Historical Overview and Influences of Planning Flashcards

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having to do with cities

  1. Have a large population, that
    means a lot of people live in one
    area.
  2. Have more than 50,000 people
  3. Land in urban areas are used for
    taller buildings.
  4. People often live in an
    apartment building.
  5. People in urban area use mass
    transit for transportation
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Urban

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relating to a particular region,
district, area, or part as of a country; sectional;
local

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Regional

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means large amount of land
with low population, far from suburban
and urban areas.

could also be deserts or forests

  1. Have a very low population
  2. Have between 1 and 9,999
    people living
  3. People living in Rural area have
    a lot of space, they can build
    houses and other buildings like
    barns.
  4. They use the land more for
    growing or hunting
  5. People have to use cars for
    transportation
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Rural

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Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition

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environmental

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also known as urban and regional planning, city planning, town and country planning, and/or human settlements planning, refers to the multi-disciplinary art and science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying, harmonizing, managing and regulating the use and development of land and water resources, in relation to their environs, for the development of sustainable communities and ecosystems. (RA 10587)

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Environmental planning

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means land between rivers

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“Fertile Crescent”

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*Scope of the Tigris and Euphrates river systems
*Water as basis of urban development

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MESOPOTAMIA
10,000 BC- 7TH CENTURY AD

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was one of the early civilizations (MESOPOTAMIA)

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SUMER

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9
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______ City- states created
_______ was power

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Religion

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  • Making an orderly sequence of actions to achieve stated goals
  • Systematic process of establishing ends and determining means and procedures to achieve that end
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Planning Definitions

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“…refers to activities connected with the management and development of land, as well as the preservation, conservation and management of the human environment”

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PD 1308 Section 2

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“Environmental Planning, also known as urban and regional Planning, city Planning, town and country planning, and/or human settlements planning, refers to the multi-disciplinary art and science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying, harmonizing, managing, and regulating the use and development of land and water resources, in relation to their environs, for the sustainable development of sustainable communities and ecosystems”

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RA 10587 Section 4 (a)

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Planning and the 3 Key Actors

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  1. State (Government/Polity)
  2. Market (Business/Economy)
  3. Civil Society (Citizen groups/Culture)
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  • Planning is conflictive, therefore political
  • Power is necessary to carry out plans
    -What is feasible politically instead of technically efficient or effective
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  1. State (Government/Polity)
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  • Without Planning, land would be apportioned between competing uses by price mechanism
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  1. Market (Business/Economy)
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  • Participation; plan with people, not for
  • Plan has to be socially acceptable
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  1. Civil Society (Citizen groups/Culture)
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  • To safeguard the public interest
  • To promote the general welfare
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Planning as a function of the State

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3,000 - 300 BC
* Religion still powerful: ______ worshipped kings as gods
* Once buried, lives forever
* Pyramids constructed in capital cities
* Cities of dead people (necropolis)

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ANCIENT EGYPT

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to maximize winds in the summer and minimize them in winter

The city of Priene

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Grid model/Hippodamian plan

20
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the father of rational city planning

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Hippodamus of Miletus

21
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The center of the city contains the agora (Market place), theatre’s, and temples. Private rooms surround the city’s public arenas.

The plan can be laid out uniformly over any kind of terrain since it’s based on angles and measurements.

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Grid model/Hippodamian plan

22
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“If any one internationally pollutes the water of another, whether the water of a spring, or collected in reservoirs, either by poisonous substances, or by digging, or by theft, let the injured party bring the cause before the wardens of the city, and claim in writing the value of the loss; if the accused be found guilty of injuring the water by deleterious substances, let him not only pay damages, but purify the stream or the cistern which contains the water, in such manner as the laws… order the purification to be made by the offender in each case.”

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Polluter Pays Principle.

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It shall be the responsibility of the polluter to contain, remove, and clean-up water pollution incidents at his own expense. In case of his failure to do so, the government agencies concerned shall undertake containment, removal, and clean-up operations and expenses incurred in said operations shall be against the persons and/or entities responsible for such pollution

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Polluter Pays in our Environmental Code (PD1152)

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Provided the foundation for the concept of intergenerational equity

for our children’s children

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Aristotle

25
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29 BC-393 AD
Excelled in military science and engineering

Designs and inventions looked at improving transport and military strategies

Pre-occupied with defense, built as “Castra”

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THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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Heavily dependent on water

Engineered sewerage, canals, hydraulics

Socio-political events resulted to religious divisions, absence of military discipline, murder, and citizen unrest

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The Roman Empire (29BC - 393 AD)

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It led to the fall of rome

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Moral Decay

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Destroyed the Aqueduct

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Vikings

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*The church and monasticism
*Rise of Islam
*Byzantine empire
*State power
*The crusades
*Carolingian dynasty

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The Medieval Period

30
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Cathedral or monument as a focal point of the city

radial growth

retained the walled city from Roman Practice

Enclosure caused problems such as epidemics and limited resources

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Cathedral Cities

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Commerce as a driving factor

Called for accessibility and mobility

Like the Medieval Period, had a radial Growth pattern

Plans began to follow the topography of an area

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Renaissance
14th to 17th Century AD