Deck 14: Urban Planning: Past, Present and Future

Question 1

Ebenezer Howard believed the city lacked

A) opportunity.
B) entertainment.
C) a sense of freedom.
D) diversity.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

City planning in the industrial era was driven primarily by

A) profit.
B) tradition.
C) politics.
D) a concern for the masses.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In Canberra, Australia, all business is centrally located for reasons of transportation efficiency.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The utopian visionaries are characterized by

A) high-population densities.
B) financial certainty.
C) sociological naiveté.
D) fluidity in their visions.

Question 5

Early planning efforts were directed at

A) removing those in power.
B) conserving natural resources.
C) reflecting cultural values.
D) neglecting specific problems.

Question 6

The utopian planner most associated with "arcologies" is

A) Howard.
B) Le Corbusier.
C) Soleri.
D) Wright.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about city planning?

A) Changing a city's physical form automatically reshapes social life.
B) Planners should be allowed to control all aspects of how cities are built.
C) Planning does not take place within a framework of political realities.
D) The goals of the planning experiments of the last century have not been met.

Question 8

New towns have been criticized for being

A) too large.
B) too flexible
C) too low density.
D) too high density

Question 9

The sociological concept of a deals with the large-scale, holistic planning of a mixed-use, self-sufficient community.

A) greenway
B) communal city
C) new town
D) housing community

Question 10

Ebenezer Howard sought a marriage of town and country.

Question 11

Government planning of new towns is absent for the most part in

A) Britain.
B) United States.
C) France.
D) Brazil.

Question 12

Toronto, Ontario, is notable for

A) inefficient metropolitan planning.
B) colonial planning phases.
C) its millennium "Official Plan."
D) effective environmental policies.

Question 13

French new towns were designed as "bedroom communities."

Question 14

The new town in the United States that has been most successful in creating racial and social class integration is

A) Reston, Virginia.
B) Radburn, New Jersey.
C) Columbia, Maryland.
D) Irvine, California.

Question 15

are environments where children explore their neighborhood and learn the rules of urban social life.

A) Gardens
B) Sidewalks
C) Driveways
D) Yards

Question 16

Brasilia is a model city in Latin America.

Question 17

In Frank Lloyd Wright's ideal world,

A) homes could be constructed in an organic way.
B) virtually equal densities would be found throughout the city.
C) cars would be abolished.
D) a minimal amount of land would be used.

Question 18

Urban planning began with Ebenezer Howard.

Question 19

Celebration, Florida, is notable for

A) homes that re-create the pre-World War II small town.
B) mostly expensive housing, few low-cost homes.
C) a model school financed by Universal Studios.
D) little economic growth compared to neighboring cities.

Question 20

Early British new towns were antigrowth.

Question 21

Critique the New Towns movement and the utopian visions of Le Corbusier, Wright, and Soleri.

Question 22

Compare and contrast the utopian visions of Le Corbusier, Wright, and Soleri.

Question 23

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the principal challenge of rebuilding the city of New Orleans is to avoid piecemeal efforts and to overcome the segregation and poverty problems that existed previously.

Question 24

The area that was to become the city of Toronto was first established as a trading post in the 17^th century.

Question 25

Jane Jacobs argues for large-scale citywide planning to improve a city's diversity.

Question 26

Soleri continued to develop Wright's Broadacre City utopia.

Question 27

Le Corbusier sought to build tall skyscrapers surrounded by huge open spaces.

Question 28

Discuss the successes and failures of new towns in Europe, Australia, Brazil, and the United States.

Question 29

Essentially, Toronto functions as a single-tiered government.

Question 30

What are the problems that New Towns visionaries see with modern cities?

Question 31

How do economics, politics, and values make the city planner's job more difficult?

Question 32

The largest planned community in North America is Irvine.