1. What is Home Rule?

2. What is the constitutional basis of regulatory authority for U.S. communities in the U.S.?

3. What is an Edge City?

4. What is the National Interstate and Defense Highway System Act of 1956?

5. What were the distinguishing features of early New England towns according to John Reps and what functions did these features serve?

6. What factors contributed to the growth of the 12 cities discussed in book Gritty Cities between 1860 and 1920?   What factors did the cities share and which ones were restricted to a subset of these Cities? 

7. What are the key similarities and differences between Smart Growth and the Sustainability?

8. What is the role of the Clean Water of 1972 in stimulating land use development?

9. Is sustainability a tangible goal that can be achieved or is it an abstract policy ideal that we can make progress towards, but never fully achieve?"

10. Should "eminent domain" be used to facilitate the proposed Keystone Pipeline. (Use examples from Nebraska).