GEOG 256 1nd Edition Exam 3 Study Guide Design Lecture 1 What is design and what does it seek A design is a plan or scheme for the construction of an object To design is the process used to create the plan or scheme It seeks solutions to problems within constrains and objectives 2 What are its powers Actualization makes ideas seem real Visualization creates images that inspire motivate enrage Integration coordinates multiple ideas into a harmonious whole Evaluation tests the practicality of ideas 3 What are sustainable behavior and sustainable technology and when do they overlap Sustainable behavior enabled by the design of neighborhood scale developments S actions of residents workers Sustainable technology technology materials and design features that contribute to S regardless of user behavior materials with low embodied energy Cross when behavioral sustainability supported or enabled by the built environment Planning and Politics Lecture 1 What policy document adopted by cities typically contains a Vision for the future of the community Comprehensive Land Use Plans information collaboration policy action 2 How does a Conservation Subdivision differ from a Conventional Subdivision Conservation 100 of the site is developed public views into site are blocked by houses forest blocks are fragmented road is built over stream crossing polluting water with oil salt and sand development extends to regulated edge of wetlands no pasturelands remain rural character is lost Conventional sprawl woodlands trails future street extension spring hollow a common both vacancy and additional land development houses organized in clustered pattern smaller lots for each home 3 What are Liberal and Conservative arguments for and against Development Regulations Liberal Pro Environmental Protection Environmental Justice Access for all Social cost of private enterprise Con Exclusionary Inhibits innovation promotes sprawl Conservative Pro Protects property value Orderly growth Promotes economic development Resource security Con Private property Inefficient innovation promotes sprawl 4 What type of power are land use controls based upon Zoning is the regulation and restriction of real property by a local government The power to impose zoning restrictions is conferred on a municipality by a state enabling statute Zoning laws are intended to promote the health safety welfare etc of the community at large and are meant to enhance the General Welfare rather than improve the economic interests of any particular property owner They are designed to stabilize neighborhoods and preserve the character of the community by guiding its future growth The essential purpose of zoning is to segregate residential commercial and industrial districts from one another 5 The courts have found it is constitutional to severely limit land use But under what condition Under judicial branch it may severely limit land use as long as rules aren t far fetched and some reasonable economic use remains 6 What level of government is the largest player in Land Conservation Federal Government 7 True or False Private Land Trusts have no role in Land Conservation FALSE 8 What 3 things increase the chances of a local policy being implemented Threat Capacity Commitment 9 What is communitarianism according to Portney Emphasis on connections between individuals and the community 10 Why does Portney believe that places with greater Civic Participation will be more likely to adopt sustainability policies Greater Civic Participation achieve to buy in achieve consensus that reducing externalities is a desirable good offset anti sustainability business interests 11 Sociotechnical regimes are comprised of what Industrial networks strategic games technoscientic knowledge Culture symbolic meaning sectoral policy Infrastructure markets user practices Technology 12 In your own words what does the Urban Development Model see as the relationship between buildings and infrastructure the public and private sectors and community and market feedback Buildings and infrastructure issues include slums pollution unemployment congestion inadequate public services disruptions fiscal woes criminality etc Community and market feedback building and infrastructure issues go towards community feedback with votes and protest and market feedback with profit and vacancy Public and private sectors The rules of the game Community and market feedback go towards public sectors with laws and agencies and to private sectors with users owners and developers The public and private sectors circle back to land building and infrastructure Basically The rules of the game aka public and private sectors are intertwined building and infrastructure issues community and market feedback public and private sectors etc Reading Burby et al 2000 1 On the first page of this article land use planning is described as the means for doing what Land use planning is the means for gathering and analyzing information about the suitability for development of land exposed to natural hazards 2 How can integrating hazard mitigation into land use planning help a community become more resilient Intelligence Problem Solving Advance Planning Management Strategies 3 What are the 3 lynchpins of an effective land use planning program for hazard mitigation Land use plans hazard assessments development management 4 What are the primary standards for plan quality Clarity of Purpose and explicitness of procedural actions understandable to both stakeholders and public official Understandable definition of issues derived from a solid fact base Integration with other plans and policies linkage of mitigation with community development Business Lecture 1 What is the most common RPI Stage among US property investors 37 6 Efficiency 2 Is it possible for RPI to be done profitably Can you give an example Yes using less materials lower operating costs induces fewer contests 4 What is eco modernization Economic development and environmental policy can be reconciled as industry to resource limits The economy benefits from moves towards environmentalism so on the basis of enlightened self interest economy and ecology can be favorably combined Industry responds to higher prices caused by resource limits by increasing its eco efficiency This allows development and environment to be reconciled as business tries to stay competetive Reading Jepson et al 2003 1 What is the emphasis of the existing economic development paradigm Growth