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Practice Exam #3 Flashcards

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Arnstein Ladder of Citizen Participation

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Steps in ascending order: Manipulation, Therapy, Informing, Consultation, Placation, Partnership, Delegated Power, Citizen Control.

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Capitalization rate

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Equals rate of return on a real estate investment based on the expected income to generate. This represents the potential return on investment. Capitalzation rate is calculated by dividing the income the property will generate, subtracting know costs, by the total value of the property.

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Concurrency requirement

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development cannot occur unit capital improvements are in place

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Roadway connectivity index

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density of connections in a road network. High ratio = well connected

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Consensus building

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mediation of a conflict that involves many parties

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Cost Revenue Analysis

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takes into account anticipated revenues and expected expenditures

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Coupon rate

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Rate of interest for bonds, notes and other securities

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Smartcode Planning Process

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a design charrette is an essential part of the process

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Easement by necessity

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used to allow a landlocked landowner to access a public roadway over another’s private land

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Best to protect and preserve agricultural land

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Development of a purchase of development rights program, guarantees that land will be preserved forever

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Fiscal impact analysis

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calculates the total cost to the city of new development as well as the tax revenue that is generated from the development

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Special Flood Hazard Area

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100-year flood or 1% annual chance of a flood

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Miami 21

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Form based code

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Carbon sequestration

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Process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Examples: Institute a food waste diversion program at all city facilities and create an urban forestry program

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Principal cause of the increase in homelessness

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Cuts in federal aid programs

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HOPE VI program

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Significant urban redevelopment effort in the US.
Replaced severely distressed public housing projects with redesigned mixed income housing, provided housing vouchers for residents to seek housing on the private market and despite HOPE VI many African Americans still live in the worst housing projects.

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Management by Objectives (MBO)

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Process of agreeing upon objectives within an organization so that management and employees agree to the objectives

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Zero based budgeting

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Assumes that every unit has $0 and then the governing body decides on a series of decision packages that will advance key goals and objectives of the organization

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Vertically integrated planning agencies

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example: transportation, land use, housing

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Functional approach of planning agencies

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example: planning, regulations, information systems, investment, policy

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Linear programming

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can be used to find the optimum design solution on a project

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Management by Objectives (MBO)

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By Peter Drucker in 1954
process of agreeing upon objectives within an organization so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they are

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MAP-21

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Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century

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Land value capture

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Method that helps finance public improvements by capturing some of the value that typically accrues to property located near such improvements

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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act RLUIPA

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offers protection against land use regulations that impose a burden on religious exercise

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Rural Resettlement Act

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Established by Roosevelt with the goal of moving people off of agriculturally exhausted land and into greenbelt cities

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Section 8 Certificates

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Program that provides funds to pay a portion of the rent for low-income households

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Symptomatic estimation

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Calculates the population of an area based on the number of housing units

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Systematic Random Sampling

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starts by selecting a starting point at random and then selecting a consistent random number from that point

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Three C’s of public engagement

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Coalition building
Consensus building
Conflict resolution

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Vieux Carre Commission

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First Historic Preservation Commission
French Quarter in New Orleans

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Warren County protests

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Sparked environmental justice movement

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