Areas of Practice 3

Question 1

Steps in the Food Chain

Answer 1

Production
Distribution and processing
Access and consumption
Waste disposal

Question 2

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

Answer 2

1977
Attempts to reduce earthquake-related losses through improved design and construction methods and practices, land use controls and redevelopment, prediction techniques and early-warning systems, coordinated emergency preparedness plans, and public education and involvement programs.

Question 3

National Flood Insurance Act

Answer 3

1968
Passed as a result of the destruction caused by the Hurricane Betsy flood surge in 1965 in FL and LA.

Created National Flood Insurance Program.
The NFIP goals are two-fold:
• To provide flood insurance for structures and contents in communities that adopt and enforce an ordinance outlining minimal floodplain management standards.
• To identify areas of high and low flood hazard and establish flood insurance rates for structures inside each flood hazard area.[

Question 4

Coastal Barrier Resources Act

Answer 4

1982
Designated undeveloped coastal barriers (islands, reefs, etc.) as ineligible for both direct and indirect federal expenditures and financial assistance, which are believed to encourage development of fragile, high-risk, and ecologically sensitive coastal barriers.

Question 5

Disaster Mitigation Act

Answer 5

2000
Provides the legal basis for FEMA mitigation planning requirements for State, local and Indian Tribal governments as a condition of mitigation grant assistance.

Amended the Stafford Act by repealing the previous mitigation planning provisions and replacing them with a new set of requirements that emphasize the need for State, local, and Indian Tribal entities to closely coordinate mitigation planning and implementation efforts.

Question 6

Flood planning typically occurs at what level of government?

Answer 6

National (Army Corps of Engineers)

Principle responsibility to manage flood risk across the country.

Question 7

National Planning

Answer 7

Focuses on important federal programs and policies (transportation, housing, environmental, international)

Question 8

Multistate Planning

Answer 8

Environmental and transportation planning

issues that transcend political boundaries

Question 9

State Planning

Answer 9

Floodplain regulations, environmental protection.

Degree of local innovation in planning practices is promoted by Home Rule and restricted by Dillon’s Rule

Question 10

Sub-State Planning

Answer 10

Regional issues: parks, environmental protection, transportation

Question 11

County Planning

Answer 11

Multi-jurisdictional planning

Hazard mitigation planning, growth management, intergovernmental cooperation

Question 12

Urban Planning

Answer 12

redevelopment/infill
traffic management
poverty
heat islands

Question 13

Suburban Planning

Answer 13

foreclosure
sprawl
connectivity
infrastructure

Question 14

Rural Planning

Answer 14

access to infrastructure
farm economics
small town character
consolidation of social and health services makes these less accessible to rural folk

Question 15

Capital Improvement BUDGET Timeline

Answer 15

One year

Question 16

According to EnergyGuide, closing air conditioning vents in an unoccupied room can save up to ___ on cooling costs.

Answer 16

10%