AICP Deck 3 Flashcards
What is effluent?
The treated wastewater discharged by sewage treatment plants
What are the 4 basic steps of the cohort survival method?
Age the population; estimate the number of births and deaths; consider in and out migration; project a future population.
John Wesley Powell: Book, year, contribution?
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the US, 1878. Proposed regional plan to foster settlement of arid west and conserve scarce water resources
Traditional budget process
Analyzes current econ and demo trends and conditions to estimate future budgetary need; Forecasts needs for next 4 - 6 years; Traditionally uses Line Item Budget
HOPE VI 1992
HUD plan meant to revitalize public housing projects into mixed-income developments. established to replace the many large-scale, low quality public housing projects with smaller, higher quality mixed income projects.
What analysis would generate results indicating income levels in the study area?
Housing demand analysis uncovers income levels of homeowners and renters within a study area.
Role of the Planning Department
Dept within executive branch; Planning director reports to municipality’s chief executive; Staff supports governing body, planning commission and zoning board in their zoning functions
Where are quota systems typically enacted?
communities experiencing rapid growth
Levittown, NY 1947
Developed by Alfred and William Levitt (Levitt and Son’s) Levittown was the first truly mass-produced suburb and is widely regarded as the archetype for postwar suburbs throughout the country.
The American Planning Association created which of the following documents to encourage states to revise their standard state zoning enabling acts?
The Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook and its accompanying User Manual are the culmination of APA’s seven-year Growing Smart project, an effort to draft the next generation of model planning and zoning legislation for the U.S.
What are conditional uses?
land uses no permitted as of right but permitted due to unusual issues of scale, setback requirements, or potential safety concerns
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
May include single family residences, apartments, multi-family, commericial, institutional, and industrial uses.
Patrick Geddes
considered by some to be the father of regional planning.
1934 National Housing Act
est FHA for underwriting loans. FHA reqd land use guidelines which resulted in seperating land uses (Euclidian Zoning) and lower density single family residential. After WWII helped lead suburban growth (Levittown). Made home ownership the norm in US.
What is standard error?
Standard Error is the standard deviation of a sampling distribution. Standard errors indicate the degree of sampling fluctuation. The larger the sample size the smaller the standard error.
Joel Garreau
1991, Edge Cities. distinct place that was not a city 30 years ago, but now has 5M sf of office space, retail and more jobs than bedrooms.
What is allowed under a PUD?
flexibility in the siting of buildings & the implementation of development standards
When did current AICP Ethics Code take effect?
06/01/05
Southern Burlington NAACP v Township of Mount Laurel (1975, 1983)
Housing, Fair Share
Why do planners use economic forecasting?
Economic forecasting helps to determine the growth in jobs in the community which translates to demand for commercial business land uses.
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 1966
Centerpiece of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program (elimination of poverty and of racial injustice) and created the Model Cities Program which addressed urban blight and poverty by focusing on community participation rather than top down planning.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA 1990)
Required mass transit systems to be accessible and paratransit for those who cannot drive or use public transit
What is an example of an easement?
conservation easement may mean ownership remians w/ a private owner but the owner no longer has the right to develop the parcel
What term refers to tides that are higher than normal?
Spring tides are higher than normal high tides and can be observed every two weeks when the earth and moon align.