COMPREHENSIVE EXAM - GENERAL PLANNING &
LAND USE AND ZONING
1932 - decentralized city where everyone owned 1 acre of land and worked their
1. Broadacre City"
own land and grew their own food. Wright dislike crowded cities but didn't want a
/ Frank Lloyd
totally rural city either. Everything was separated by green belts and spread out.
Wright
The automobile and telephone were essential to the Broadacre City cause
everything was so spread out. Not pedestrian friendly.
2. Action Research research initiated to solve an immediate problem. the purpose is to learn through
action that then leads on to personal or professional development.
3. "Design With Na- 1969 The first book to describe an ecologically sound approach to the planning
ture" (book) / Ian and design of communities. McHarg wrote that planners should learn an area
McHarg before building or planning. Such as testing soil, learning the climate, and hy-
drology of the area. Ex: Woodlands in Houston, TX. Planned mixed use community
that was planned using Design with Nature principles.
4. "Garden City" 1898 - Self contained cities surrounded by green belts. Population max of 32,000.
/ Ebenezer Central city with everyone working together funds from development go into a
Howard municipal fund. Automobiles are important but mostly pedestrian friendly.
5. "How the Oher How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York is an
, Half Lives" (book) early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living
/ Jacob Riis conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
6.
, "Ladder of Cit- (1969) Sherry Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation describes how empow-
izen Participa- ered public institutions and oflcials deny power to citizens, and how levels of
tion" / Sherry citizen agency, control, and power can be increased.
Arnstein
7. "Radiant City" / Le Corbusier vision for a ethiopian city. planned for 3 million ppl zoned by use
Le Corbusier meaning that each area was planned out by its use with the central business
district in the center and residential on the outskirts all interconnected by a mass
transit system the remaining space for parks
8. "The Image of The Image of the City is a 1960 book. The book is the result of a five-year study of
the City" (book) / Boston, Jersey City and Los Angeles on how observers take in information of the
Kevin Lynch city, and use it to make mental maps
9. Just City" / Susan Proposes an urban theory of justice in which "equity, "democracy," and ''diversity''
Fainstein are the first-order concerns of urban development, with equity prevailing when
such outcomes conflict.
10. Theory of Justice" describes a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights and cooperating
/ John Rawls within an egalitarian economic system.
11. a sociological study of African Americans in Philadelphia written by W. E. B. Du
Bois. Commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania and published in 1899
, "The Philadel- with the intent of identifying social problems present in the African American
phia Negro" / community.
W.E.B. DuBois
12. Acre An area of land containing 43,560 square
feet within the property lines of a lot or
parcel.
13. Active recreation recreational activities that require the use of special facilities, courses, fields, or
equipment
EX: Tennis. Cross-Country Skiing, Gulf.
14. Advocacy plan- developed in the 1960s by Paul Davidott as a way to represent the interests of
ning groups within a community. Prior to the development of advocacy planning, plan-
ning practice was based on the public interest. The public interest was defined
as the good of the whole. Planning for the good of the whole results in inade-
quate representation for many groups in planning. Davidott argued that planners
should represent special interest groups rather than acting for the good of the
whole community. EX: Davidott_1965_Advocacy-and-pluralism-in-planning.pdf
15. Agglomeration The savings to an individual enterprise derived from locational association with a
economies cluster of other similar economic activities, such as other factories or retail stores
16. Aging-in-place the ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and
LAND USE AND ZONING
1932 - decentralized city where everyone owned 1 acre of land and worked their
1. Broadacre City"
own land and grew their own food. Wright dislike crowded cities but didn't want a
/ Frank Lloyd
totally rural city either. Everything was separated by green belts and spread out.
Wright
The automobile and telephone were essential to the Broadacre City cause
everything was so spread out. Not pedestrian friendly.
2. Action Research research initiated to solve an immediate problem. the purpose is to learn through
action that then leads on to personal or professional development.
3. "Design With Na- 1969 The first book to describe an ecologically sound approach to the planning
ture" (book) / Ian and design of communities. McHarg wrote that planners should learn an area
McHarg before building or planning. Such as testing soil, learning the climate, and hy-
drology of the area. Ex: Woodlands in Houston, TX. Planned mixed use community
that was planned using Design with Nature principles.
4. "Garden City" 1898 - Self contained cities surrounded by green belts. Population max of 32,000.
/ Ebenezer Central city with everyone working together funds from development go into a
Howard municipal fund. Automobiles are important but mostly pedestrian friendly.
5. "How the Oher How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York is an
, Half Lives" (book) early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living
/ Jacob Riis conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
6.
, "Ladder of Cit- (1969) Sherry Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation describes how empow-
izen Participa- ered public institutions and oflcials deny power to citizens, and how levels of
tion" / Sherry citizen agency, control, and power can be increased.
Arnstein
7. "Radiant City" / Le Corbusier vision for a ethiopian city. planned for 3 million ppl zoned by use
Le Corbusier meaning that each area was planned out by its use with the central business
district in the center and residential on the outskirts all interconnected by a mass
transit system the remaining space for parks
8. "The Image of The Image of the City is a 1960 book. The book is the result of a five-year study of
the City" (book) / Boston, Jersey City and Los Angeles on how observers take in information of the
Kevin Lynch city, and use it to make mental maps
9. Just City" / Susan Proposes an urban theory of justice in which "equity, "democracy," and ''diversity''
Fainstein are the first-order concerns of urban development, with equity prevailing when
such outcomes conflict.
10. Theory of Justice" describes a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights and cooperating
/ John Rawls within an egalitarian economic system.
11. a sociological study of African Americans in Philadelphia written by W. E. B. Du
Bois. Commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania and published in 1899
, "The Philadel- with the intent of identifying social problems present in the African American
phia Negro" / community.
W.E.B. DuBois
12. Acre An area of land containing 43,560 square
feet within the property lines of a lot or
parcel.
13. Active recreation recreational activities that require the use of special facilities, courses, fields, or
equipment
EX: Tennis. Cross-Country Skiing, Gulf.
14. Advocacy plan- developed in the 1960s by Paul Davidott as a way to represent the interests of
ning groups within a community. Prior to the development of advocacy planning, plan-
ning practice was based on the public interest. The public interest was defined
as the good of the whole. Planning for the good of the whole results in inade-
quate representation for many groups in planning. Davidott argued that planners
should represent special interest groups rather than acting for the good of the
whole community. EX: Davidott_1965_Advocacy-and-pluralism-in-planning.pdf
15. Agglomeration The savings to an individual enterprise derived from locational association with a
economies cluster of other similar economic activities, such as other factories or retail stores
16. Aging-in-place the ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and
