Planning History in the 1940 & 1950's
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| What was the first "Green Book"? When was it written? | Local Planning Adminstration by Ladislas Segoe in 1941
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| What replaced the National Planning Board? Year? | National Resources Planning Board in 1943
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| What was the Bretton Woods (NH) agreement? When? | US & allies meet to establish International Bank for Reconstruction & Development in 1944. This led to the development of the "World Bank".
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| What is the Serviceman's Readjustment Act? When? | GI Bill. Provided loans to veterans which caused a demand for suburbs in 1944.
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| What was the predessor to HUD? Year? | Housing and Home Financing Adminstration in 1947.
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| What was the 1949 Housing Act? What name is it also known for? | 1st US comprehensive housing legislations. Aimed at constructing 800,000 units. Also known as the Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill.
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| What did the Housing Act of 1949 enable? | Urban redevelopment programs to be funded through federal aide.
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| Describe 2 federal actions that propelled suburban development in the 1950s. | 1) Development of roads & highways. 2) Low cost FHA & VA mortgages.
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| What happened in Brown v Board of Education (Topeka, KA)? Year? | 1954 ruling which overturned practice of school segregation & propelled school integration. Led to the segregation of neighborhoods as whites fled mixed race areas.
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| What happened in Berman v Parker? Year? | 1954 Supreme Ct Decision upheld right of W, DC redevelopment land agency to condem properties that are unsightly in order to executive standards of a redevelopment plan.
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| What was the Housing Act of 1954? How is it different from the 1949 Act? | The 1954 Housing Act stressed slum prevention & urban renewal rather than slum clearance and redevelopment as the 1949 Act did.
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| When did the Council of Government Movement begin? | 1954 in Detroit with the formation of the the Supervisors Inter_County Committee with reps of each county for purpose of addressing regional issues.
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| What did Robert Mitchell & Chester Rapkin do? | Wrote "Urban Traffic: A Function of Land Use" regarding land use structure of modern metropolitan region in 1954.
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| What was the Air Pollution Control Act? Year? | First national legislation regarding air pollution. 1954.
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| What Federal Legislation established Urban Renewal Programs? | Housing Act of 1954
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| What are the 4 air pollution control acts of the 20th Century? What did they do? | 1954/55 -- first one. Followed by updated in 67, 70, and 90. Established standards for identifying source of pollution, standards for levels, and deadlines for addressing clean-up.
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| What was the focus of the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act? | Link together all cities of 50,000 people and state capitals together.
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| What federal act triggered highway construction? | Interstate Highway Act of 1956.
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| What classification tool for business was established in 1937? | SIC Codes.. Standard Industrial Classification Codes for manufacturing & non manufacturing industries.
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| When was the American Collegiate School of Planning established? | 1959
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| What Northeastern River System was completed in 1959 | St Lawrence Seaway
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| What did Stuart Chapin write in 1957? | "Urban Land Use Planning" which became a common textbook.
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