URP 4050 Quiz 3

An example of coordination between transportation planning and land-use planning is the

Atlanta Beltline

Why can Manhattan be seen as environmentally virtuous from a sustained development perspective?

Because of its high population density, inhabitants have less environmental impact than do people who live in the suburbs.

What was one consequence of the Superfund ruling that owners of contaminated sites must bring them up to EPA standards?

Developers became reluctant to purchase old industrial sites.

An example of a transportation system management (TSM) technique is

Encouraging businesses to increase telecommuting.

What is the advantage of uniform national environmental standards?

If all states have the same standards, then businesses will not abandon or avoid states with strict standards.

How did the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) affect planning?

It required large projects using federal funding to file publicly accessible environmental impact statements.

The LEED rating system can motivate builders to construct environmentally superior buildings because

LEED certification is a selling point for environmentally conscious buyers.

What helped create a feasible market for producers of renewable energy such as wind generators?

Small energy producers could keep their costs down because legislation gave them the right to use transmission lines owned by large utilities.

In Eastern Europe, the privatization of urban land once owned by the government has resulted in

a dramatic decrease in public space.

In contrast to American planned communities, new post-World War II British towns were designed and built by

a group of appointed government directors

The growth management movement was strengthened by

a growing public concern about the environment.

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) changed transportation planning by requiring

a plan's potential side effects to be considered as part of the planning process.

One reason why Hawaii instituted statewide land-use controls was that

agriculture was important to the state economy.

Intelligent vehicle technology could improve highway transportation by

automating a car's acceleration, braking, and steering.

One way that global warming is likely to affect an urban planner's job is by

causing climate changes that affect population movement.

Dynamic tolling reduces traffic congestion by

changing tolls for high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes as they become more or less congested.

Sustainable development planning calls for

coordinating environmental, social, and economic goals.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, manages growth pressure by

designating development districts and districts where development is discouraged.

Because of traffic congestion, proponents of smart growth tend to support

employing the compact community development favored by New Urbanists.

From an urban planner's point of view, one benefit of intercity rail is that it

encourages compact development in the areas it serves.

Land-use planning can reduce ________ by encouraging the development of residential areas near commercial and retail areas.

energy consumption

A ________ must be created before transportation planning begins.

geographic database

To manage growth, Fort Collins, Colorado,

has designated an "urban growth area" to which urban development standards apply.

Because most European countries have ________ than the United States, European planning practices tend to favor efficient land use.

higher population densities

Soviet communist planning in the 1980s emphasized setting aside vast amounts of land for

industry and public space

Which group does not benefit from growth management?

owners of undeveloped land

The area of public transportation that is experiencing the greatest growth in percentage terms is

paratransit

Since the collapse of the communist governments in Eastern Europe, ________ have been most likely to develop urban land.

private investors

Under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, government planning in Great Britain was influenced by the view that

private investors, rather than the state, are most effective at improving deteriorated urban areas.

New Jersey's Meadowlands Development Commission instituted ________ so that it could direct development to certain areas without protests from other areas.

property tax sharing

Community energy production systems serve to

reduce traditional energy use.

For many Asian nations, an inexpensive solution to the housing shortage is to

sell sites at a nominal fee to individuals who then build their own homes.

From the 1960s to the present day, environmental pollution has

stabilized and in some cases declined.

Mass transportation is largely paid for by

susidies

Growth management is most likely to succeed when

the jurisdiction is large enough to be able to work displacement effects into its plan.

In terms of planning, Germany is more like the United States than other European countries in that

the national government does not have the power to impose particular planning decisions on the state or local level.

Why do transportation planners evaluate different patterns of future land use rather than extrapolating from current land use?

to coordinate transportation planning and land-use planning.

By focusing on one environmental issue at a time, an environmental planner may

unintentionally cause new problems in other areas of the environment.

Like European and American planners, planners in South Korea are concerned with transportation problems caused by

widespread automobile ownership

Since the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947, Great Britain has not had any

zoning