Plan Making and Implimentation Flashcards
gathers information about a population at a single point in time
Cross Sectional survey
gathers information about a population over the course of time
longitudinal survey
an intensive collaborative effort that brings together citizens, stakeholders and staff to develop a detailed design plan for a specific plan
design charrette
consensus decision making based off of questionnaires and discussions that lead to the convergence on a single solution
Delphi Method
Ranking solutions as a group with discussion
Nominal Group Technique
a person who does not have a direct stake in the outcome of a meeting to help groups that disagree work together to solve complex problems and come to a consensus
Facilitator
a person who helps groups come to measurable, achievable and realistic solutions
Mediatior
urban nucleus of 50,000 or more people. 1,000 people per square mile
Urbanized Area
at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 persons and a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile.
Urban Cluster
includes at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants and a total metro population of at least 100,000 people
Metropolitan Statistical Area
a population of more than 10,000 people and less than 50,000 people
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Order of census are designations
Census Tracts, Block Groups, Census Blocks
Floor Area Ratio
gross floor area of a building to its ground area
NEPA
1969 created the council on environmental quality and requires an Environmental Impact Statement where necessary
Environmental Impact Statement
Introduction, Description of the affected environment, Range of Alternatives to the proposed action, Analysis of the environmental impacts of the possible alternatives
Cost effectiveness analysis
Selecting among competing projects when resources are limited.
Tax Increment Financing
Allows a designated area to have tax revenue increases used for capital improvements in that area.
Trend Extrapolation
Projecting into the future what has happened in the past
Allocation Methods
Ratio based methods that take down larger sets of data to apply to smaller areas
Cohort Survival
Projection Method based off of births, deaths and net migration
economic base multiplier
ratio between total and basic employment
Location Quotient
relative share of sector in region compared to relative share of sector in nation
What are the different components involved in shift-share analysis?
National component (share) Industry component (mix) Regional component (shift)
What does it mean if the regional shift is negative?
A negative regional shift happens when the growth in the local employment is less than the growth nationally
What are the components of total production in input-output analysis?
Total production is decomposed into intermediate production (production to make other products) and final demand.
What is the transactions table in the input-output analysis?
The transactions table shows the inter-industry flows, which sector buys from what other sector(s) and how much.
z-score
(x-mean)/standard deviation
t-test
test on difference between means
Chi-square test
difference between observed and expected
Bivariate Analysis Correlation
linear association between two variables
What is being estimated in regression analysis
The coefficients in a linear equation that relates the dependent variable to a number of explanatory variable
Difference between raster and vector
vector is points and polygons, raster is continuous spatial data
The study of measuring and representing the earth and its gravitational field
Geodesy
approximation of earth surface as an ellipsoid to compute location
Datum
What are the four characteristics of geographic information that are affected by projections,
conformal, equal area, equidistant, true direction.
Delphi Technique
Experts respond to questionnaire, discuss then take questionnaire again
Oregon Model
Early use of community based visioning in the planning process.
Regressive vs progressive taxes
Regressive takes a larger percentage of low income earners
Community Benefits Agreements
requirements on developer to allow for local benefits
Difference between TIF and BID
TIF is increase in tax revue resulting from redevelopment that is used to pay off bonds that are sold to finance the redevelopment vs a BID where Businesses tax themselves to pay for improvements in the area.
What is zero based budgeting?
Expenses have to be justified for each new period; each new budgeting cycle must start with a zero base.
Difference between Fiscal Impact Analysis and Economic Impact Analysis
FIA projects cash flow to the public sector, EIA focuses on the cash flow to the private sector.
Central Limit Theorem
Larger the Sample size, the more narrower the curve
National forest land in US
190 million acres
Land in federal indian reservations
56 million
