Sec 2-5 planning analysis terms new urbanism

Question 1

New Urbanism

Answer 1

m is an American urban design movement that arose in the early 1980s. Its goal is to reform many aspects of real estate development and urban planning, from urban retrofits to suburban infill. New urbanist neighborhoods are designed to contain a diverse range of housing and jobs, and to be walkable. New urbanism is a reaction to sprawl, based on planning and architectural principles working together to create human-scale, walkable communities. It is rooted in the work of architects, planners, and theorists who believed that conventional planning thought was failing.

Question 2

Regional planning

Answer 2

_________ is a branch of land use planning and deals with the efficient placement of land use activities, infrastructure and settlement growth across a significantly larger area of land than an individual city or town. The related field of urban planning deals with the specific issues of city planning. Both concepts are encapsulated in spatial planning using a eurocentric definition.

Question 3

Fundamental use diagram

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illustrates general project components while taking into consideration the components’ sizes, shapes and relationships to on another.

Question 4

A work plan

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is a tool for planning during a specific period of time (6 or 12 months) that identifies the problems to be solved, and ways to solve them. A good work plan accounts for and defines the work to be completed, the deadlines, the costs for each task and the persons responsible for completing the work.

Question 5

A task

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has a definable scope, requires a level of effort to complete and has a start and completion date.

Question 6

Goals

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general statements of intent; identify thoughts and ideas that should be addressed by the design solution

Question 7

Objectives

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are more specific statements regarding the methods of accomplishing goals; more action oriented

Question 8

Fen

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a wetland that receives nutrients from groundwater and has non-acidic peats.

Question 9

Meadow

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is periodically inundated wetland that may or may not have water present

Question 10

Mangrove

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a wetland associated with saltwater.

Question 11

Riparian forested wetland

Answer 11

associated with a river or stream

Question 12

Chlorosis

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plant condition caused by iron deficiency and causes leaves to turn yellow. Iron could either be missing from the soil or not available to the plant’s roots. Magnesium deficiency also causes leaves to yellow while the veins remain green

Question 13

Mildew

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fungal problem characterized by white powdery growth on the tops and sometimes bottomes of leaves

Question 14

Leaf spot

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appearance of brown spots on leaves in concentric zones of discoloration

Question 15

Fasciation

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is a disorder that causes a single stem to appear as if it were several stems fused together. It is caused by frost, insect or physical damage to a stem early in it’s development

Question 16

Plasticity

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is the ability of a soil to become deformed without breaking apart

Question 17

Elasticity

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is the ability of a soil to return to its original shape after being subjected to a load condition.

Question 18

Liquid limit

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the minimum moisture content at which a soil will flow under its own weight

Question 19

Permeability

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the ability of a soil to transfer water; a measure of the ability of a material (such as rocks) to transmit fluids