PLAN 1010 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Permeability (of streets and neighborhoods)
Answer:
The degree to which an urban area allows movement through it via multiple routes and connections. High
permeability means many pathway options and easy navigation, while low permeability restricts
movement to limited routes.
Question:
2. Legibility (of urban landscape)
Answer:
How easily people can understand, navigate, and form mental maps of a place. A legible city has clear
landmarks, distinct districts, and coherent patterns that help people orient themselves.
Question:
3. Third Places
Answer:
Informal public gathering spaces beyond home (first place) and work (second place), such as cafes,
libraries, or parks, where community and social interaction naturally occur.
Question:
4. Mixed-Uses
Answer:
Development that combines different functions—residential, commercial, retail, office—in the same
building or area, promoting walkability and vibrant neighborhoods.
Question:
5. Adaptive Reuse
Answer:
Converting old or historic buildings for new purposes rather than demolishing them, preserving character
while meeting contemporary needs.
Question:
6. Organic Urban Development
Answer:
City growth that evolves gradually over time in response to local needs and conditions, rather than through
master planning—often creating irregular, human-scaled patterns.
Question:
7. Sense of Place
Answer:
The unique character and identity of a location created by physical features, activities, and meanings that
distinguish it from other places.
,Question:
8. Urban Sprawl
Answer:
Low-density, automobile-dependent development spreading outward from urban centers, typically
characterized by separated land uses and inefficient infrastructure.
Question:
9. Impervious Surfaces
Answer:
Materials like concrete and asphalt that prevent water absorption, increasing stormwater runoff and
reducing groundwater recharge.
Question:
10. Folded Map Project
Answer:
A project examining urban geography and spatial relationships through folded map exercises to understand
how cities are organized and experienced.
Question:
11. Shrinking Cities
Answer:
Urban areas experiencing significant population loss, economic decline, and physical deterioration,
requiring different planning approaches than growing cities.
Question:
12. Home GR/OWN (Milwaukee)
Answer:
Milwaukee urban agriculture initiative helping residents grow food and transform vacant lots into
productive gardens.
Question:
13. Walking School Bus / Bike Bus
Answer:
Groups of children walking or biking to school supervised by adults, promoting active transportation and
safety through numbers.
,Question:
14. Housing Wage (Out of reach Study)
Answer:
The hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest rental home at fair market rent (typically
requiring no more than 30% of income).
Question:
15. Food Insecurity
Answer:
Lack of consistent access to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life due to financial or other
resource constraints.
Question:
16. Gendered Cities
Answer:
Recognition that urban spaces and planning have different impacts on different genders, often
disadvantaging women through safety concerns, caregiving responsibilities, and mobility limitations.
Question:
17. Social Isolation / Loneliness
Answer:
The objective lack of social connections and the subjective feeling of being alone, increasingly recognized
as a public health issue linked to urban design.
Question:
18. Climate Change
Answer:
Long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns primarily caused by human activities,
creating major challenges for urban planning.
Question:
19. Kampung Admiralty (Singapore)
Answer:
Innovative mixed-use complex integrating senior housing, medical facilities, childcare, and public spaces
in a vertical "kampung" (village).
, Question:
20. Adaptation and Mitigation
Answer:
Adaptation involves adjusting to climate impacts (sea level rise, heat); mitigation involves reducing
greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change.
Question:
21. Rotterdam's Water Plazas
Answer:
Multi-functional public spaces that serve as parks during dry weather but capture and store stormwater
during heavy rains, combining recreation with flood management.
Question:
22. Killer Heat
Answer:
Extreme heat events that cause deaths, particularly affecting urban areas due to heat island effects and
vulnerable populations.
Question:
23. Half Earth
Answer:
Conservation concept proposed by E.O. Wilson suggesting half of Earth's surface should be protected to
preserve biodiversity.
