All questions are short-answer questions, meaning they should be answered using complete sentences in the form of a well-constructed paragraph(s). Bullet-points are NOT acceptable answers. DO NOT cut-and-paste directly from the PowerPoint slides. Formulate your answers using your own words.
As per the syllabus, “exams are intended to reflect your own individual comprehension of the main points and key concepts from the course.” Your answers on this exam must therefore reflect your individual work, not that of a “group” effort.
THE EXAM QUESTIONS
1. Briefly describe the high modernist principles illustrated in Le Corbusier’s Contemporary City, the primary components of the plan, and its handling of traffic.
2. Briefly describe how transportation contributed to the historic development of Los Angeles and its polycentric urban form, as well as how it became the prototype for mass motorization.
3. Briefly describe Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy about cities, and the components and criticisms of his Broadacre City plan.
4. Briefly describe the career of Robert Moses, including how he was able to gain his power base, and the types of projects he built during this career.
5. Briefly describe the significance of Catherine Bauer for urban planning, as well as her philosophies about modernist public housing.
6. Briefly describe the significance of Title I of the US Housing Act of 1949, and the types of urban renewal projects it encouraged.
7. Briefly explain the significance of the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and their practice of redlining, for contributing to the post-WWII suburban boom.
8. Briefly describe the focus of wartime plans for a national highway system, the debates over funding that emerged, and how the system was designed and planned.
9. Briefly describe Simon’s principles of bounded rationality and satisficing, and how this theory differs from the rational planning model.
10. Briefly describe Davidoff’s philosophy of advocacy planning, the shift in focus that is called for, and the argued role of advocacy planners.
????Supplemental exams must be submitted as a Word or PDF document via the link on Blackboard (found under the
?“Supplemental Exams” tab) by Friday night 12/11 before midnight. NO late supplemental exams will be accepted.
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11. Briefly describe the goals and strategies of the Model Cities program during LBJ’s War on Poverty, as well as the reasons that led to the program’s decline.
12. Briefly explain what Molotch’s Urban Regime theory says about the influence of “growth machines” on local government, and the significance for planners.
13. Briefly describe the main criticisms that have emerged in response to New Urbanist projects built in the US, such as those at Seaside and Celebration in Florida.
14. Briefly describe the relationship between diversity, social capital, and creative capital that tends to exist, as well as the concept of the creative class and their significance for cities.
15. Briefly describe the concept of the “fifth migration” and the factors that are driving it, as well as the concept of “unslumming.”
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PUP 363 History of Urban Planning—Supplemental Exam #2
INSTRUCTIONS
This supplemental exam is required for students scoring below a “C” (fewer than 84 points) on Exam 2, and is optional
for all other students. Each question is worth 8 points, for a total of 120 points possible. The resulting score will be
averaged with your Exam 2 score to determine your overall grade on the exam.
All questions are short-answer questions, meaning they should be answered using complete sentences in the form of
a well-constructed paragraph(s). Bullet-points are NOT acceptable answers. DO NOT cut-and-paste directly from the
PowerPoint slides. Formulate your answers using your own words.
As per the syllabus, “exams are intended to reflect your own individual comprehension of the main points and key
concepts from the course.” Your answers on this exam must therefore reflect your individual work, not that of a
“group” effort.
Supplemental exams must be submitted as a Word or PDF document via the link on Blackboard (found under the
“Supplemental Exams” tab) by Friday night 12/11 before midnight. NO late supplemental exams will be accepted.
THE EXAM QUESTIONS
1. Briefly describe the high modernist principles illustrated in Le Corbusier’s Contemporary City, the primary
components of the plan, and its handling of traffic.
2. Briefly describe how transportation contributed to the historic development of Los Angeles and its polycentric urban
form, as well as how it became the prototype for mass motorization.
3. Briefly describe Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy about cities, and the components and criticisms of his Broadacre City
plan.
4. Briefly describe the career of Robert Moses, including how he was able to gain his power base, and the types of
projects he built during this career.
5. Briefly describe the significance of Catherine Bauer for urban planning, as well as her philosophies about modernist
public housing.
6. Briefly describe the significance of Title I of the US Housing Act of 1949, and the types of urban renewal projects it
encouraged.
7. Briefly explain the significance of the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC), the Federal Housing Administration
(FHA), and their practice of redlining, for contributing to the post-WWII suburban boom.
8. Briefly describe the focus of wartime plans for a national highway system, the debates over funding that emerged,
and how the system was designed and planned.
9. Briefly describe Simon’s principles of bounded rationality and satisficing, and how this theory differs from the rational
planning model.
10. Briefly describe Davidoff’s philosophy of advocacy planning, the shift in focus that is called for, and the argued role
of advocacy planners.
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11. Briefly describe the goals and strategies of the Model Cities program during LBJ’s War on Poverty, as well as the
reasons that led to the program’s decline.
12. Briefly explain what Molotch’s Urban Regime theory says about the influence of “growth machines” on local
government, and the significance for planners.
13. Briefly describe the main criticisms that have emerged in response to New Urbanist projects built in the US, such as
those at Seaside and Celebration in Florida.
14. Briefly describe the relationship between diversity, social capital, and creative capital that tends to exist, as well as
the concept of the creative class and their significance for cities.
15. Briefly describe the concept of the “fifth migration” and the factors that are driving it, as well as the concept of
“unslumming.”