zoning articles
What were the primary drivers leading to the formal system of modern zoning codes?
Which US city is cited as having one of the earliest major examples of comprehensive land use zoning ordinances starting in 1909?
Which city is most frequently credited as the birthplace of the modern, comprehensive zoning resolution adopted by 1916?
What specific development catalyzed New York City's push for its pioneering 1916 zoning resolution?
What was the decisive 1926 Supreme Court case that affirmed the constitutionality of separating incompatible land uses?
The zoning structure formalized after the Euclid case and standardized by the SZEA is known by what name?
What fundamental principle does Euclidean Zoning operate upon regarding land uses?
Which early zoning tool was used to manage the sheer volume of building allowed on a given piece of land by using a ratio?
What negative consequence, demanded by strict separation, arose from neighborhoods being dedicated solely to one purpose?
What societal stratification has historically resulted from restrictive single-family zoning provisions?
Instead of abstract separation of functions, what characteristic do modern reform movements prioritize regulating?
Who became the driving force behind the global system of standardized time zones?
What was the basis for timekeeping before standardization?
Approximately how much did local time shift for every degree of longitude traveled east or west?
When did the dramatic personal event occur that catalyzed Sir Sandford Fleming's crusade?
How many time zones did Fleming's proposal, publicly presented by 1879, involve dividing the Earth into?
Which meridian did Fleming designate as the universal reference point for his time system?
Which group unilaterally implemented Standard Time across the United States first?
In what year was Fleming's system officially endorsed by the International Meridian Conference?
How many degrees of longitude wide was each zone in Fleming's geometrically clean system?