Test 1 Flashcards
Accessibility
Ease of getting to destinations as a function of immediate land use systems
Activity Centers
Mixed use urban location that has commercial and other uses Ex. CBD
Area-wide land use policy plan
Strategies for revitalizing entire neighborhood which address many challenges ex. Brownfield
Buildout analysis
Estimation of amount and location of potential development area
Capacity analysis
Projects population and job growth and establishes limitations of land
Cohort component method
Population projection method that allows for application of age gender and ethnic
Common law
Law derived from judicial precedent
Community wide land use design plans
Process of formulating a seamless community wide spatial structure of major and minor activity centers
Conservation easement
Agreement between two parties to permanently limit use of land to preserve it
Dilution of property rights
Created when rights are not well defined
Exaction
Condition imposed where developers is required to mitigate anticipated negative impacts
External plan quality
How compatible is plan with external factors
Goals vs objectives
Goal - ideal future condition
Objective - tangible outcome leading to achievement of goal
Holding capacity analysis
How much development an area can sustain
Growth boundaries
Regional boundary set to control urban sprawl
Input-output method
Analysis based on interdependencies between land use sectors
Land assembly
Piecing together small chucks of land for a bigger site development Ex. Northland project
Land classification
Defines type of activity on a piece of land
Land policy
Process used to classify land
Land records system
System used to keep land records
Land transect
Defined series of zones that range from sparse rural areas to dense urban cores
Landscape Fragmentation
Transforming large habitat patches into smaller more isolated patches
Location standards va principles
Principles is clear and defensible guide lines for growth, preservation, redevelopment and sustainability
Lucas taking
Complete deprivation of all economically beneficial use of land
Natural resources inventory
Periodic assessment of status and changing conditions of soil and water
New Urbanism
Movement which promotes environmentally friendly and sustainable urban development
Nuisance
Impedes the right to quiet enjoyment
Open space conservation districts
Designating an area as a critical environmental area or conservation area
Physical takings
Government takes land through eminent domain
Pied-a-terre
Temporary or second house
Planning support system
Geo-info instruments that help planners manage activities in an area
Police power
State government has the authority to regulate land use to protect welfare of people
Population pyramid
Graph shows age distribution in a population
Public good
Good faith project by government that benefits its citizens
Purchase of development rights
Can purchase these rights to protect the land for sensitive or aesthetic reasons
Ratio/share techniques
Study of ratio of area characteristics or share vs the larger parent region
Regulatory taking
Zoning code changes that may keep some development from occurring
Small area plans
Focus on specific strategically important geographical areas within planning jurisdictions
Smart growth
Accommodating growth based on consensus of development decisions through inclusive and participatory processes
Sustainable development
Development that tries to emphasize the goal of intergenerational equity build within means of natural system
Taking clause
Gov needs to provide just compensation if they take the land
Transfer of development rights
Land owner sells development rights for use on different property
Tax abatement
Reduction in level of taxation
Tax lien sales
Liens are auctioned off to highest bidder right to collect liens and interest from homeowner
Urban densification
Increasing city density more people inhabiting cities
Urban transect
Transition through zones in an urban area from CBD to city line
Use rights
Tells developers what can be done with land
