Potpourri 1
Habitat fragmentation and community segregation
What are environmental and social impacts of sprawl?
NEPA stands for....
What is the National Environmental Policy Act?
The 3 Rs that shaped the landscape
What is Regulation, Redevelopment, and Relocation?
States in which you can afford a two-bedroom apt. at fair market rent when making federal min. wage
NONE--no state.
This act can stop development on both public and private land.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
Threshold at which if more than gross annual household income is going to housing costs, then you qualify for affordable housing
30%
What was the purpose of the Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC)?
Provide loan guarantees
Two concepts that emerged shortly after the enclosure acts.
What is Nuisance and Trespass?
Currently rent control in Oregon can not increase over what % in a single year
What is 10%
Almost every city/county has a zoning code, but fewer cities/counties have this
What is comprehensive plan/urban growth area/boundary?
Purpose of the Fair Housing Act 1968
What is protecting people against discrimination when renting or buying a home
"No net loss" is part of this Act
What is the Clean Water Act?
An enabler of post-WW II growth to the suburbs
What is affordable mortgages/GI Bill, interstate hwy.?
"Eyes on the street" and defended East Village from a highway project.
Who is Jane Jacobs?
First supreme court case testing zoning powers.
What is Euclid v. Ambler? year: 1926
Impacts of shrinking cities
What is eroding tax base, deterioration of infrastructure, and higher property taxes?
White flight, population growth, higher incomes, the automobile
One way sprawl can be measured
Street node density, ecological footprint, housing density, distance from the city
Zoning that prohibited certain populations from residing in an area.
What is exclusionary zoning?
4 things that zoning regulates
What is use, density, bulk (or dimensions) and performance
Factors that enabled Denis to leave his feudal lifestyle
Increase safety, health (not plague), increased opportunity (become tradesman), population pressures
"Pay or Waive"
What is Measure 37 (2004)?
Poor school quality, adverse health incomes, and reduced opportunities for wealth accumulation.
What are impacts of redlining that continue to impact communities today?
Ways to increase affordable housing supply
Inclusionary zoning, incentives and direct subsidies to builders/developers, efficient use of zoning (ADUs, microhousing)?
Three key underlying concepts that motivate communities to regulate land uses
Public safety, health, and welfare