Planning Basics
This method includes dividing land into districts to regulate land use and development
What is zoning?
This kind of city has a population of over 10 million people
What is a megacity?
This professional organization serves professional planners and provides planning certifications
What is the American Planning Association?
This document guides the planning and development of a jurisdiction
What is a general plan?
This Supreme Court case established that zoning codes are within local government's police power
*Bonus points for the year*
What is Euclid v. Ambler Realty (1926)?
This person was an influential urbanist and activist known for critiquing mid-20th century urban planning and the book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Who is Jane Jacobs?
This is a public hearing in which planning projects are decided on
What is a Planning Commission?
Developing this document is the final step of the site development process before a building permit is issued
What is a Final Map?
This event inspired Daniel H. Burnham to conceptualize the City Beautiful Movement
What is the Chicago World's Fair?
This person wrote "A Ladder of Citizen Participation", published in the Journal of the American Planning Association in 1969
Who is Sherry Arnstein?
This city has the most skyscrapers in the world
*Bonus points for number of buildings*
What is Hong Kong?
558 (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)
This alternate type of zoning focuses on the physical form rather than the separation of land uses
What is a Form-Based Code?
In this urban planning approach, planners represent and advocate for the interests of marginalized or underrepresented communities
What is Advocacy Planning?
This person is known as the "father of landscape architecture" in the USA and was one of designers of Central Park
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted?
This city has been considered the oldest continually inhabited city in the world
What is Damascus?
This concept was developed by Ebenezer Howard and was the inspiration for Radburn, New Jersey
What is a Garden City?
This person is known for developing the Master Plan for what is now the City of Irvine
Who is William Pereira?