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Areas of Practice - Sustainability and Resiliency - AICP November 2022 Test

TermDefinition
Growth Management strategies used by gvmt agencies at all levels to help guide the type, intensity, location, and timing of new dev. Stems from concerns about new growth with surrounding uses and/or the need to minimize the costs for public services to support development
Smart Growth Housing opp and choices Walkable neighborhoods Community collaboration Distinctive sense of place Dev decisions predictable, fair and cost effective Mix land uses Preserve open space, farmland Transportation Options Compact Buildings
Growing SmartSM legislative guidebook that focuses on updating state legislation to encourage better planning and zoning laws
Sustainable development Balancing human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that the present and future population's environmental, social, and economic needs can be met.
Triple bottom line 1994 by John Elkington. Companies should be preparing three bottom lines: 1. Corporate profit, 2. For people, and 3. For the planet. Intended to measure the financial, social and environmental performance of a corporation over a period of time.
Carrying capacity 1st used in 1845 by U.S. Secretary of State James Buchanan then Ian McHarg in his book Design with Nature. Idea is to discuss the max pop and employment carried w/in a particular community given the availability of food, water, shelter, habitat, etc.
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