PPT 3

Question 1

The concept of ___________ is broad
and inclusive the values it represents
are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic
as well as monetary. It is within the
_________ to determine
that the community should be beautiful
as well as healthy, spacious, [and]
clean.

Answer 1

public welfare
power of the legislature

Question 2

Information on land ownership or _________ is available in publicly
accessible databases at the
Registry of Deeds, with records

Answer 2

“tenure”

Question 3

(CLUP)

Answer 3

Comprehensive Land Use Plan

Question 4

divides a community into smaller planning districts or zones.

Answer 4

Zoning Codes

Question 5

Locations of existing streets,
driveways, transit stops, parking
lots, and other infrastructure inform
context-sensitive design.

Answer 5

Transportation

Question 6

Kevin Lynch’s Five Elements of Urban Form

Answer 6

• Edges (for example, shorelines, streets, and major
  changes in land use)
• Paths (for example, streets and major walkways or
  bike paths)
• District (for example, neighborhoods and major
  institutions)
• Nodes (for example, entrances, plazas, and major
  walkway intersections)
• Landmarks (for example, unique buildings,
  bridges, and natural features)

Question 7

technique for assessing the texture or
“grain” of the built environment.

Answer 7

Figure-Ground Mapping

Question 8

Neighborhood typology included the following residential types:

Answer 8

• Single-family houses (attributes: small footprint, pitched roofs, one to
  two stories)
• Multifamily residential towers (attributes: 5 to 12 stories, subdivided
  living units, retail use of the first floor)

*Mixed-use residential/commercial development (attributes: ground-
floor retail or office uses, upper floor residential use, three to five stories,

rectangular and linear footprints)

Question 9

Land Use Suitability Analysis

A land use suitability analysis involves the following steps:

Answer 9

1. Identify the suitability criteria for each anticipated land use.
2. Inventory and map the relevant site attribute data.
3. Identify and map the locations with attribute values that meet the
   suitability criteria for the targeted land uses.

Question 10

Off-Site Design Influences

Answer 10

Sense of Place
Placeness

Question 11

increases as the amount of building floor space increases in relation to site area

Answer 11

Floor Area Ratio (FAR)