URP3000 STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is Urban planning? - ANSWER A technical and political process
concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment.
Why do we plan? - ANSWER Planning is complex, we need to plan to guide
the future of cities and regions. Interconnectedness & complexity
Types of planning - ANSWER housing, land use, economic development,
parks and rec, arts and culture, public health, emergency, regional,
transportation.
Influences on planning - ANSWER citizens, planners, developers and related
professionals, money, politics.
Who are planners? - ANSWER lawyers, politicians, mediators, social scientists,
must solve problems, must work with others, and have patience.
General Process of Planning - ANSWER Cycle:
1) research
2) visioning (clarify goals)
3) formulation (options, objectives, policies)
4) implementation
5) review (no plan is perfect)
How planning process has evolved - ANSWER Society has become more
,complex over time so planning has to go through a longer process.
Styles of Planning - ANSWER Neutral Public servant
Builder for Community Consensus
Entrepreneur
Advocate
Agent of Radical change
Private Planners' Roles - ANSWER They are more consultants who are
interested in big business. They are more specialized and act as advocates.
Public Planners' Roles - ANSWER Important to help facilitate the "bottom
up" approach of planning. Public relations, advertisements, advisory groups,
and making resources available are all important.
Relationship between planning, politics, land use, social and basic economic
issues - ANSWER Everything is interconnected. Specifically planning and
economics are related by the following topics.
1) Emotional issues
2) Visible decisions (buildings, roads)
3) Close at hand (local gov.)
4) Subject familiarity (everyday issues for citizens)
5) Large financial decisions
6) Property taxes (who pays?)
What is Planning - ANSWER the process of thinking about and organizing the
, activities required to achieve a desired goal
Three-step result oriented process for planning - ANSWER Choosing a
destination
Evaluating alternative routes, and
Deciding the specific course of your plan
planning is both _____ and _______ - ANSWER anticipatory and reactive
Interconnectedness - ANSWER individual decision effect everyone.
ex: piece of land - decision on residential use- who lives in community/affects
on housing prices, rent, ext. - decisions effect the economy of community -
affects the demand for education and other services. *land use decisions
made by a community shapes its character.
Complexity - ANSWER Moderns communities are incredibly complex.
Complexity tends to increase with population density.
Planning would not be necessary if: - ANSWER if the relationships were
simple. many service can be provided privately. BUT, relationships are not
simple, cannot be solved by direct negotiation between private parties.
History of US planning - ANSWER Prior to American revolution municipalities
had strong powers to control the use of land and thus shape their own form.
These powers came from European tradition that treated the town or village
as an independent corporation which might own control or dispose of land
within boundaries.
Planning is a formalized and distinct process of government in US. - ANSWER
Small communities:
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is Urban planning? - ANSWER A technical and political process
concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment.
Why do we plan? - ANSWER Planning is complex, we need to plan to guide
the future of cities and regions. Interconnectedness & complexity
Types of planning - ANSWER housing, land use, economic development,
parks and rec, arts and culture, public health, emergency, regional,
transportation.
Influences on planning - ANSWER citizens, planners, developers and related
professionals, money, politics.
Who are planners? - ANSWER lawyers, politicians, mediators, social scientists,
must solve problems, must work with others, and have patience.
General Process of Planning - ANSWER Cycle:
1) research
2) visioning (clarify goals)
3) formulation (options, objectives, policies)
4) implementation
5) review (no plan is perfect)
How planning process has evolved - ANSWER Society has become more
,complex over time so planning has to go through a longer process.
Styles of Planning - ANSWER Neutral Public servant
Builder for Community Consensus
Entrepreneur
Advocate
Agent of Radical change
Private Planners' Roles - ANSWER They are more consultants who are
interested in big business. They are more specialized and act as advocates.
Public Planners' Roles - ANSWER Important to help facilitate the "bottom
up" approach of planning. Public relations, advertisements, advisory groups,
and making resources available are all important.
Relationship between planning, politics, land use, social and basic economic
issues - ANSWER Everything is interconnected. Specifically planning and
economics are related by the following topics.
1) Emotional issues
2) Visible decisions (buildings, roads)
3) Close at hand (local gov.)
4) Subject familiarity (everyday issues for citizens)
5) Large financial decisions
6) Property taxes (who pays?)
What is Planning - ANSWER the process of thinking about and organizing the
, activities required to achieve a desired goal
Three-step result oriented process for planning - ANSWER Choosing a
destination
Evaluating alternative routes, and
Deciding the specific course of your plan
planning is both _____ and _______ - ANSWER anticipatory and reactive
Interconnectedness - ANSWER individual decision effect everyone.
ex: piece of land - decision on residential use- who lives in community/affects
on housing prices, rent, ext. - decisions effect the economy of community -
affects the demand for education and other services. *land use decisions
made by a community shapes its character.
Complexity - ANSWER Moderns communities are incredibly complex.
Complexity tends to increase with population density.
Planning would not be necessary if: - ANSWER if the relationships were
simple. many service can be provided privately. BUT, relationships are not
simple, cannot be solved by direct negotiation between private parties.
History of US planning - ANSWER Prior to American revolution municipalities
had strong powers to control the use of land and thus shape their own form.
These powers came from European tradition that treated the town or village
as an independent corporation which might own control or dispose of land
within boundaries.
Planning is a formalized and distinct process of government in US. - ANSWER
Small communities:
