Which of the following is 36 square miles in size?
A. Quarter Section
B. Metes and Bounds
C. Township Square
D. Section
C. Township Square
The squares you see are called “Township Squares” and are 6 miles square and contain 36 square
miles. Each township contains 36 sections. Each section is one square mile (640 acres).
Who wrote “Carrying Out the City Plan”?
A. Flavel Shurtleff
B. Nelson Lewis
C. Patrick Geddes
D. Walter Moody
A. Flavel Shurtleff
He specialized in the legal aspects of planning. He helped organize the National Conference on
City Planning and was also a charter member of the American City Planning Institute. His book,
Carrying Out the City Plan, was the guide to the legal issues, opportunities, and techniques of
city planning for many years.
Which Housing Act called for the construction of 800,00 new housing units and created the
federal urban renewal program?
A. 1949
B. 1954
C. 1951
D.1959
A. 1949.
The Housing Act of 1949 called for the construction of 800,000 new housing units and created
the federal urban renewal program. This was the first comprehensive housing legislation passed.
Which theory of urban development states that, as a result of transportation routes, cities
developed as a series of sectors radiating from the Central Business District?
A. Central place Theory
B. Multiple Nuclei Theory
C. Concentric Circle Theory
D. Sector Theory
D. Sector Theory.
Sector theory was a land use model proposed by Homer Hoyt to explain how cities grew.
Which city was the first to use City beautiful principles?
A. Chicago
B. San Francisco
C. New Orleans
D. Savannah
A. Chicago.
Rachel Carson wrote which of the following books?
A. The Rise of the Creative Class
B. Ladder of Participation
C. Silent Spring
D. Design with Nature
C. Silent Spring.
Where was the first historic preservation commission designated?
A. New York City
B. Savannah
C. Charleston
D. New Orleans
D. New Orleans.
In 1921, New Orleans was the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance creating a
historic district. The Vieux Carré Commission was created to preserve buildings in the French
Quarter with historic and architectural value.
In the rural-to-urban transect, T1 is know as the:
A. Urban Core Zone
B. Urban Center Zone
C. Rural Zone
D. Natural Zone
D. Natural Zone.
Here are all the transect zones. The urban-to-rural transect is an urban planning model created by
New Urbanist Andrés Duany. The transect defines a series of zones that transition from sparse
rural farmhouses to the dense urban core.
Who is best known for developing the neighborhood unit concept?
A. James Rouse
B. Clarence Perry