Urbanization and Environmental Impact
Rachel Carson explored the postwar era’s enthusiasm for chemical solutions to agricultural pests and the rapid expansion of pesticide use in this influential book.
Silent Spring
This planning theory emphasizes a clear objective or goal at the outset and aims to achieve the best project for meeting that goal.
Rational Planning
This book criticized modernist urban planning and advocated for a bottom-up approach to city development.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
This St. Louis affordable housing project, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, became poor and segregated and was demolished only two decades after being built.
Pruitt-Igoe
This term, explored in Mallach's book, describes the phenomenon of affluent individuals moving into low-income neighborhoods, often leading to gentrification and displacement.
Gentrification
This term refers to the fair and just distribution of resources, opportunities, and privileges within a society
Equity
This planning theory urges planners to be educated in politics and social work, and advocates for genuine efforts towards change.
Advocacy Planning
Robert Moses spearheaded the development of this iconic public park, known for its extensive recreational facilities and scenic views of the Manhattan skyline.
Central Park
This term refers to the expansion of residential, commercial, and industrial development into previously rural or undeveloped areas on the outskirts of cities or metropolitan regions.
Suburbanization
This term, highlighted in Mallach's book, refers to the practice of discriminatory lending practices that disproportionately affect minority communities, contributing to urban inequality.
Redlining
There were 13 fires at this location from 1860-1968. This brought public attention to environmental issues.
Cuyahoga River
This planning theory includes “muddling through.”
Incremental Planning
Jane Jacobs championed this concept, which emphasizes the importance of preserving historic buildings and neighborhoods as integral parts of urban identity and character.
Historic Preservation
This federal document identified poverty and institutional racism as the causes of urban violence and riots in the 1960s.
The Kerner Report
Mallach examines the impact of this policy approach, which prioritizes the redevelopment of blighted areas to attract private investment but often leads to displacement and gentrification.
Urban Renewal
This phrase is used to describe the predominantly white, affluent area that stretches from the northern suburbs of Baltimore, curves around the city center, and extends to the southeastern part of the city.
White L
This planning theory advocates for both comprehensive, long-term planning and incremental, short-term adjustments to address complex urban issues.
Mixed Scanning
Jane Jacobs advocated for this principle, which emphasizes the importance of designing cities for people rather than automobiles.
Pedestrian-Friendly Design
Beauregard uses this term to describe how suburbanization exacerbates urban problems and accelerates the decline of city centers: it leaves the centers with few tax resources, greater economic and social dependency and rising public spending.
Parasitic Urbanism
This concept, discussed in "The Divided City," refers to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and its effect on urban communities.
Deindustrialization
These are older industrial cities that have experienced significant population and economic decline, often as a result of deindustrialization and suburbanization.
Legacy Cities
According to Brooks, this value system focuses on the maximization of individual liberty and the restriction of government powers.
Libertarianism
Robert Moses proposed the construction of this expressway, which faced opposition from Jane Jacobs and local residents, ultimately leading to its cancellation.
Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX)
Located in Los Angeles, this subsidized rental housing project featured three parks, laundry facilities, a community center, and a swimming pool. When it opened it was integrated, but within 10 years many white tenants left and were replaced by non-white residents.
Baldwin Hills Village
This term, discussed in "The Divided City," refers to the practice of excluding certain groups from accessing resources and opportunities within urban areas, perpetuating inequalities.
Social Exclusion