...)

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