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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 (D)</p>
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What should proceed hand in hand according to the text?

<p>Physical and financial planning (C)</p>
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What is the positive virtue of many well-established places?

<p>Unique mix of sights, sounds, and smells (D)</p>
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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 (B)</p>
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What is the benefit of combining the primary activities of living and working?

<p>Supports a greater variety of secondary facilities (D)</p>
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Why are high traffic-generators best located close to motorway junctions and railheads?

<p>To optimize their accessibility and reduce impact on other uses (A)</p>
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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 (D)</p>
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Where do the highest concentrations of activity emerge naturally?

<p>Along main movement routes (D)</p>
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What is the best location for mixed-use centres?

<p>At crossroads and along main movement routes (B)</p>
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What enables passing trade and full integration of bus stops and railway stations?

<p>Housing within close proximity (B)</p>
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What has been demonstrated as causing loss of vitality and viability in centres?

<p>Postwar zoning without housing (A)</p>
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Where does the text recommend injecting housing into the mix?

<p>In small sites connected to existing local centres (C)</p>
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What is considered a bare minimum to create a strong community focus?

<p>Bus stop, primary school, and a shop (B)</p>
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Why is it important to inject housing into mixed-use centres?

<p>To enable activity beyond daytime office and shopping hours (D)</p>
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What varies tremendously between the centre and edge of a settlement?

<p>The ability to introduce non-residential uses into housing areas (A)</p>
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Where are mixed-use centres best located?

<p>At crossroads and along main movement routes (B)</p>
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What strengthens the identity of mixed-use centres?

<p>Housing within close proximity (A)</p>
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Where should mixed-use centres be best located?

<p>At crossroads and along main movement routes (C)</p>
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Why is it important to inject housing into mixed-use centres?

<p>To create a strong community focus (A)</p>
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What strengthens the identity of mixed-use centres?

<p>Being located at crossroads and along main movement routes (C)</p>
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What varies tremendously between the centre and edge of a settlement?

<p>The ability to introduce non-residential uses into housing areas (B)</p>
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Where do the highest concentrations of activity emerge naturally?

<p>Along high streets and at crossroads (B)</p>
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What has been demonstrated as causing loss of vitality and viability in centres?

<p>Postwar zoning without housing (B)</p>
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What is considered a bare minimum to create a strong community focus?

<p>A shop, bus stop, and primary school (C)</p>
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What should proceed hand in hand according to the text?

<p>Housing introduction and non-residential use (B)</p>
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Where does the text recommend injecting housing into the mix?

<p>Along main movement routes and at crossroads (C)</p>
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Why are high traffic-generators best located close to motorway junctions and railheads?

<p>To benefit from existing infrastructure and demand (B)</p>
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