week 8 Flashcards
what are 2 kinds of urban growth
top down planning
bottom up planning
Top down planning
top-down planning strategies led by influential entities and governing bodies
bottom up planning
bottom-up initiatives driven by local communities
Builds upon the existing buildings
Build homes anywhere
Environments can respond to people needs
It’s beautiful
Valparaiso, Chile type of planning
Bottom-up, similar to medieval Europe
Not planned because never officially founded
Grew by default because it was port connection Santiago, capital
Risk was fire, safety
what does Pipes, Road and Electricity require..
authority ranking
what is Dharavi, Mumbai India
Biggest slum in the world, 1 million, 2/3 the size of Central Park
420 times denser than Halifax
Positive externalities
of Dharavi, Mumbai India
Businesses benefit businesses and social capital.
Negative externalities
Lack of basic requirements
Businesses harming businesses
Market pricing, no authority
Suburbs vs Dharvi
Can’t respond to growth
Less eyes on the street
what did Robert Moses build in 1920s-1960s
roads to allow middle class access to beaches and parks, built new ones and fixed old
Elitist designed bridges so transit couldn’t fit under
Built Jones Beach, rise to power
Jane Jacobs, Journalist
Rose to popularity fighting Robert Moses
Fought west village urban renewal in Grenwich village
Fought Manhattan expressway
Moses attempted to stop public hearings from being attended by Jacobs, she had a mole in government to tell location.
3 Bad Lessons from Jacobs
Opposing development is people power
Disrespect for the role of top down planning
Consultation as a replacement for expertise
6 Foundational Requirements for Human Friendly Design (STMDH)
Safe people priority streets
Transit and Cycling Infrastructure
Safe Blocks
Mixed Uses
Density
Human friendly building design
What is Valparaiso a similar time period to
Medieval Times
what is a downside to bottom up planning
safety , fire hazard
Dharavi has 700,000 - 1,000,000 residents but is only 2/3 the size of …
central park
Dharvai has an extreme version of which of fisks 4 realtionships
Market price
Dharavi has an a very little of which of fisks 4 relationships
Authority ranking
what are 2 positive extretites people enjoy living so close to many other people
Businesses benefit businesses
social capital
what are 2 negative externalities that Dharavi experience
Pollution
health
modern suburbs lack the dowsides of slums, but also lack
the Positive Externalities of living near other humans
what beach did Robert Moses create for the people
Jones beach
what did Robert Moses do to prevent poor people from going to jones beach
Made bridges not fit public transit
what did Robert Moses fix up across the city that made him popular
Parks
why did park ways turn out different then Robert Moses expected
there were more cars and faster
how many separate official positions in the government has Robert Moses had
12
what was jane jacobs before becoming an activist and book author
Journalist
what we 2 kinds of projects that jane jacobs helped defeat
Manhattan Project,
West Village Renewal of Greenwich Village
how did moses try to get public hearings done quickly without anyone showing up? how did jacobs over this problem
Mole inside government
what are 3 bad ideas people got from jane jacobs
- Consultation in replace of expertise
- Opposing development is people power
- Disrespect for the job of top-down planning
which one was misunderstanding of jacobs point and why
Opposing development is people power
what are 6 basic requirements for walkable urban design
- Safe streets for people
- safe blocks
- transit infrastructure
- mixed uses
- density
- human friendly building design
which 3 basic requirements can the government implement directly
Safe people streets
Transit & Cycling
Safe Blocks (Small)
which 3 basic requirements need developers & regulations
Mixed uses
density
human friendly building design
