PLAN 105 Midterm

We have examined a number of definitions of “planning” and one of the key elements that is common to all of them is:

environment and/or sustainability

growth

science

streetscapes

Pick the phrase that best completes the following: Fischler (2012), in contrast to the more concrete definitions offered by CIP and other professional groups, argues that planning is ill defined and presents his 50 theses as a way to:

express the tensions that are a given in planning.

recognize how some land use activities are not compatible

understand the basis for providing a more concrete definition

capture innovation, integrity, and creativity in planning

According to Britain’s Royal Town Planning Institute, their definition of planning involves the twin activities of:

mediating of space and making of place

transportation planning and place development

land use disposition and sustainable practice

scientific assessment and community health

Your first assignment involved field methods that Planners may employ. These include:

field interviews and primary data collection

site reconnaissance and use of primary data collection

tactical and strategic planning data

census data

The Census of Canada:

is conducted every 10 years to gather social and demographic data

is a collection of secondary data gathered by municipal and provincial governments across Canada

includes data on yearly changes in population, housing and economic activity

is a collection of survey data organized using statistical and geographic units (e.g. census tracts, census agglomerations, etc.)

As planners, we study our communities with a goal to achieving understanding – this process can be characterized as moving from:

Data, to information, to knowledge

a quantitative to more qualitative meaning

knowledge to information for decision making

small scale to larger scale considerations

"Compare and Contrast" is a typical approach to analyzing data. The best phrase which captures what you're trying to accomplish when you compare and contrast is:

Describe the high points and the low points

Highlight the range of values

Describe the differences and the range

Describe points of similarity and points of difference

Quantitative data is best characterized as being:

subjective, secondary, and processed

assuming dynamisim, insider perspectives, and primary

primary, survey based, and objective

objective, outcome oriented, and assuming a stable reality

The advantages of good graphics created by a planner are best described as

opening communication channels

worth a 1000 words

maximize utility, minimize complexity and achieve clarity

simplify complex information, overcome barriers, provide alternative perspectives

Surveys are used in planning often to:

inform pure research that can lead to fundamental knowledge building.

gather current qualitative or quantitative data for a problem of interest.

minimize the need to collect data yourself.

to gather data from a local population without needing to contact them.

“Boom, Bust and Echo” refers to what key demographic process?

Aging

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Immigration

One way to classify data is according to measurement scale. This refers to:

temporal scales - past, current and projected data classes

metric and imperial measurement data classes

nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio data classes

primary and secondary data classes

The various definitions of planning share in common:

a focus on people

a focus on the environment

a focus on health

a focus on land