Misc Flashcards
First documented racial zoning ord?
Baltimore 1910
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
US Supreme Court outlawed racial zoning
Executive Order 12898
Clinton Administration Environmental Justice Order 1994
Conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, including the forces that shape the conditions of daily life. In particular, these include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies, and political systems.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) defined by WHO
Provides economic incentives to provide community and individual property resilience to natty and human-caused hazards
NFIP Community Rating System (CRS)
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
Requires state and local to work together on pre-disaster planning. Also amended Stafford Act to create framework for all levels of gov to participate in hazard mitigation planning to get non-emergency disaster assistance.
Disaster Recovery Reform Act DRRA of 2018
Prepare US for future disasters and reduce rising costs of disasters.
Components of Resilience
Hazard Mitigation, Adaptation, and Response/Recovery
Lifeline Planning
Focusing on critical infrastructure for protection and adaptation.
Edge City
Coined by Joel Garreau in Edge City Life on the New Frontier.
More jobs than bedrooms, perceived as one place, not a city 30 years ago, 5mm leasable office, 600k leasable retail
Traditional Neighborhood Development
A walkable, mixed-use community kinda based on New Urbanism (but NU more about the region)
NAAQS
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Regulates landfills
One Square Mile is _______ Acres
640
One acre is _________ square feet
43,560
