Course Overview

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Course Overview Growth and the Future of
California
ESP 171 Urban and Regional Planning S.
Handy 4/1/08
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GROWTH
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http//www.ppic.org/content/pubs/jtf/JTF_Populatio
nJTF.pdf
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California Population 1940 to 2040
Source California Department of Finance
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http//frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/development_vegeta
tion/progression.asp?Page1
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NOT JUST GROWTH BUT SPRAWL
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Persons per square mile
http//www.lao.ca.gov/2000/calfacts/2000_calfacts_
demographics.html
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Source Fulton and Pendall
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Sprawl is the process in which the spread of
development across the landscape far outpaces
population growth. The landscape sprawl
creates has four dimensions a population that is
widely dispersed in low density development
rigidly separated homes, shops, and workplaces a
network of roads marked by huge blocks and poor
access and a lack of well-defined, thriving
activity centers, such as downtowns and town
centers. Measuring Sprawl and Its Impacts
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Source Measuring Sprawl and Its Impact
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A satellite image of Hillsboro, Oregon, shows the
urban boundary where the city bumps up against
farmland.
Source http//www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.ph
p?artid3230
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL LOSS OF AG LAND
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Source California Farmland Conversion Report
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Source California Farmland Conversion Report
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Source California Farmland Conversion Report
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL TRAFFIC
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http//www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/ctp2025/ctp06.pdf
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http//mobility.tamu.edu/ums/congestion_data/table
s/national/table_1.pdf
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http//mobility.tamu.edu/ums/congestion_data/table
s/national/table_1.pdf
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL AIR QUALITY
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac06/almana
c2006all.pdf
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL CLIMATE CHANGE
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/st
aff_report_1990_level.pdf
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http//www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/st
aff_report_1990_level.pdf
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http//www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ozsvath/images/sac
ramento_floodplain.htm
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http//www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/cwpu2005/vo
l1/v1ch03.pdf
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL WATER
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http//www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/cwpu2005/vo
l1/v1ch03.pdf
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http//www.lgc.org/freepub/PDF/Land_Use/reports/EG
PR_November_10_2003.pdf
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in taf (thousands of acre feet)
Source The California Water Plan Update
Bulletin 160-98
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Source The California Water Plan Update
Bulletin 160-98
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL BIODIVERSITY
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http//gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/images/biodiv/ecore
g.jpg
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Californias Endemic Species
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The California Condor
http//cache.eb.com/eb/image?id7752
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu
mb/a/a0/California-condor.jpg/800px-California-con
dor.jpg
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL LIGHT POLLUTION
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IMPACTS OF SPRAWL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people regardless
of race, color, national origin, or income with
respect to the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations,
and policies. EPA has this goal for all
communities and persons across this Nation. It
will be achieved when everyone enjoys the same
degree of protection from environmental and
health hazards and equal access to the
decision-making process to have a healthy
environment in which to live, learn, and work.

Source http//www.epa.gov/compliance/environment
aljustice/
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Negative Impacts of Sprawl
Sprawl
But is it all bad?
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WHY DO WE HAVE IT?
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Causes of Sprawl
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Sprawl
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SO WHAT DO WE DO?
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http//www.strategicgrowthplan.com/about/
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• How can cities plan for growth and shape their
  future in a way that minimizes the harm to the
  environment while also meeting the needs of their
  residents?

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• What is planning?
• Planning is The process by which public
  agencies, mostly local governments, determine the
  intensity and geographical arrangements of
  various land uses in a community Put more
  simply, planning is the process by which our
  society decides what gets built where. Fulton

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What is planning? Land is an exhaustible
resource. The purpose of planning is to insure
its preservation and use in ways which are
economically and socially desirable in an attempt
to improve the quality of life in California.
- Californias Planning, Zoning, and Development
Laws
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• Smart growth is Well-planned development
  that channels growth into existing areas by
  investing in cities and older suburbs, while
  preserving green space and protecting the
  environment.
• - State of Maryland

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We define smart growth according to its outcomes
outcomes that mirror the basic values of most
Americans. Smart growth is growth that helps to
achieve these six goals 1. NEIGHBORHOOD
LIVABILITY 2. BETTER ACCESS, LESS TRAFFIC 3.
THRIVING CITIES, SUBURBS AND TOWNS 4. SHARED
BENEFITS 5. LOWER COSTS, LOWER TAXES 6. KEEPING
OPEN SPACE OPEN. Smart Growth America
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Smart growth is An oxymoron. Smart Growth is
never ending growth which irreversibly harms our
environment at a slightly slower rate. See
Sustainable Development. - http//www.1hope.org/
glossary.htm
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Sustainable development is Development that
meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs. - Brundlandt Commission
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COURSE OVERVIEW
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Course Objectives The objective of this course
is for students to acquire a basic understanding
of local and regional planning, with respect to
law, policy, and process.
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Environmental Planning
AIR
WATER
LAND
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LOCAL
STATE
FEDERAL
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Course Content

• Fundamentals
• Basis for planning
• Who does what
• General Plans
• Implementation
• CEQA

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Course Content

• Techniques
• Growth management
• Encouraging growth within boundaries
• Matching infrastructure to growth
• Using infrastructure to manage growth
• Preserving ag land
• Preserving wildlife
• Managing the human-nature interface

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Assignments

• 3 papers
• Discussion sections
• Midterm
• Final
• Readings
• Lectures

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To do

• Get textbook and reader
• Read for today and Thursday
• Check out website
• Sign up for Planetizen
• Review Assignment 1
• Look for home town general plan
• Start thinking about critical issue