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Help with Exam Questions for Real Estate Development “History of planning and development” Class

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Hi! I have included down below some test questions I need help with. The first is a short answer (3-4 sentences), the other questions are either multiple choice, or fill in theblank. Thank you!

1) Answer the question, in 3-4 sentences. (It is possible to write a complete answer concisely, without repetition or unnecessary words.)

Why were social conditions and community issues usually unaddressed in urban-renewal planning of the mid-20th century?

2) Chronologically order the three planning models/strategies, starting with the earliest.

a; Comprehensive plan-making, Proto planning, Comprehensive planning process

b; Comprehensive planning process, Proto planning, Comprehensive plan-making

c; Proto planning, Comprehensive plan-making, Comprehensive planning process

d; Proto planning, Comprehensive planning process, Comprehensive plan-making

3) Which is not a group discussed by Monmonier as having an interest in map-making?

political leaders

social activists

business advertisers

land developers

4) All of the following comprehensive plans were fully implemented, except which one?

Burnham plan for Chicago (1909)

Burnham plan for the Columbian Exposition (1893)

Haussmann plan for Paris (1850s)

McMillan plan for Washington DC (1901)

5) Most regulations treat which property type as the most important for protection from negative impacts?

School

House

Church

Farm

6) What’s the relationship between Boston’s North End and West End neighborhoods?

North End demolished under urban renewal, but West End survived

Both neighborhoods demolished under urban renewal

West End demolished under urban renewal, but North End survived

Both neighborhoods survived urban renewal

7) Often producing unfortunate outcomes, ____________________ was the mapping and ranking of different neighborhoods for their levels of risk, to protect FHA investments in mortgage insurance protections.

8) According to Hise, residential developers in the 1930s and ’40s made strategic decisions based on where ___________________ were located.

9) Select five New Deal policies or programs that shaped US planning efforts during the Depression.

Child welfare reform

Emergency work relief

Regional planning authority

Neighborhood racial integration

New town resettlement

Wartime aircraft production

Home ownership protection

Tenement housing codes

Public rental housing

Public education expansion

10) Which city is described by Rasmussen as ‘a collection of towns’?

Paris

Rome

Versailles

London

11) Municipal officials sought ___________________ authority to ensure that the commissioners’ plan for New York City would be implemented and not changed.

12) New Babylon, Kansas is an example of a ___________________________ .

13) In the process of slum clearance and urban renewal , planners looked for signs of deterioration called ___________________ .

14) Each of the following played a major role in US suburbanization in the mid-20th century, except which?

Standardized production

Industrial location

Political persuasion

Highway construction

15) The theory that shaping the physical environment is the most important way to solve complicated social, economic, and cultural problems is called _______________________.

16) Where was Grand Manner planning fully implemented with the fewest obstacles?

London

Versailles

Rome

Athens

17) All of the following are components of Grand Manner planning except which?

curved street

diagonal street

radial street (trivium)

straight street

18) How does Peterson characterize Frederick Law Olmsted, Senior and Junior, in order?

Both were ‘visionary’

Both were ‘professional’

Sr. was ‘visionary,’ Jr. was ‘professional’

Sr. was ‘professional,’ Jr. was ‘visionary’

19) Some of the planners of Rome have been Catholic popes.

True

False

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