Question:
24. Acoma Pueblo ("Sky City")
Answer:
Ancient Native American settlement in New Mexico built atop a 367-foot mesa, continuously inhabited for
over 1,000 years.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Permeability (of streets and neighborhoods)
Answer:
The degree to which an urban area allows movement through it via multiple routes and connections. High
permeability means many pathway options and easy navigation, while low permeability restricts
movement to limited routes.
Question:
2. Legibility (of urban landscape)
Answer:
How easily people can understand, navigate, and form mental maps of a place. A legible city has clear
landmarks, distinct districts, and coherent patterns that help people orient themselves.
Question:
3. Third Places
Answer:
Informal public gathering spaces beyond home (first place) and work (second place), such as cafes,
libraries, or parks, where community and social interaction naturally occur.
Question:
4. Mixed-Uses
Answer:
Development that combines different functions—residential, commercial, retail, office—in the same
building or area, promoting walkability and vibrant neighborhoods.
Question:
5. Adaptive Reuse
Answer:
Converting old or historic buildings for new purposes rather than demolishing them, preserving character
while meeting contemporary needs.
Question:
6. Organic Urban Development
Answer:
City growth that evolves gradually over time in response to local needs and conditions, rather than through
master planning—often creating irregular, human-scaled patterns.
Question:
7. Sense of Place
Answer:
The unique character and identity of a location created by physical features, activities, and meanings that
distinguish it from other places.
,Question:
8. Urban Sprawl
Answer:
Low-density, automobile-dependent development spreading outward from urban centers, typically
characterized by separated land uses and inefficient infrastructure.
Question:
9. Impervious Surfaces
Answer:
Materials like concrete and asphalt that prevent water absorption, increasing stormwater runoff and
reducing groundwater recharge.
Question:
10. Folded Map Project
Answer:
A project examining urban geography and spatial relationships through folded map exercises to understand
how cities are organized and experienced.
Question:
11. Shrinking Cities
Answer:
Urban areas experiencing significant population loss, economic decline, and physical deterioration,
requiring different planning approaches than growing cities.
Question:
12. Home GR/OWN (Milwaukee)
Answer:
Milwaukee urban agriculture initiative helping residents grow food and transform vacant lots into
productive gardens.
Question:
13. Walking School Bus / Bike Bus
Answer:
Groups of children walking or biking to school supervised by adults, promoting active transportation and
safety through numbers.
,Question:
14. Housing Wage (Out of reach Study)
Answer:
The hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest rental home at fair market rent (typically
requiring no more than 30% of income).
Question:
15. Food Insecurity
Answer:
Lack of consistent access to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life due to financial or other
resource constraints.
Question:
16. Gendered Cities
Answer:
Recognition that urban spaces and planning have different impacts on different genders, often
disadvantaging women through safety concerns, caregiving responsibilities, and mobility limitations.
Question:
17. Social Isolation / Loneliness
Answer:
The objective lack of social connections and the subjective feeling of being alone, increasingly recognized
as a public health issue linked to urban design.
Question:
18. Climate Change
Answer:
Long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns primarily caused by human activities,
creating major challenges for urban planning.
Question:
19. Kampung Admiralty (Singapore)
Answer:
Innovative mixed-use complex integrating senior housing, medical facilities, childcare, and public spaces
in a vertical "kampung" (village).
, Question:
20. Adaptation and Mitigation
Answer:
Adaptation involves adjusting to climate impacts (sea level rise, heat); mitigation involves reducing
greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change.
Question:
21. Rotterdam's Water Plazas
Answer:
Multi-functional public spaces that serve as parks during dry weather but capture and store stormwater
during heavy rains, combining recreation with flood management.
Question:
22. Killer Heat
Answer:
Extreme heat events that cause deaths, particularly affecting urban areas due to heat island effects and
vulnerable populations.
Question:
23. Half Earth
Answer:
Conservation concept proposed by E.O. Wilson suggesting half of Earth's surface should be protected to
preserve biodiversity.
Question:
24. Acoma Pueblo ("Sky City")
Answer:
Ancient Native American settlement in New Mexico built atop a 367-foot mesa, continuously inhabited for
over 1,000 years.
