Trivia Flashcards
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What is the name of the zoning technique that allows developers to exceed standard height or density limits in exchange for providing public amenities?
Answer: Incentive (bonus) zoning
Incentive or bonus zoning grants density or height bonuses to developers who voluntarily provide public benefits such as plazas, affordable housing, or public art.
What is 'smart growth' primarily concerned with?
Answer: Concentrating development in existing urban areas to reduce sprawl and infrastructure costs
Smart growth promotes compact, transit-oriented, walkable, and mixed-use development to curb sprawl and create more sustainable communities.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of comprehensive zoning in 1926?
Answer: Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (1926) is the landmark Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of municipal zoning ordinances.
What does the acronym 'LOS' stand for in transportation planning?
Answer: Level of Service
Level of Service (LOS) is a grading system (A through F) used to describe the operating conditions of a roadway or intersection.
Which theory, developed by Homer Hoyt in 1939, describes urban growth as expanding outward in wedge-shaped sectors along transportation routes?
Answer: Sector Model
Homer Hoyt's Sector Model (1939) proposed that cities grow outward from the center in pie-shaped wedges or sectors based on transportation routes and land use patterns.
What is a 'charrette' in the context of urban planning?
Answer: An intensive, collaborative workshop where stakeholders design solutions to a planning challenge
A charrette is an intensive, multi-day design workshop that brings together community stakeholders, planners, and designers to collaboratively develop planning solutions.
Which federal program, established in 1956, fundamentally reshaped American cities and suburbs through massive highway construction?
Answer: Federal Aid Highway Act (Interstate Highway System)
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 authorized the Interstate Highway System, which dramatically restructured American land use and accelerated suburban sprawl.