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9737808488 | Two goals of the new urbanism movement | -substainability= more local production, minimal enviornmental impact of development and its operations, more walking less driving, and energy efficiency. -connectivity= interconnected street grid disperses traffic and eases walking, public realm | 0 | |
9737808489 | Two benefits of mixed use development in promoting urban growth | Lower infrastructure costs: often require costly infrastructure to function which results in large scale, single use, large lot residential developments. Environmental: reducing sprawl and building communities where residents live and walk to work, reduces car wage, sprawling development is reduced. | 1 | |
9737808490 | Two criticisms of new urbanism | Cost of new mixed use or converted buildings can be very expensive People are more interested in substainability and green living | 2 | |
9737808491 | Differences between mixed-use development and traditional zoning practice | Traditional zoning requires separate zones based on land-use type or economic function. Mixed use zoning permits multiple land uses in the same space or building. | 3 | |
9739907588 | Filtering | A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment. | 4 | |
9739907589 | Redlining | drawing of lines on a map to identify areas in which banks will refuse to loan money | 5 | |
9739907590 | Gentrification | The rehabilitation of deteriorated, often abandoned, housing of low-income inner-city residents. | 6 | |
9739907591 | Substainable development | Meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. | 7 |