Chapter Report#6

Chapter Report #6 Name: Ruthmary Hernandez GEOG/URBN 1200 Global Urbanization NetID: 2840456 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? - Sprawl means un-bridled and poorly planned, spread-out, low-density, auto-dependent, residential development. This development “leapfrogs” over open spaces. Its trademark is strip or leapfrog commercial and residential development, each zoned into separate areas. 2. What are common ills of sprawl due to auto-driven sprawl? List three items. 1. Traffic congestion 2. Air pollution 3. Massive destruction of the natural environment 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? - For decades the Los Angeles metro area had been increasing its land area more than ten times faster than its population. The result is that the 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? - 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 - B, is true 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? - Short city blocks provide for alternative routes and use of different streets, with the result that a cross- section of the public passes the smaller specialty operations. -