Urban Design Controls: Land Use Planning & Zoning

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What is the term for the proportion between built area and lot area?

  • Floor Space Index
  • Floor Area Ratio
  • Urban Renewal Index
  • Plot Ratio (correct)

What is the term for the conversion of buildings into different uses without significantly altering the structure?

  • Urban Renewal
  • Conservation
  • Adaptive Reuse (correct)
  • Rehabilitation

What is the term for the entrance of a new population and/or facilities in an already occupied area?

  • Gentrification
  • Centralization
  • Invasion (correct)
  • Block-Boosting

What is the term for the improving the physical set-up and consequently affecting the market for previously run-down areas?

<p>Gentrification (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for repairing, redecorating, and renovating?

<p>Rehabilitation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the outline for probable effects of the project on the Environment?

<p>Environmental Impact Statement (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which urban design control measure is primarily used to regulate the use of land?

<p>Land Use Planning and Zoning (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a conservation area?

<p>To preserve historical buildings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of block-boosting?

<p>Forcing out of the old population due to racial differences (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of urban renewal?

<p>To consciously renew the outworn areas of cities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the total built area divided by the lot area?

<p>Floor Space Index (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of gentrification?

<p>Consequential affecting of the market for previously run-down areas (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between conservation and preservation?

<p>Conservation and preservation are interchangeable terms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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