Envirmental science

Land-Use Planning Land-Use Planning A Shopping Center A Shopping Center By: Ashanti SimsBy: Ashanti Sims

Did you live in this area Did you live in this area before the shopping center before the shopping center was built ?was built ?

yes

no

If so what was the area like If so what was the area like before the shopping center before the shopping center was built ?was built ?

Woods

N/A

trees

wildness

What problems do you know What problems do you know that are associated with the that are associated with the shopping center ?shopping center ?

noice

traffic

crime

Is the shopping center’s Is the shopping center’s interior aesthetically interior aesthetically pleasing ?pleasing ?

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2nd Qtr

Is the shopping center’s Is the shopping center’s exterior aesthetically exterior aesthetically pleasing to you ?pleasing to you ?

Yes

No

Do you feel crime in your Do you feel crime in your neighborhood has changed neighborhood has changed with the construction of the with the construction of the shopping center ?shopping center ?

yes

no

n/a

Were you consult in anyway Were you consult in anyway before the shopping center before the shopping center was built?was built?

yes

no

If so in what way and by If so in what way and by whom ?whom ?

yes

no

n/a

Estimate the total number of Estimate the total number of imperatives where water can imperatives where water can not seep through the not seep through the ground ?ground ?

Estimate the number and Estimate the number and average high of trees in the average high of trees in the parking lot? parking lot?

Its about 40 trees in the parking lot and Its about 40 trees in the parking lot and they are about 35’-40’ tallthey are about 35’-40’ tall

How are the trees How are the trees plantedplanted

In beds In beds

Estimate the percentage of Estimate the percentage of parking lot filled with carsparking lot filled with cars

Where does all the water Where does all the water that falls in the shopping that falls in the shopping center goes into ?center goes into ?

DrainsDrains

Is the area aesthetically Is the area aesthetically pleasing to you ? Why or pleasing to you ? Why or why not ?why not ?

Yes because it looks up to par.Yes because it looks up to par.

Were the road leading to the mall there before the Were the road leading to the mall there before the construction of the mall? Where additional roads built to construction of the mall? Where additional roads built to accommodate the additional traffic? Were existing roads accommodate the additional traffic? Were existing roads widen?widen?

No, yes, and no not that I know of. No, yes, and no not that I know of.

What type of stores are in the What type of stores are in the mall and how many stores are mall and how many stores are their total?their total?

Clothes, shoes and pet and 101 storeClothes, shoes and pet and 101 store

Is there evidence that the mall was Is there evidence that the mall was constructed where a farm, residential constructed where a farm, residential or open field use to be ?or open field use to be ?

yesyes

Is there evidence that large trees were remove Is there evidence that large trees were remove from the shopping center ? If s, how could they from the shopping center ? If s, how could they have been incorporated into the design of the have been incorporated into the design of the mall, rather than being removed?mall, rather than being removed?

They could have been moved and They could have been moved and replanted.replanted.

What type of wildlife is What type of wildlife is present at the mall ?present at the mall ?

Cats and deerCats and deer

Overview Overview

My surveyors didn’t seem very positive about the mall My surveyors didn’t seem very positive about the mall they said that it was problems like traffic, wildlife, and they said that it was problems like traffic, wildlife, and too much crime. Most of the people I survey they were too much crime. Most of the people I survey they were just running out the house for last minute items. The just running out the house for last minute items. The negative effect that the mall have can be reduce by negative effect that the mall have can be reduce by getting more police and less stop lights. The problem is getting more police and less stop lights. The problem is not the size of the mall because if you get a bigger mall not the size of the mall because if you get a bigger mall that means more people which mean more crime and that means more people which mean more crime and traffic. If I was to design a mall I would look at wildlife, traffic. If I was to design a mall I would look at wildlife, streets, the area and if it already have bad traffic, and streets, the area and if it already have bad traffic, and the way the water runoff.the way the water runoff.