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Planning Rationale: power, religion, and security. Often resource, defense, or religiously focused.
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Religious focus -
Defense focused -
Resource focused -
Planning Rationale: emphasized rapid city growth around factories and mass labor
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Trade and commerce focused -
Industrial focus with no regard for environment -
Planning Rationale: Social improvement via aesthetics and land-use control
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Sought to improve the appearance of D.C. -
Master-planned community during City Beautiful Movement -
Planning Rationale: Economic recovery & rethinking housing infrastructure
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Massive unemployment sparked government interventions like public housing -
Planning Rationale: Rapid growth in suburban life and vehicle access
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Highways and Freeways became prevalent in planning -
The suburban sprawl is in full force -
Government policies like NEPA Act and Clean Air Act are implemented. Impacts -
Planning Rationale: Public participation! Balancing economic development while addressing environmental concerns.
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Community input is increasingly valued, HOA reform, and emphasis on social equity -
Planning Rationale: Social equity, environmental concerns, & sustainability
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Reshaping and rethinking urban spaces -
Greater emphasis on mixed-use planning