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Chapter Report #6 Name: __Maxintong Song____________________ GEOG/URBN 1200 Global Urbanization NetID:___mxt20001______________________ All responses to the following questions must be derived from the course’s textbook. (Do not use Internet sources ) Type or mark your responses directly in the space provided and upload your file in WORD (.docx) or PDF via HuskyCT by due date/time. Your input to open-ended questions must be a short phase or a sentence or two at most. Housing Policies, Sprawl, and Smart Growth (Ch. 12) 1. In suburban sprawl, how is ‘leapfrog’ development explained over open space? strip or leapfrog commercial and residential development, each zoned into separate areas. Growth and sprawl are not identical. Sprawl means unbridled and poorly planned, spread-out, low-density, auto-dependent, residential development. 2. What are common ills of sprawl due to auto-driven sprawl? List three items. huge consumption of environmentally sensitive land total reliance on automobiles often fragmented government 3. In the last 50 years, Pennsylvania has lost more farms and open land to sprawl than the entire 2 states. Name those two states. Connecticut and Rhode Island. 4. Costs and consequences of sprawl may reverse sprawl trends. What has led to infill developments in the Los Angeles area making it the eighth lowest level of new sprawl in the U.S. by 2000? Los Angeles area, bounded by ocean, mountains, desert, and federal land, has run out of room. 5. As part of smart growth plan, urban infill housing has real advantages, such as living closer to employment and cultural and social amenities. Which demographic groups are particularly attracted to such housing? Such housing particularly appeals to working women, non-married couples, childless couples, gays, and some empty-nesters Planning, New Towns, and New Urbanism (Ch. 13) 6. Which of the following statements regarding zoning is true in New York? (Choose one ) A. New York is the only major city in North America without any zoning laws B. While New York’s zoning law technically remain, the reality is that zoning has been abandoned C. New York started to tighten its zoning laws because of budget cuts in the 1970s D. Zoning laws in New York were helping the city more than they were hurting in the 1970s 7. In Box 13.1, Jacobs claimed that most blocks should be short if diversity and liveliness are to be generated in a city. Why is this the case? Because short streets will allow more activities to gather, thereby better achieving economic growth and diversity.
8. The Dutch approach to urban planning includes a development of a conurbation. What is the name given to the Duch conurbation and what cities are included in it? This conurbation is known as the Randstad , or “rim city.” including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. 9. New towns in Europe generally come with high-rise apartment buildings. Why is this? List 2 reasons. 1. Efficient Use of Space 2. New towns are often designed with modern infrastructure and amenities in mind. 10. The Traditional Neighborhood Development and New Urbanism criteria are often associated with the opposite of traditional zoning. What is the basic New Urbanism tenet? The basic New Urbanism tenet is that communities should be complete and integrated, containing not only housing but also shops, businesses, parks, schools, and civic facilities. (the opposite of traditional zoning.) All these activities should be within walking distance of one another and of public transportation
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