Module 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Having to do with cities
Urban
relating to a particular region, district, area, or part as of a country;
sectional
Regional
means large amount of land with low population, far from suburban and
urban areas
Rural
Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on
its condition
Environmental
Refers to the multi-disciplinary art and science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying,
harmonizing, managing and regulating the use and development of land and water
resources, in relation to their environs, for the development of sustainable
communities and ecosystem
Environmental planning
Fertile Crescent means land between rivers
Mesopotamia
orderly sequence of actions to achieve stated goals
Planning
3 key actors of planning
- State
- Market
- Civil Society
Religion still powerful. worshipped kings as gods
Ancient Egypt
Established the Polluter Pays Principle
PLATO
Provided the foundation for the concept of
intergenerational equity
ARISTOTLE
Excelled in military science and engineering
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Cathedral or monument as a focal point of the city
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Commerce as a driving factor. Plans began to follow the topography of an area
RENAISSANCE
Normal body temperature of human
under 99° Fahrenheit (37°C)
an involuntary form of heat-generating muscular motion
Shivering
When the deep-body temperature falls, the human body goes into
hypothermia
Body responds to excessive heat loss by lowering the temperature of the feet
and hands
goose bumps
to connect, contact and socialize with other people
Social Activities
study of the
relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments
Human Ecology
the study of an organism’s relationship to its environment
Ecology
Also known as The Burgess Model. portrays how cities social groups are spatially arranged in
a series of rings
Concentric Zone Model
5 parts of the Concentric Zone Model
- Centralt Business District
- Zone transition
- zone of independent worker’s homes
- zone of better residences
- Commuter’s zone