WorksheetsCIties and Urban Land Use Section 7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Urban planning in US cities emphasis is on all EXCEPT
building codes
health codes
land-use planning
agribusiness projections
Zoning ordinances separate activities into different areas because not doing so can be
unhealthy and inefficient
safe and secure
promising and uplifting
profitable and hard-hitting
In European cities it is not unusual for
single family homes with every large yards
shops to be at the street level and apartments (homes) on upper levels
wealthy people living in the suburbs
urban poor living in the city center
Regional problems such as traffic flow, solid waste disposal and provisions of social services can best addressed when fragmented local areas
consolidate governments institutions
have the federal government pass all the laws
address all issues on every third even year
within an urban institution they form rural councils
Urban renewal programs allow governments to do all EXCEPT
buy properties
relocate residents and businesses
build new roads and utilities
allow old factories remain ungentrified
Demolishing inner city houses is to renovate them is an example of
gentrification
gerrymandering
jurisdiction
possibilism
When did the United States begin to actively urban plan?
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Zoning ordinances encourage
activities to be located all together
spatial separation of land use
mixed land use
only gentrification
Critics say that class, racial and ethnic lines are reinforced by
gerrymandering
zoning
mixed land use
rural citizenship
The goal of smart growth is to produce a pattern of controlled development, which protects
rural land use
urban mixed landscapes
gerrymandered zones
suburbanization
