Environmental Conditions

Question 1

Catchment Areas (market/trade/or tributory

Answer 1

The geographic area from which participants in an activity are drawn.
Example:
1. area of which patrons of a supermarket or shopping center reside (Kaplan, PPP, 158)

Question 2

Residential Catchment areas

Answer 2

Determined by local transit systems, encouraging the formation and development of the area

Question 3

Metes -and -bounds

Answer 3

Verbal description (narrative) of the land that begins at a known point and describes the bearing and length of each side of the property until the point of the beginning is reached (Kaplan, PPP, 180)

Question 4

Parallels

Answer 4

East - West Lines Survey

Question 5

Meridians

Answer 5

A survey establishing a grid of North - South Lines on a survey

Question 6

Countour interval

Answer 6

Change in elevation between two contours. Smaller scaled maps typically have larger interval clarity.

Question 7

Crown/Ridge

Answer 7

Contour lines point don toward the lower elevation

Question 8

Swale/Valley

Answer 8

Contour line points up towards the higher elevation

Question 9

Hills

Answer 9

Concentrated circles with the elevations getting higher towards the center

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

Concentric circles with elevations towards center getting lower

Question 11

Site Analysis

Answer 11

The purpose of it is to determine if a parcel of land is suitable

Investigating the site requires, survey info, topographic, geological info., zoning ordinances

Question 12

Plat

Answer 12

Description of a plot of land, drawn to show the division of a piece of property