| UA |
urbanized area |
| UAS |
urban area studies |
| UATA |
urban arterial trust account |
| UBIT |
unrelated business income tax |
| UCC |
Uniform Commercial Code |
| UDNR |
Utah Department of Natural Resources |
| UDSL |
Utah Division of State Lands |
| UDWR |
Utah Division of Water Resources |
| UEC |
urban entertainment center |
| UGB |
urban growth boundary |
| UHMS |
urban hydrological monitoring system |
| UHPC |
ultrahigh performance concrete |
| UIC |
Urban Institute Consortium |
| ULCC |
Utility Location and Coordination Council |
| ULI |
Urban Land Institute |
| ULURP |
uniform land use review procedure |
| UMTA |
Urban Mass Transit Administration |
| UP |
urban planning |
| UPWP |
unified planning work program |
| U / R |
urban / rural |
| URISA |
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USBC |
United States Bureau of the Census |
| USC |
unified soil classification |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDC |
United States Department of Commerce |
| USDI |
United States Department of the Interior |
| USDOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
| USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFA |
United States Fire Administration |
| US-GAAP |
US Generally Accepted Accounting Standards |
| USGBC |
US Green Building Council |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USSCS |
United States Soil Conservation Service |
| UST |
underground storage tank |
| VA |
Veterans Administration |
| VAP |
variable payment (mortgage) |
| VAPA |
Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association |
| VAS |
Virginia Association of Surveyors |
| VAT |
Value Added Tax |
| VAZO |
Virginia Association of Zoning Officials |
| VCPA |
Virginia Citizens Planning Association |
| VDOT |
Virginia Department of Transportation |
| Vill. |
village |
| VMT |
vehicle miles traveled |
| V. P. |
vertical pipe (= stand pipe) |
| VPDES |
Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| VPH |
vehicles per hour |
| VPM |
variable-payment mortgage |
| VPV |
vacant possession value |
| VRM |
variable-rate mortgage |
| VTA |
Valley Transportation Authority (San Jose, California) |
| VTD |
voting district |
| VTM |
vegetation type map |
| WAC |
weighted average coupon (Rate) |
| WACC |
weighted average costs of capital |
| WASHTO |
Western Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials |
| WCCS |
Washington Council of County Surveyors |
| WDM |
Wetlands Delineation Manual |
| WDNR |
Washington Department of Natural Resources |
| WET |
wetland evaluation technique |
| WFPLS |
Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors |
| WFPS |
Western Federation of Professional Surveyors |
| WISCLAND |
Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data |
| WLIA |
Wisconsin Land Information Society |
| WLU |
world land-use survey |
| WMATA |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
| WMD |
water management district |
| WPCF |
Water Pollution Control Federation |
| WPCM |
Water Pollution Control Manager |
| WPCP |
water pollution control plan |
| WPPA |
Washington Public Ports Association |
| WQMP |
water quality monitoring project |
| WQM |
water quality monitor |
| WRRI |
Water Resources Research Institute |
| WSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
| WSLS |
Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors |
| WSPS |
Western Society of Professional Surveyors |
| WSTA |
Washington State Transit Association |
| WTP |
Washington’s Transportation Plan |
| WUTC |
Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission |
| WVALS |
West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors |
| WYSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
| ZIMAS |
Zoning Information and Map Access System (Los Angeles, California) |
| ZO |
zoning ordinance |