EXAMS Flashcards
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The ADA, passed in 1990, requires that facilities must be accessible to the public, including public housing. It is a civil rights law in that it provides similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities (both mental and physical) as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did for persons on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics. But unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities.
what percentage of US citizens do not have broadband at home
25%
How many residents does Clarence Perry describe in the neighborhood uni?
5,000-9,000 residents
Columbia, Maryland
In 1963, the Rouse Company began the development of Columbia, Maryland. The 14,000-acre master planned development was developed to provide jobs, recreation, shopping, health care, and a mix of housing at different price points. The development was designed to create a jobs-housing balance.
what is the typical time period a comprehensive plan is likely to cover?
20 years
How does the Concentric Zone Theory differ from the other theories of urban development?
The correct answer is invasion and succession. Concentric Circle theory, developed by Earnest Burgess in 1925, finds that growth happens by land uses expanding outward from one area to another. For example, downtown office towers expanding into a warehouse district.
The correct answer is: The use of “invasion-succession” in describing dynamics
What is an Effluent
the discharge of pollutants into the environment in an untreated, partially treated, or completely treated state
What is an enterprise fund
An enterprise fund is an account that manages the revenues and expenditures of a self-sufficient activity such as a minor league baseball park, parking garage, or zoo.
What are the four recommended environmental justice policies?
encourage triple bottom-line outcomes; give deference to local knowledge; encourage collaborative problem-solving; organize and support pro-bono planning efforts.
With whom should a charge of misconduct against an AICP member first be filed?
The correct answer is the Executive Director of APA and AICP Ethics Officer. The ethics officer is the executive director of APA/AICP. According to the AICP Code of Ethics, a violation should be reported to the AICP Ethics Officer.
Purchase of development rights program
While the other answers would protect agricultural land, a purchase program guarantees that land will be preserved in perpetuity.
What is Albedo
Snow would have the highest albedo. Albedo is the portion of solar energy reflected from the Earth back into space, measuring the reflectivity of the earth’s surface. Ice and snow has a high albedo with most of the sunlight hitting the surface bounces back toward space.
Hippodamus of Miletus
Hippodamus of Miletus was an ancient Greek urban planner who created grid plans for cities during the 5th century BC. His plans focused on creating order that both physically and socially ordered the city.
Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954
Section 701 provided funding for local comprehensive planning, leading to communities across the country developing comprehensive plans.
Zero-Based Budgeting
uses decision packages that can be independently decided upon for funding purposes.
Who is associated with the City as Growth Machine Theory
Logan and Molotch
Low income housing tax credit (LIHTC)
The federal government’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program encourages the investment of private equity for developing affordable rental housing for low-income and very low-income households. It does this by awarding tax credits to taxpayers who invest in multifamily rental housing that serves these low-income households.
Which planned community built in 1923 foreshadowed new urbanism
Mariemont, Ohio
The appalachian regional commission is an example of what
Multi-State commission
Which act created the HOME program
The Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (1990) created the HOME program. The HOME program provides block grants to local governments to increase the supply of affordable housing. The funds can be used to provide down payment assistance, construct or renovate affordable housing, acquire sites for affordable housing development, and support Community Housing Development Organizations in providing affordable housing.
Push Analysis
determines sales capacity of a market area. A push analysis determines if the introduction of a new business will generate additional customers.
What is real property
Real property consists of all land, structures, attached equipment, such as street lights, anything growing on the land, and all “interests” in the property, which ca include the right to future ownership, right to occupy for a period of time, the right to drill for oil, the right to get the property back if it is no longer used for its current purpose, use of airspace, or an easement across another’s property.
The three greenbelt cities
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greendale, Wisconsin
Greendale, Maryland
how many states have right to farm laws?
all 50
Samoan Circle
A Samoan Circle is designed to permit interaction that occurs in small groups, but can be witnessed by a larger group. The meeting is set up with an inner circle of five to six chairs. The rest of the chairs are setup in concentric outer circles. Initially everyone is seated in the outer circles. People who wish to speak move to the inner circle. Once they speak they return to their original seat. The discussion continues as long as there are participants who wish to speak.
A technique designed to be highly visual and accessible to those who cannot read and write.
SARAR stands for Self-esteem, Associative strength, Resourcefulness, Action planning, and Responsibility.
Smart deline
The simple phrase “Smart Decline” best describes the city’s plan. Smart decline is a strategy that can be used in shrinking cities to plan for decline.
The primary purpose of taxes
Redistribution of income and generation of revenue to finance govt.
how many acres in a square mile
640 ac
How are townships subdivided
One township is 36 sections
Townships are subdivided into sections. Each township is six miles by six miles, township contains 36 square miles, each one forming a section. Calculations start at the end and work to the beginning of a sentence.
What does a SmartCode contain
The Smart Code is not based on “Smart Growth” except in a very conceptual way. In the SmartCode, there are six transect zones plus one special district. There are many adaptations of the basic SmartCode template, and locally calibrated codes can have more than six zones.
Universal Design
The process of creating buildings, products, and environments that are usable by people of all ages and physical capabilities
At what level does Urban Design focus on
District Level
