Site Inventory: Integration And Synthesis

Question 1

What are the 3 attributes for site inventory?

Answer 1

1.physical
2. Biological
3. Cultural

Question 2

Sites unsuitable for development because of physiographic constraints are called ______________ site constraints which may include steep slopes, shallow bedrock, water and wetlands

Answer 2

Endogenous

Question 3

What are 5 physical attributes of site inventory?

Answer 3

1. Topography
2. Hydrology
3. Soils
4. Geology
5. Microclimate

Question 4

What are 3 biological attributes of site inventory?

Answer 4

1. Ecological communities
2. Vegetation
3. Wildlife

Question 5

What are 6 cultural attributes of site inventory?

Answer 5

1. Land use
2. Open space
3. Regulations
4. Property
5. Sensory perception
6. Infrastructure

Question 6

Site Analysis can be summarized in this formula

Answer 6

Program + existing conditions = site suitability (constraints & opportunities)

Question 7

Land development can impose significant _______ & ________ costs off-site

Answer 7

Economic & social (sometimes better to not develop & try to force things)

Question 8

The process of determining the appropriateness of a given tract of land for specific use is called

Answer 8

Suitability analysis

Question 9

What are the 3 steps involved in suitability analysis?

Answer 9

1. Identify suitability criteria for anticipated land use
2. Collect and map the relevant site attribute data
3. Identify and map the site locations with attribute values that meet suitability criteria for targeted land use

Question 10

This is used to identify locations within a specified distance of one or loe reference features

Answer 10

Spatial buffering (proximity analysis)

Question 11

What’s the difference between a buffer and setback?

Answer 11

Difference is buffer you design outward of buffer line, and setback you design inward of setback line

Question 12

This system helps local and state governments protect prime, unique, or locally important farmland from development

Answer 12

The US Department of Agriculture’s land evaluation and site assessment (LESA)

Question 13

This type of diagram helps to asses the relationships between basic urban building blocks and the patterns of mass and space

Answer 13

Figure ground diagrams

Question 14

Significant site amenities have add value through these 4 things

Answer 14

Social, economical, ecological, and aesthetic

Question 15

Biophysical and cultural context of a site is determined by

Answer 15

What nature has put there and what people has put there

Question 16

T or F: An important objective of site analysis is to discover the special, interesting, and valuables features if the site and its context.

Answer 16

True