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What is the maximum distance recommended to space anchor stores apart in a shopping center?

  • 300m
  • 250m (correct)
  • 200m
  • 350m
  • Why is it important to sprinkle different housing tenures throughout an area?

  • To concentrate different building types in specific areas
  • To cluster similar tenures together
  • To promote social diversity (correct)
  • To create exclusive enclaves
  • What financial planning mechanisms need to be considered at an early stage, based on authoritative advice?

  • Financial planning (correct)
  • Project scaling
  • Investment diversification
  • Physical planning
  • Where should different building types and tenures be spread across?

    <p>Urban hierarchy layers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should proceed hand in hand according to the text?

    <p>Physical and financial planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the positive virtue of many well-established places?

    <p>Unique mix of sights, sounds, and smells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to undertake an economic feasibility study when introducing a mix of uses?

    <p>To evaluate the relative compatibility between proposed uses and existing neighbors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the benefit of combining the primary activities of living and working?

    <p>Supports a greater variety of secondary facilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are high traffic-generators best located close to motorway junctions and railheads?

    <p>To optimize their accessibility and reduce impact on other uses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be done to introduce a mix of uses that adds vitality?

    <p>Undertake an economic feasibility study and evaluate compatibility with existing neighbors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do the highest concentrations of activity emerge naturally?

    <p>Along main movement routes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the best location for mixed-use centres?

    <p>At crossroads and along main movement routes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What enables passing trade and full integration of bus stops and railway stations?

    <p>Housing within close proximity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has been demonstrated as causing loss of vitality and viability in centres?

    <p>Postwar zoning without housing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the text recommend injecting housing into the mix?

    <p>In small sites connected to existing local centres</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered a bare minimum to create a strong community focus?

    <p>Bus stop, primary school, and a shop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to inject housing into mixed-use centres?

    <p>To enable activity beyond daytime office and shopping hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What varies tremendously between the centre and edge of a settlement?

    <p>The ability to introduce non-residential uses into housing areas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are mixed-use centres best located?

    <p>At crossroads and along main movement routes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What strengthens the identity of mixed-use centres?

    <p>Housing within close proximity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where should mixed-use centres be best located?

    <p>At crossroads and along main movement routes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to inject housing into mixed-use centres?

    <p>To create a strong community focus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What strengthens the identity of mixed-use centres?

    <p>Being located at crossroads and along main movement routes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What varies tremendously between the centre and edge of a settlement?

    <p>The ability to introduce non-residential uses into housing areas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do the highest concentrations of activity emerge naturally?

    <p>Along high streets and at crossroads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has been demonstrated as causing loss of vitality and viability in centres?

    <p>Postwar zoning without housing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered a bare minimum to create a strong community focus?

    <p>A shop, bus stop, and primary school</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should proceed hand in hand according to the text?

    <p>Housing introduction and non-residential use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the text recommend injecting housing into the mix?

    <p>Along main movement routes and at crossroads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are high traffic-generators best located close to motorway junctions and railheads?

    <p>To benefit from existing infrastructure and demand</p> Signup and view all the answers

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