Chapter 30

Question 1

Development Path:

Answer 1

a complex array of (6):

technological
economic
social
institutional
cultural
biophysical

characteristics that determine:

the interactions between human and natural systems including consumption and production patterns in all countries, over time at a particular scale

Question 2

Downside to density? (6)

Answer 2

• sense of lifestyle unaffordability
• polarizing class dynamics
• crowding
• loneliness
• social isolation
• lack of neighbourliness/community life

Question 3

Catch 22 position

Answer 3

• long lived backlash (amongst planners and urban professionals) against sprawling suburban landscapes

HOWEVER

• cities that have successfully reverse suburbanization witness serious declines in housing affordability, compromising sustainable cities in other ways

Question 4

Sprawl - negative points

Answer 4

• Built environments create enclaves of middle or upper-class socio-economic status
• Limiting opportunities for resident health and wellbeing by prioritizing time for long distance automobile commuting over other activies, like physical excercise/social time
• GHG emissions

Question 5

GHG emissions and sprawl

Answer 5

• compact urban forms can cut GHG emissions in half compared to a sprawled build form
• Biggest impacts on reducing GHG’s: reduce local travel demand, increase use of public and active transportation, discourage private automobiles use,, and zone to promote multi family and connecting housing types

Question 6

Since 1970’s - City of Vancouver has

Answer 6

encouraged housing intensification, with a focus on “living first”

• active transportation
• ecological landscaping
• depaving
• increase in neighbourly interactions
• amenities

Question 7

Making Room initiative

Answer 7

An Initiative by the City of Vancouver that aims to add to and diversify housing options by adding housing choice and volume to low-density neighborhoods

Question 8

Making room initiative: amendments to design regulations

Answer 8

• permits duplexes, laneway houses and basement suits on all sngle family zoned parcels city-wide
• neighborhoods closer to commercial areas and rapid transit hubs are allowed to have triplexes, quadplexes, and low-rise apartments

Question 9

“missing middle”

Answer 9

Missing Middle Housing is a range of multi-unit or clustered housing in scale with single-family homes that help meet the demand for walkable urban living.

Question 10

missing middle housing

Answer 10

Rowhouse

Low-rise apartments

Laneway houses

Multiple dwelling buildings

Fourplexes

Duplexes

Triplexes (infill at lane)

Question 11

Adaptive management:

Answer 11

process of envisioning the future, taking steps toward that vision, taking stock and changing course along the way.

Question 12

Adaptive Capacity

Answer 12

Ability of a community to engage in adaptive management

Question 13

Example of adaptive management:

Answer 13

• city begins an assessment of natural hazards
• city plans for best resources/techniques for response
• adjust accordingle

Question 14

Metro Vancouver 2040 Goals

Answer 14

1. Create a Compact Urban Area
2. Support a Sustainable Economy
3. Protect the Environment and Respond to Climate Change Impacts
4. Develop Complete Communities
5. Support Sustainable Transportation Choices