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URPN 202 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
Planning - answer✔the act or process of making or carrying out plans
Plan - answer✔a method of achieving an end
Why plan? - answer✔plan for future needs, they can ensure that there is ample space for public
transit, parks, and buildings, make sure there is no overcrowding
Simple/Low Risk/Short-Term - answer✔go ahead and wing it!
Complex/High Risk/Long-Term - answer✔worth effort to plan
Interconnectedness - answer✔-decisions that impact others
-impacts surrounding properties and communities at large
Interconnectedness Examples - answer✔land use, impervious cover, traffic, housing
affordability, quality of life, jobs & employment, tax base & community fiscal health
Complexity - answer✔decisions can be technical and have lasting impacts depending on the
area
Complexity Examples - answer✔water supply and disposal, transportation, public safety,
recreation
Types of Planners - answer✔government, private sector, specific areas
Government Planners - answer✔municipal planning, state government, statewide/regional
planning
Private Sectors - answer✔consultants, planning for development
Specific Ares - answer✔environmental planning, HUD, federal & non-profit sectors
Planning adjacent fields interact with... - answer✔architects, engineering, construction,
developers, lawyers, politicians, advocates
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Common Satisfactions - answer✔-desire to serve the public interest and common good of
everyone
-called upon in a community to be problem-solvers
-see the interrelatedness of everything
-can see plans made from concept of reality
Common Dissatisfactions - answer✔-often in an advisory role, sometimes listened to
sometimes not
-requires patience
-requires ability to navigate ambiguity
-sometimes have to wrestle with public interest and loyalty
Planning skills - answer✔technical planning knowledge, understanding the political
environment, persuasion, ability to ask and answer the right questions, strong communication,
writing well
Common Living Factors - answer✔economic opportunity, proximity to family, community,
culture, and traditions, safety & security, environment arts
Personal/Planning Values & Technology - answer✔-plans are motivated by values &
opportunities
-technology provides the tools to catalyze plans & actions based on motivation and values
-technology provides different opportunities & motivations for people
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Economic Production - answer✔land(natural resources), labor(effort), capital (technology,
financial)
Traditional Economy - answer✔natural resources: difficult to extract, labor intensive activities,
low technology, limited production, higher community
Traditional City Region - answer✔-city as hub for local and regional economy: transportation
slow, walking speed slow, land not easy to navigate
-cities
connected via rivers/oceans for inter-city trade
Feudal Systems - answer✔-farming led to private property & systems to protect land, pledge
loyalty, tax
-relationship btw military & farming reflected in the state/legitimate use of force & private
enterprise
Colonial American Cities - answer✔-strong power to control land & impose order
-european tradition of towns & villages as independent corporations that own, control, and
allocate land within its borders
-could decide which individuals could be allowed to practice a business or trade
-town square, space btw buildings, simple rectangular street patterns
-string influence in new england
-slow growth, incremental changes
Savannah & Oglethorpe Plan - answer✔-prerevolutionary planning
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