6 AOP Sustainability

Question 1

Growth management

Answer 1

planning approach that pre-dates smart growth and sustainability planning

Question 2

Smart Growth

Answer 2

a term used to describe planning for greater sustainability

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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 4

Sustainable development

Answer 4

defined as balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment to meet the needs of present and future populations

Question 5

The triple bottom line

Answer 5

These three Ps were intended to measure the financial, social, and environmental performance of a corporation over a period of time.

Question 6

Carrying capacity

Answer 6

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