Urban Sustainability, Traffic, and Development Flashcards

Flashcards about sustainable urban development, traffic management, urban regeneration, and urban sprawl, based on lecture notes.

Sustainable traffic management strategies can be divided into (encouraging people) and measures (preventing people).

'carrot', 'stick'

__ emission zones (ULEZ) are where highly polluting vehicles are banned or pay high charges.

Ultra-low

Anybody wishing to buy a car in Singapore has to purchase a __ costing nearly £40000.

Certificate of Entitlement

In Singapore, an Electronic Road Pricing System (ERP) operates on __ to regulate traffic flow.

expressways

___ involves creating an environment that meets the social, economic and environmental needs of existing residents without compromising the same for future generations.

Urban sustainability

___ aim to reduce surface water flooding.

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)

Combined heat and power (CHP) technology captures produced when generating electricity.

heat

In 2020 the UK government set a legally binding target of recycling __ per cent of waste by 2035.

65

Urban __ is an attempt to reverse the decline and decay of an urban area

regeneration

The Temple Quarter needed regeneration because the __ industries were closing down, there was decline of the city centre docks, and many areas were contaminated.

heavy

The physical outward growth of a city is called __

urban sprawl

__ land is protected from new building development by strict planning regulations

Green belt

__ are places where a significant proportion of the residents commute to work elsewhere.

Commuter settlements

In 2012 much of the Temple Quarter area became an __ enabling businesses to benefit from tax relief, low rents and quicker and simpler planning procedures.

Enterprise Zone