Infrastructure and Planning
Land Use Lesson Plan
(use photos from the atlas that represent examples of growth.

Content Outline

I.	Description of area shown in picture Use capital steps photo 1 (Land Use)
     a.	Residential
     b.	Business	
     c.	Recreation
     d.	Transportation

II.	Identify problems     (Land Use Problems)
     a.	General problems
     b.	Traffic jams at "peak" hours
     c.	Possible solutions

III.	Planning for throughway     (Land Use Planning)
     a.	Complex set of phenomena
     b.	Over existing highways
     c.	Through parks
     d.	Other

IV.	Results as shown in modern capital photos		(Land use Changes)
     a.	Advantages
          1.	Solves major traffic problem
          2.	Keeps most of business area intact

     b.	Disadvantages
          1.	Moves houses
          2.	Lose parks
          3.	Impeded some local traffic
V.	Conclusions
     a.	Limited access highways can provide a gain in the time/distance 
        ration in an urban 	area
     b.	An increased intensity of the use of urban land increases man's 
        problems in 	that area.
     c.	In planning land use changes the possibility exists that the rights 
        of some individuals must be sacrificed to the welfare of the 
        majority.
     d.	Urban land use change involves a complex set of cultural phenomena.
     e.	Planning for land use can achieve solutions to problems that cannot 
        be brought about through unplanned changes.

	1.	Simple concepts                  2. More complex concepts
		  Residential Land Use			             General problem of urban area
		  Ribbon or strip business			         "Peak" hour traffic problem
		      development                     Need for planning
    Neighborhood Park                   Cost of residential and business
    High density urban land use            land
    Major arteries and access roads     Eminent domain
    Interchange                         Public interest
    Limited access highway			           Time/distance ratio
    Land use-planning and problems
    Land use change