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History of Planning
AICP Exam Prep HCC - History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ordinance of 1785 | - rectangular land survey of Old NW - largest single act of national planning in history |
| 1st "Model Tenement" | 1855 Manhattan |
| Homestead Act | 1862 opened lands of public domain to settlers |
| "Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the US" | 1878 foster settlement of arid west and conserve water resources John Wesley Powell |
| Dumbbell Tenement | 1879 multi-family housing in NYC poor living conditions - lack of light, air, space |
| USGS Established & Purpose | 1879 survey all public domain lands |
| "How the Other Half Lives" | 1890 stimulus to housing reform Jacob Riis |
| Sierra Club Founded & Purpose | 1892 protect and preserve natural environment John Muir - founder |
| World's Columbian Exposition | 1893 in Chicago 400th anniversary of discovery of New World source of City Beautiful Movement |
| "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform" | 1898 Garden City movement Ebenezer Howard |
| Gilford Pinchot | 1898 chief forester of US |
| New York State Tenement House Law | 1901 outlawed tenements such a dumbbell tenements |
| Letchworth, England | 1903 1st English Garden City stimulus to new town movement |
| Antiquities Act | 1906 preserve archaeological sites |
| 1st National City Planning Conference | 1909 Washington, D.C. |
| Plan of Chicago | 1909 1st metro plan in US Daniel Burnham |
| 1st Course in City Planning | 1909 Harvard |
| "Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago" | 1912 8th grade textbook on city planning Walter D. Moody |
| "Carrying Out the City Plan" | 1914 1st major textbook on planning Flavel Shurtleff |
| Harland Bartholomew | 1914 1st city planner Newark, NJ |
| "Cities in Evolution" | 1915 Patrick Geddes (Father of Regional Planning) |
| "Planning of the Modern City" | 1916 Nelson P. Lewis |
| 1st Comprehensive Zoning Resolution | 1916 adopted in NYC Edward Bassett (Father of Zoning) |
| National Park Service Established & Purpose | 1916 conserve and preserve resources of special value |
| Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. | 1917 1st president of American City Planning Institute |
| 1st Historic Preservation Commission | 1921 New Orleans - French Quarter |
| 1st Regional Planning Commission | 1922 Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission |
| Standard State Zoning Enabling Act | 1924 issued by US Dept of Commerce Herbert Hoover |
| 1st City to Endorse Comprehensive Plan | 1925 Cincinnati, OH |
| Standard City Planning Enabling Act | 1928 issued by US Dept of Commerce Herbert Hoover |
| "The Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs - Volume II" | 1929 neighborhood unit Clarence Perry |
| 1st Instance of Rural Zoning | 1929 Wisconsin |
| Stock Market Crash | 1929 ushers in Great Depression fosters idea of public planning on a national scale |
| Federal Home Loan Bank System Established & Purpose | 1932 to shore up shaky home financing institutions |
| TVA Created & Purpose | 1933 most famous experiment in river-basin planning |
| American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) Founded | 1934 |
| National Housing Act | 1934 established FSLIC for insurance savings deposits established FHA for insuring individual home mortgages |
| Resettlement Administration | 1935 experiment in population resettlement built 3 Greenbelt Towns (Greenbelt, MD - Greendale, WI - Greenhills, OH) Rexford Tugwell |
| Soil Conservation Act | 1935 made prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility |
| Social Security Act | 1935 created a safety net for elderly |
| US Housing Act (1937) | $500 million in loans for low-cost housing tied slum clearance to public housing |
| Serviceman's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) | 1944 guaranteed loans for homes to veterans |
| Housing Act (1949) | 1st comprehensive housing legislation constructed 800,000 homes urban redevelopment program |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation Created | 1949 |
| Housing Act of 1954 | stressed slum prevention and urban renewal stimulated general planning for cities under 25,000 by providing funds under Section 701 |
| Federal Aid Highway Act | 1956 created interstate highway system |
| "Image of the City" | 1960 defined basic elements of a city's "imageability" Kevin Lynch |
| "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" | 1961 critique of planners and planning profession Jane Jacobs |
| 1st State to Institute Statewide Zoning | 1961 Hawaii |
| "Silent Spring" | 1962 deleterious effects of pesticides on animal, plant and human life Rachel Carson |
| "The Urban General Plan" | 1964 T.J. Kent |
| Civil Rights Act | 1964 outlaws discrimination based on race, creed, and national origin in public places |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Created | 1965 Robert Weaver - 1st secretary and 1st African-American cabinet member |
| Water Resources Management Act | 1965 authorizes federal, multi-state river basin commissions |
| National Historic Preservation Act | 1966 established National Register provides through Section 106 for the protection of preservation worthy sites and properties threatened by federal activities directs each state to appoint a SHPO |
| "Design with Nature" | 1969 ties planning to natural environment Ian McHarg |
| National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) | 1969 requires an environmental impact statement for every federal or federally aided state or local action that might harm environment |
| 1st Earth Day | January 1, 1970 |
| Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Established & Purpose | 1970 administer provisions of Clean Air Act (1970) |
| American Institute of Planners (AIP) Adopts Code of Ethics for Planners | 1971 |
| Endangered Species Act | 1973 authorized federal assistance to establish conservation programs for endangered plant and animal species |
| Housing and Community Development Act | 1974 replaces categorical grant with block grant |
| 1st Exam for AIP Membership | 1977 |
| AIP and ASPO become American Planning Association (APA) | 1978 |
| Superfund Bill | 1980 creates liability for discharging hazardous waste into environment taxes polluting industries to establish fund for cleanup of polluted sites |
| Seaside, FL Construction Begins | 1984 earliest example of New Urbanism |
| Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) | 1991 provisions for National Scenic Byway Program transportation enhancements both include historic preservation component |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Begins | 1994 fosters trade and investment between Canada, US, and Mexico by removing or lowering non-tariff and tariff barriers |
| American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Inaugurates Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP) | 1999 recognizes distinguished individual contributions to planning by longer term AICP members |
| Clintion Creates 8 New National Monuments | 2000 in 5 western states |
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