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1
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land area that is urban

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8%

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median age

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37.2

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urbanized area

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urban nucleus of 50,000 people and 1,000 people/sq mi. may contain adjoining area with 500 people/sq mi.

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4
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urban cluster

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2,500 - 50,000 people and 1,000 people/sq mi

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metropolitan statistical area

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at least one city with 50,000, or urbanized area with metro population of 100,000

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cencus tract

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smallest area at which census information is released 2,000 - 8,000, averages 4,000

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censu block

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part of a census tract, smallest level at which census data is collected, 400 housing units per block

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8
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how much reservation land is held in trust? Where is most of it located?

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56.2M acres, 40M in Alaska

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what is the largest single reservation land?

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navajo, 16M acres, in Arizona Utah and New Mexico

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10
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what percent of waterways are considered impaired?

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40%

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what are the 6 pollutants regulated by the clean air act?

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nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, lead, sulfur dioxide, ozone and particulates. NOT carbon dioxide or nitrogen dioxide.

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12
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how many ft in an acre?`

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43,560

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13
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how many ft in a mile?

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5,280

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14
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where was first zoning ordinacne

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LA, 1908

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where was the first CITY WIDE zoning ordinance?

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NYC, 1916

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16
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where was the first urban growth boundary?

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Lexington KY, 1958

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what is cocentric ring theory and who proposed it?

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Ernest Burgess, 1925, urban areas grow outward in coecentric rings

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18
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what is sector theory and who propsed it?

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Homer Hoyt, 1939, urban areas develop by sectors, forming along communication and transportation routes

19
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what is multiple nuclei theory and who proposed it?

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Harris and Ullman, 1945, urban areas grow by progressive integration of multiple nuclei

20
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what is bid rent theory and who proposed it?

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William Alonso, 1960, cost of land, intensity of development, population density and jobs all decline the further one is from the central business district

21
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how much soil is lost per year?

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4-5 tons per acre

22
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how much water is consumed per person, per day?

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50-180 gallons

23
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how much waste is created pp/pd? What was it in 1960?

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4.4 pound per person, per day. In 1960 is was 2.7

24
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what are the four steps in creating a travel demand model?

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trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, trip assignment

25
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what is chi square?

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statistic used to suggest whether there is a relationship between two nominal or categorical variables

26
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what is linear regression

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statistic used to determine the influence, or extent of the relationship between independent variable(s) on a dependant variable

27
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what is the correlation coeficient?

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the degree to which two variables are related

28
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what is the GINI coefficient?

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used to measure dispersion (e.g. used to describe income inequality)

29
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what housing bill supported the creation of local planning departments?

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Housing Act of 1954, specifically section 701

30
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when was the first comprehensive housing bill passed, and what did it accomplish?

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1949, lead to 800,000 new units

31
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what is a plebicite?

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a direct vote on something

32
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what is a beneficiary assessment?

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ensures project beneficiaries can provide insight on how a project will affect them, especially those who are poor and lacking political power

33
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Board of Zoning Ajustments/(appeals?)

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quasi-judicial

34
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Planning commision

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replats and rezoning

35
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The Delphi Technique

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carefully chosen and succesive questionairs to seek opinions and reasons for those opinions, in an effort to reach concensus

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PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)

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project management technique for determining how much time a project needs before its complete. Each task is assigned a best, worst, and most probable time

37
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Nominal group technique

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type of brainstorming that aids team participation. Problem clarification, silent idea generation, round robin idea collecting, grouping and ranking

38
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economic base analysis

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looks at basic (can be exported ) and non-basic ( ) economic activity

39
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Hoshin Kanri

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method for ensuring that the strategic goals drive progress and action at every level within that organization. The process includes establishing a vision, developing objectives, deploy annual objectives, implement objectives, and then review progress on a monthly and annual basis.

40
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linnear programming

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method for determining the optimal solution

41
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what is a base industry?

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produces good and services consumed outside the local area. when local employment in an industry is greater than the region, and products of that employment are exported. Brings dollars in.

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whats is a non-basic industry?

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activities where good and service is consumed within the local economic area, circulates dolalrs within.

43
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what is a multiplier effect?

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shows impacts beyond original expensiture.

44
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what is shift-share

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analysis that compares growth rates among industrial sectors, distinguishes between local and national trends

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