urban design

Questions:

1. Based on your review of (i) Fort Lauderdale EAR Report and the recent amendments to their 

Comprehensive Plan, (ii) OneNYC, (iii) Greenville 2026, and (iv) all class discussions, prepare an 

Urban Planning Summary and Checklist to be used when preparing and/or amending a Comprehensive 

Plan. [15 points]

2. Based on your review of (i) APA Policy Guide for Sustainability, (ii) APA Policy Guide for Smart 

Growth, (iii) APA Policy Guide for Climate Change and (iv) all class discussions, prepare an Urban 

Planning Summary and Checklist to be used when planning an in-fill urban development, especially for 

a transit-oriented development (TOD). [15 points]

3. Transportation alone is responsible for nearly one-third of the U.S. greenhouse gas production. Explain 

how better transportation decisions can result in better land use, environmental, economic and social 

justice decisions and, thus, result in a better community. [15 points] 

4. The Big-Mac Analysis is a basic way to introduce new urban planning students to the interrelationship 

of various components of urban planning. Explain it in more advanced terms. [15 points].  

5. Based on your review of (i) This is Smart Growth published by the Smart Growth Network, (ii) 

Suburban Remix, Chapter 14, (iii) Retrofitting Suburbia, Chapters 8, 9 and 10, (iv) Tysons Corner 

Transformation, (v) Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia, Parts I.1 thru I.6, (vi) all class discussions 

and (vii) your answers to questions 1 thru 4 above, re-plan, re-design and re-develop the Planning 

Study Area which includes Palmetto Park Road to the south, Yamato Road to the north, Federal 

Highway (US-1) to the east and State Road 7 (441) to the west, in a narrative format with related 

sketches that illustrate your proposal under the following assumptions: (A) ten year planning horizon, 

(B) 10,000 new residents, (C) 3,500 new housing units required, including 15% workforce housing, 

10% senior housing and 10% affordable housing, (D) 2,500 new jobs required, (E) traffic cannot get 

worst, and (F) the quality of life for the existing residents of Boca Raton cannot get worst 

notwithstanding this increase in population. [40 points]