Practice Exam #4 Flashcards
True about women
Pre-pandemic, women were the majority of the workforce
Women own 40% all businesses
Women hold 7.4% of Fortune 500 CEO roles
Census Bureau
Reviews and updates urbanized area and urban cluster boundaries every 10 years.
State agencies
They are political appointees and serve at the leisure of the Governor
Drosscape
An urban design framework that examines urbanized regions as the product of the past economic and industrial processes
Economic base analysis
Is an assessment of current employment by industry.
Divides industries into 2 categories, basic industries can export
Enterprise fund
Account established to manage the revenues and expenditures of a self-sufficient activity such as golf, zoo, parking garage, minor league baseball park, etc.
Executive Order 12898
Important for advancing environmental justice.
Stated that federal actions shall address environmental justice in minority and low income populations
Example of an environmental justice issue
Discrimination in an program receiving federal financial assistance
George Pullman
Created a model town for his company and employees in Illinois
Golden vs Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo
Case not heard before the US Supreme Court
Golden vs Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo
Case not heard before the US Supreme Court
What is the percent of units that are owner occupied according to the 2010 US Census
65%
1949 Housing Act
Federal financing for slum clearance and increased authorization for FHA mortgage insurance
Housing Act of 1954
Created the funds for urban renewal and federal assistance for local planning
Development Impact Fees
First need tot determine the infrastructure costs associated with new development using local data
Inclusionary Zoning
Requirement to set aside land to construct affordable housing within a development
Sierra Club
Founded in 1892 by conservationist John Muir
Largest environmental organization
Recently opposed CA Senate Bill 827 which promoted high density housing
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Peter Drucker
Process of agreeing upon objectives within an organization so that management and employees buy into the objectives and understand what they are
Characterizes the organization of a planning agency that is horizontally integrated and grouped by time frame
Management, current planning, advance planning
Father of the Modern Housing Code
Lawrence Veiler
Manages the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
State housing agencies using the state’s Qualified Allocation Plan
Mail Survey
Low Cost and Low response rate (20% returned)
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Census designated place that includes a central city plus adjacent communities to which it is linked economically
Urbanization in the US
Only 4 states have a majority rural population: Maine, Vermont, West Virginia and Mississippi
Indian Reorganization Act
Organization of Native Americans residing on reservations
Adoption of constitutions for Native Americans living on reservations
Tribal designated statistical area
A unit drawn by tribes that do not have a recognized area
Stimulate business development through..
New Markets Tax Credit Program
Program monitoring system
documents progress, collects feedback and allows for plan revisions as needed
Proportional valuation method
a fiscal analysis that estimates the average costs of the proposed development. Examines increases in community revenues and expenditures related to devleopment
Range is a proper summary of these types of data
interval
ratio
Regression Analysis
Will help understand the degree of influence of programs
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act passed in 2000
provides protections for the practice of religion in land use contexts
Saul Alinsky
Associated with Community Organizing
Spatial Justice
how our cities are organized has a significant bearing on whether people have access to what they need.
Standard City Planning Enabling Act included
Provision for adoption of a master street plan
Provision for approval of all public improvements by the planning commission
Control of private subdivision of land
Provision for the establishment of a regional planning commission and a regional plan
Standard State Zoning Enabling Act
Passed in 1920s
Susan Feinstein, three elements of the just city
Democracy, Equity and Diversity
Symptomatic Approach
data used to determine a correlation between population size and various other events, such as tax returns, voter registration, school enrollments, utility connections, telephone installations, occupancy permits issued and motor vehicle licenses
