University of California San Diego Introduction to Urban Planning Discussion
Hello, I would like you to follow the steps below and make sure all the work should be in your own words. I’m going to list all the steps below to help you write this assignment. The written report should be a minimum of 8-10 pages in length.
I want an essay of 8-10 pages without the work cited page at the end and the way the essay should be organized-are following the steps below:
The final project should include the following:
a) Description of community. Give an “urban planner’s” overview of your community, that includes: location, population size, amenities (ocean, proximity to important San Diego sites, etc.), principle economic activities (business sites in community)
b) Urban planning elements. Describe the different planning elements in your chosen community:
- land use & housing: what are the land use patterns in your community? What kind of housing (single family, apartments, etc.)?
- social ecology: what is the socio-economic breakdown of income groups, and patterns of social ecology within your community?
- transportation: what transport facilities distinguish community: pedestrian, bicycle paths, roads, mass transit, etc.
- environment: what are some ecological qualities of your chosen community? For example, is it near pollution sources (freeways, industry, etc.)? Is there open space (parks, etc.) and natural areas within it.
- urban design/placemaking. What are some unique design qualities that distinguish your chosen neighborhood? Unique architecture, historic buildings or places, unique public spaces (in parks, waterfront, plazas, squares, walking streets, etc.).
c) Describe and analyze an urban planning controversy in your community. Examples might be: a controversial housing project, increasing density, a new development residents don’t want (transit line, etc.), and so forth. These can be identified by doing an internet search, especially reviewing newspaper articles in the San Diego Union Tribune, Voice of San Diego, Times of San Diego, San Diego Reader and other local sources. Based on what you learned in the class, offer your policy recommendations for solving the planning problem you have chosen. I would like you to put so much offered to part C as it is the important part for this project. Prof said; ” represents huge part of your grade”. Please do your Best!
d) Bibliography: List your data sources, including relevant citation information such as author, date, title, publisher, and (if appropriate) the URL where it was downloaded.
Note:
Choosing your case study community (within the City of San Diego) or city within San Diego County.
a) City of San Diego Communities.
A list of communities within the City of San Diego can be found here:
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/profiles. Once you choose a community from that map/list, google “—- Community Plan” to find the detailed Community Plan. For example, if you choose North Park, google “North Park Community Plan”.
b) Cities/communities within San Diego County.
Here is a list of cities within the County of San Diego. https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/dpw/citylinks.html
From that list, you can google “Name of city- General Plan”, or “Name of City– Community Plan” for example Carlsbad General Plan, or Del Mar Community Plan.
At the End, please stick to (Downtown of El Cajon City only) and make sure to get all the information from the sources above and if you deiced one choosing different sources make sure to add it to work cited page with the rest of the resources.
