Wrote Man and Nature

EXPLORE THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INSPIRED THE CONSERVATIONIST MOVEMENT

Wrote Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the US

Included a proposed regional plan that would foster settlement of the arid west and conserve water resources

Supporter of the Conservation Movement

Established Inland Waterway Commission in 1907 to multipurpose planning in wateway development including navigation, power, irrigation, flood control, and water supply. 

1st Urban Forestor

Leader of the conservation movement, advocated for both the preservation and scientific management of natural resources

Wrote The Last Landscape

Coined 'greenway'

Pioneer on conservation easements, environmental pyschology

Multiple Nuclei Theory

- Urban areas grow by the progressive integration of a number of separate nuclei, which become specialized and differentiated. 

1960 proposed const of land, intensity of development of land, the concentration of the population, and the number of places of employment decline as distance from the CBD increases

Bid Rent Theory

Promoted the 'dream city' or the Radiant City (modernism) composed mainly of skyscrapers for a very high-density living and working environment surrounde by commonly owned park spaced. 

Promoted urban design system based on large-scale grid of arterial streets, superblock, and individual zones for industrial

Advocated for a sprawling, decongested type of auto-oriented development. 

Wrote Disappearing City, utopian vision of hte landscape of America called Broadacre City in which each home was sitituated on at least an acre of land and someone in each household owned a car. 

Pioneered indoor shopping malls in the 1950s

He used the model of a colonial village to build the PD of Columbia, Maryland in the 1960s. 

Published Image of the City in 1960. 

Identified the elements of the built environment that are important to the ease with which people understand the layout of a place. 

Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes, and Landmarks contribute to a 'imaginable city' 

Death and Life of Great American Cities

Importance of design in terms of user orientation, mix of uses, safety, public sidewalk life, and other factors. 

Advocated for a mix of uses, short blocks, and pedestrian-scale development to create vibrant cities and increased safety with continual activity and eyes on the street. 

Advocated for building mega-structures that begin underground and leave nature relatively undistrubed. 

Arcosanti in Arizona.

Published The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Emphazied the importances of environmental psycology and sociology in urban design. 

Planner from San Francisco, wrote Making City Planning Work which he describes what it takes to change American Cities. 

Also wrote Great Streets that analyzed the qualities and quanities of features the characterized great streets around the world. Including height of buildings, interesting facades, presence of trees, orientation of windows, design of intersections, presence of places to stop and rest, and space for leisurely walking. 

Founded Hull House, settlement house in Chicago. 

Settlements were a response to problems created by urbanization and industrialization and attracted middle-class people to live in poor urban neighborhoods to provide social and educational services. 

Social worker and housing reformer who was active in the settlement movement in NYC. 

Founded the settlement house Greenwhich House in NY

Clevelands' planning director

Proponent of equity planning, defined as working to serve those with few, choices including the city's poor and minority residents. 

Founded Suburban Institute

Father of Advocacy Planning

Must supply "regional fair share" of housing

Wrote Design with Nature

Proponate of considering environmentlly concious approach to land use

Most Important Landscape Architect since Franklin Llyod Omestead. 

1 of 4 on Senate Park Commission

Planned Forest Hill Garden, Queens

Torrence, CA

Emphasized on broad, straight boulevards, & public squares then advocated curving irregular street alignments to promote ever changing vistas