END 279 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wayfinding, Organization Development, Capacity Building

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Environmental Design
• Course: END 279
• Professor: Kerry Traynor

Document Summary

32 years between regional plans (1974 2006); cnf: 1-comp plan rewrite. Wny industrial base collapsed; losing jobs and population since. 1970"s_greater golden horseshoe, the 3rd fastest growing metro in north america; adding over 3-million since 1990; projected to add nearly 4-million more by 2030_wny: Love canal disaster 1976 ggh: cn tower opens 1976. Population: shrinking, aging, and increasingly poorer, which results in: social dislocation, housing entropy, rural sprawl, and urban decay; Infrastructure w/ uneven cost/benefit- overbuilt, older & underutilized. Not very diverse historically; derelict neighborhoods and industrial districts. Tourism development; waterfront regeneration; environmental repair; heritage preservation; infrastructure improvement. Existing conditions; implementing actions; public consultation; brownfield redevelopment; community development. Land use policies / smart growth; - housing renewal & preservation;- multi-modal transportation policies;- identify economic drivers. What is the problem: massive tax-delinquency in erie county- 57. 8 million, contagious blight, deterioration of property, mortgage/housing crisis and market destabilization.