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1
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LQ

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Ratio of industry’s share of local employment/share of the nation
LQ<1 = importing LQ>1 = exporting
Formula: (local employment in I)(total local employment)/(reference area employment in industry I)(total reference area employment)

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FAR

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Total floor area / total lot area

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3
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Oregon model

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1st place to pioneer use of community based visioning

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4
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Interval data

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Ordered relationship where the difference between scales has a meaningful interpretation EX temperature

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5
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Qualitative

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Nominal, sometimes ordinal

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6
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Quantitative

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Interval / ratio

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7
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Symptomatic method estimation

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Used available data indirectly related to population size such as housing stats

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Economic base analysis

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Looks at basic / no basic economic activities. Basic = activities that can be exported, non basic = those local.

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9
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Stratified sampling

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Mini reproduction of pop, divided into characteristics of importance

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10
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Cluster sampling

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Specific target group is sampled

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11
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Systematic sampling

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Every xth person is selected

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12
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Non probability sampling

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No precisé connection between sample and population. Ex: convenience sample, snowball sample, volunteer sample

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13
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Projections

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Calculated for future population levels (trend lines, scatter plot, regression)

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14
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Forecasts

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Cohort survival, step down

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15
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Bias

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Different between expected value of an estimator and real value.

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16
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Sampling error

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Natural consequence because sample is small

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17
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Fiscal impact analysis is different from economic analysis

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Economic focuses on cash flow to private sector

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18
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Transect zoning

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T1-T6 (natural-rural, suburban, general urban, urban center, urban core)

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19
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Performance zoning

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Performance standards regulate development by setting desired goals. Doesn’t restrict specific uses, just that uses must meet specific set of standards

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20
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Progressive tax

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Tax rate increases as income increases

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21
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Proportional tax

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Tax rate is the same regardless of income

22
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Regressive tax

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Tax rate decreases as income rises

23
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ACS vs. Census

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Acs: conducted every month, every year. Asks topics not on census (employment, education etc)
Census: every 10 years, shorter questions and provides official list of population for congressional representation

24
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Census trends 2020 census

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South shifting population. More than half of nation’s population growth in last decade (54%) occurred in southern states

25
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Browning of America / intermarriage increase (2020 census)

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Nonwhites =85% of America.
Marriage across racial and ethnic lines doubled since 1980

26
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Gender shift (2020 census)

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Women hold nearly 1/2 of paid jobs (44.8%), own 40% of all businesses and hold 43% of exec. Admin and managerial positions

27
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In 2000 what area grew fastest

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West

28
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Between 2000 and 2010 what was the fastest growing state

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Nevada 35%

29
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Between 2000 and 2010, which state experienced highest numeric increase

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Texas 4.3 mill

30
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Which state has maintained growth rate

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Nevada , growth rate of 25% or greater for last 3 decades

31
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Palm coast fl

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Fastest growing metro between 2000 and 2010 (92% increase in pop)

32
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2020 census, how many metro areas grew

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4/5

33
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2020 census growth rate

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Nation grew at its slowest rate since 1930s

34
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Between 2010-2020 how many people lived in metropolitan statistical areas

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86%

35
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Among all US metro areas, which area grew fastest between 2010-2020

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The villages, FL

36
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Between 2010-2020, which state experienced largest numeric increase

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Texas

37
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Which state was fastest growing 2010-2020

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Utah (18.4% increase)

38
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2010-2020 pop change

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Last decade 7.4% increase was lower than previous decades 9.7 and was lowest since 1930s

39
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1 section equals how many acres

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640

40
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How many sq ft in 1 acre

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43,560

41
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1 mile is how many feet

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5280 ft

42
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Enterprise fund

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Account established to manage revenues and expenditures of a self sufficient activity such as a golf corse

43
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Revenue bond

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Issued by municipality / backed by a specific steam of revenue like building a stadium

44
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Tax increment

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Additional property tax generated by development. The increment is “captured” to finance development costs

45
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Step down method

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Assumes relationship of locality to some larger geographic entity- county / state - will prevail in the future and that pop proj. At a larger scale represents degrees of reliability that are not possible to achieve at a small scale of analysis

46
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Strong and weak correlation

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+ or - 1 = strong correlation. Weak correlation would be value closest to 0

47
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Indicators vs. benchmarks

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Indicators are limited / distilled data that tell a story w/o requiring review of all relevant data. Benchmarks are a target measurement used to gauge how a community is doing in relation to a predetermined target

48
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Getting to yes

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Fisher, Ury, Patton: separate relationships from problem, focus on interests (what is really important to planners and not positions or a fixed idea how to achieve), search for mutual gain for all parties, active listening

49
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triple constraint

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Delay in one item : time scope and resources- decrease quality. Then have to add in other areas

50
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GANTT

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bar chart to track process

51
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Critical path method

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Sequence of required schedules activities that depend on each other, quickest and shortest time it can be done

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