4 - Sustainability and Resilience Planning

Question 1

The Smart Growth Network has established ten primary principles for Smart Growth.

1. Create a range of _____opportunities and choices;
2. Create ____ neighborhoods;
3. Encourage ____ and _______ collaboration;
4. Foster distinctive, attractive places with a __________;
5. Make development decisions ____________;
6. Mix land uses;
7. Preserve open space, ________, ________, and critical environmental areas;
8. Provide a variety of __________ choices;
9. Strengthen and direct development towards _________ communities;
10. Take advantage of ________ building design.

Answer 1

**1. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices;
2. Create walkable neighborhoods;
3. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration;
4. Foster distinctive, attractive places with a strong sense of place;
5. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective;
6. Mix land uses;
7. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas;
8. Provide a variety of transportation choices;
9. Strengthen and direct development towards existing communities;
10. Take advantage of compact building design.

Question 2

The ___________ was first coined in 1994 by John Elkington. His argument was that companies should be preparing three different bottom lines: one for corporate profit, one for people, and one for the planet. These three Ps were intended to measure the financial, social, and environmental performance of a corporation over a period of time.

Answer 2

Triple Bottom Line

Question 3

____________ is a biological concept indicating the maximum population size of a species that could be sustained in perpetuity within the environment, given the availability of food, water, habitat, etc.

The concept of carrying capacity is used in city planning to discuss the maximum population and employment that could be carried within a particular community (e.g. land available for development, as well as infrastructure capacity).

Answer 3

Carrying Capacity