Exam 13: Urban Planning in the Twenty-First Century

__________ has deep roots in American communities and is used by community boosters, usually unelected business elites; it is growth for growth's sake.

Critics of smart growth and the new urbanism argue that

__________ is a short-term reactive planning style dominated by elected officials and professional planning staffs.

Based on the text's discussion and the criteria presented by urbanist Anthony Downs and social scientist Henry Richmond, what are the primary criteria involved with defining urban sprawl?

Growth management usually includes three elements. Which of the following is NOT one of these elements?

Social scientist Henry Richmond includes which of the following criteria in his definition of urban sprawl?

Which of the following is NOT one of the key principles of new urbanism?

Metropolitan government in the United States is highly fragmented.

The urbanist Anthony Downs uses five criteria in his definition of urban sprawl. Which of the following is NOT one of these criteria?

The text points out that, regardless of the planning function, planning takes on which of the following forms?

What are the basic principles involved with the smart growth philosophy?

Sprawl is widespread and simple to measure.

The text points out that there are usually five types of development present in reference to urban sprawl. Which of the following is NOT one of these types?

__________ is long associated with central planning in socialist and communist nations, but it is now part of most large regional and metropolitan planning departments.

Today, the most serious problem facing the planning community is suburban sprawl.

In 2000, Maryland's General Assembly passed and funded the administration's entire package of smart growth bills. Which of the following was NOT included in the package?

Slow-growth advocates, pro-growth advocates, inner-city advocates, and better-growth advocates are some of the grassroots groups promoting a new planning philosophy called

In the postwar period, rapid suburbanization defined the nation's urban growth.

The __________ style of planning is the most common in large American cities; it is proactive and dominated by planning professionals guided by policies approved by elected officials.

According to the text's discussion of the city in the future,