Final.. Dun, Dun, Dun.. Flashcards
The Mount Royal Area is an example of which form of urban planning?
The Garden Suburb
The regulation of land use over an area, such as a municipality, region, or province is termed
Land Use Planning
The government with most authority to plan, regulate and subdivide land in Alberta is?
Municipal Governments
In Alberta, municipalities have control over?
The design of pathways and sidewalks, the density of residential developments, and the location of residential, industrial, and commercial land.
A study from the US found that the area of large metropolitan cities such as Pittsburgh and Detroit has what over the past 60 years?
Increased size while population declined.
The original street development plan brought to Western Canada and Calgary was the?
Grid Pattern.
The development pattern focused on re-populating the inner city and the creation of mixed use, walkable developments is termed?
Smart Growth.
The neighborhood unit was used to replace the grid system because of what?
It isolates communities from fast moving vehicles thereby increasing safety.
According to the walkability study discussed in class the benefit from walking decreases dramatically when the distance is greater then?
800 meters.
Benefits to TODs (Transit Oriented Developments) include?
People take half the number of automobile trips, households contain half as many cars, and transit use is 2 to 5 times higher than in other areas.
According to Newman’s study of the relationship between urban density and energy used for personal transportation, in general Canadian cities are what?
Canadian cities are more dense than US cities and consume less energy for personal automobile use.
The neighborhood unit design pattern has been criticized for being unsustainable because?
Its design creates artificial barriers, promoting driving in place of walking/cycling. Its design lacks multiple land uses, promoting driving. Its design requires more development land than other land use designs.
About how much oil is consumed globally per day?
86 million barrels.
In Alberta, Conventional oil production reached its maximum when?
in the early 1970’s.
Define Traffic Calming
The term used to describe the combination of mainly physical measures to reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for non-motorized street users.
Why are speed humps preferred over speed bumps
They require less acceleration/ deceleration between humps. They allow traffic to travel at a more constant rate of speed.
Name an example of a measure taken to improve the conditions for non-motorized street users but proved unsuccessful.
Textured Crosswalk, rumble strips, and obstructions such as signage.
Name some examples of measures taken to improve the conditions for non-motorized street users,
Curb extensions, on street parking, and corner radius reduction.
A study of street width and accident rates found that accident rates increased exponentially when the width of the road is greater that what?
7 meters (24’)
Define Walkability
The term used to describe the extent to which land use and the built environment promote walking for leisure, exercise, recreation, access to services, and travel to work.
In Canada, bikes are used for approximately how many more trips then they are used for in the US?
2 times.
In comparison to Northern Europe, bikes in Canada are used..?
Many times fewer trips then those in Northern Europe.
In general, in Southern Europe where the climate is generally warmer and drier than that of Northern Europe, are bikes used more or less?
Much lower in Southern Europe.
What is the percentage of people in Calgary that have no interest in cycling?
20%.
What did the Calgary Cycling Strategy identify as the biggest concern for cyclists?
Safety.
Urban lawns causing pesticide pollution to be released to the Bow River are examples of what kind of source?
Non-point source.
Which contaminant has the highest volume released from storm water in Calgary?
Total Suspended Solids.
Eutrophication in freshwater ecosystems such as rivers and lakes is caused by what?
Excessive Phosphorous.
In Calgary approximately what percentage of wetlands have been removed for urban development?
90%
Define wetland.
An area occupying a transition zone between land and water and which may be dry for long periods of time.
What is at the base of the Calgary wetland conservation plan?
The no net loss policy.
Constructed wetlands in Calgary can remove up to 70% of phosphorous with a retention time of what?
45 hours.
The water in the Bow River has already been fully allocated, true or false?
True.
When do Calgary’s peak water demands tend to occur at what temperature?
When the outside ambient temperatures increase above 10 degrees.
In dry months of dry years the annual discharge into the Bow river from glaciers can reach up to what percent?
50%.
