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ACTIVITY 3 – PLANNING

1. Art of arranging structures on the land and shaping the spaces between; an art linked to
architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and planning.
a. Site planning by Kevin lynch
2. Made from existing projects, books, photographs, or experiments; a program is formulated and
the elements required to develop the project is listed.
a. Research
3. Natural science that studies the earth.
a. Geology
4. A map of a portion of the earth that describes the shape of the earth using contour lines.
a. Topographic Map
5. Imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a
reference surface such as the mean sea level.
a. Contours
6. Early settlement in Israel around 9000bc
a. Jericho
7. Early settlement in Cuprus around 5500 bc; first documented city with streets.
a. Khirokitia
8. Early settlement in turkey around 7000bc; largest neolithic city with 13 hectares of land.
a. Catalhoyuk
9. Built from king Philip II's city guidelines that produced 3 types of towns. Pueblo,presedio, and
mission.
a. Laws of the Indies
10. Une cite industrielle, Imaginary site consisting of high plateau and level valley, all alongside a
river.
a. Tony garnier
11. Designed chicago with his famous axiom "make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's
blood". Architect/planner who designed Chicago, San Francisco, and parts of washington dc. ;
city beautiful
a. Daniel burnhanm
12. Science of human settlements.
a. Ekistics
13. Focuses on the physical improvement of the public environment.
a. Urban Design
14. Focuses on the management of private development through established planning methods and
programs.
a. Urban Planning
15. Major and minor routes of circulation to move about, the city has a network of major routes and
a neighborhood network of minor routes; a building has several main routes which people use
to get to it or from it. An urban highway network is a network of pathways for a whole city.
a. Pathways
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16. A city is composed of component neighborhoods or districts; its center, uptown, midtowns, its
in-town residential areas, train yards, factory areas, suburbs, college campuses, etc. Sometimes
they are considerably mixed in character and do not have distinct limits like the midtown in
Manhattan.
a. Districts
17. The termination of a district is its edge. Some districts have no distinct edges at all but gradually
taper off and blend into another district. When two districts are joined at an edge they form a
seam. A narrow park may be a joining seam for two urban neighborhoods.
a. Edges.
18. The prominent visual features of the city; some are very large and are seen at great distances;
some are very small and can only be seen up close (street clock, a fountain, or a small statue in a
park). Landmarks help in orienting people in the city and help identify an area.
a. Landmarks
19. A center of activity; distinguished from a landmark by virtue of its active function; it is a distinct
hub of activity. Times Square in New York City is both a landmark and a node.
a. Nodes.
20. the natural physical environment
a. Nature
21. An individual, Homo Sapiens – biological needs (oxygen, nutrition), sensation and perception
(five senses), emotional needs (satisfaction, security, sense of belonging), moral values.
a. Man
22. A group of individuals sharing the same Ribbon Windows culture, values, norms, mores, and
traditions.
a. Society
23. Buildings, the built component – housing, hospitals, schools, town halls, commercial
establishments, recreational facilities, industrial buildings, etc.
a. Shells
24. Links within the settlement and with other settlements, transportation systems, communication
systems, water supply systems, power and electrical systems, etc.
a. Networks
25. The city grows in a radial expansion from the center to form a series of concentric zones or
circles such as in Chicago. As the city grows, each ring invades and overtakes the next ring out –
a process called Invasion/ Succession (thus, Concentric Theory is sometimes referred to as
Invasion/ Succession Theory”).
a. Monocentric Zone Theory
26. High-density residential, commercial, and industrial uses radiate out from the central business
district (CBD) in “sectors” that follow major transportation routes. More expensive housing also
radiates out from the CBD – Towards large open spaces and higher ground. Less expensive
housing takes whatever land is left over.
a. Sector Theory
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27. Cities tend to grow around not one but several distinct nuclei. Certain land uses group together
to take advantage of unique facilities (e.g. universities), specializations, codependencies, or
externalities. This theory is often applied to cities with more than one CBD.
a. Multiple Nuclei Theory
28. The preceding three theories apply primarily to cities of MDCs, particularly American. Many
cities in the LDCs follow somewhat different patterns – this is a reversal of the concentriczone
pattern.
a. Inverse Concentric zone theory
29. The center of the city contains the agora (market place), theaters, and temples. Public rooms
surround the city’s public arena. The plan can be laid out uniformly over any kind of terrain since
it is based on angles and measurements.
a. Grid Model
30. It explains the reasons behind the distribution patterns, size, and number of cities and towns
Tested in Southern Germany and came to the conclusion that people gather together in cities to
share goods and ideas.
a. Central Place Theory