Areas of Practice (12%)

Question 1

Subarea Planning / Corridor Transportation Planning

Answer 1

regional level planning

mostly MPO conducted

Question 2

2. Subarea Planning / National Corridor Planning

Answer 2

Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

goal is multimodal systems

Question 3

2. Subarea Planning / Scenic Corridor Planning

Answer 3

FHWA developed national scenic byway program 1992

designate and fund enhancements of scenic highways

corridor management plan must be prepared as part of process

national programs as well as state programs

Question 4

2. Subarea Planning / Neighborhood Planning

Answer 4

traced to Chicago school sociologists in early 1900, burgess and Robert park

Question 5

2. Subarea Planning / Neighbourhood Unit Concept

Answer 5

Clarence Perry, 1920s

160 acres, 5,000 population

Question 6

3. Current Planning / plat

Answer 6

map of a tract or parcel of land

Question 7

3. Current Planning / replat

Answer 7

allows for lots to be subdivided further or added back together

Question 8

3. Current Planning / performance bonds

Answer 8

agreement between property owner and community to ensure final plat is built as shown on drawings within certain time period

Question 9

3. Current Planning / dedications and impact fees

Answer 9

dedications are gifts of land for public purposes

impact fees are charged for off-site infrastructure needed to provide service to a development

Question 10

4. Sustainability and Resilience Planning / growth management

Answer 10

predates smart growth

Question 11

4. Sustainability and Resilience Planning / smart growth

Answer 11

planning for greater sustainability

range of housing opportunities
walkable neighbourhoods
community/stakeholder collaboration
distinctive, attractive places
development decisions predictable, fair, cost effective
mix land uses
preserve open space
variety of transportation choices
direct development towards existing communities
take advantage of compact building design

Question 12

6. Infrastructure Planning / adequate public facilities ordince

Answer 12

allows local govt to deny or delay new development if existing services cannot support it

Question 13

6. Infrastructure Planning / concurrency

Answer 13

practice of requiring infrastructure being place and available at a specified level of service prior to development being allowed to occur

Question 14

6. Infrastructure Planning / daylighting

Answer 14

placing windows and reflective surfaces to internal illumination provided

Question 15

8. Natural Resources Planning / Earth Day

Answer 15

April 22 1970

Question 16

8. Natural Resources Planning / Clean Water Act

Answer 16

1972

anyone wanting to discharge pollutants needs a permit

Question 17

8. Natural Resources Planning / Clean Air Act

Answer 17

1970

includes provisions that cut off federal funding for metro areas not in attainment

in non attainment areas, new pollution sources are allowed only if there is a reduction in pollutants greater than the pollutants contributed by the source

Question 18

10. Urban Design / context sensitive design

Answer 18

road standards and development practices sensitive to community values

Question 19

10. Urban Design / form-based code

Answer 19

regulate development for urban form

building facades and public realm

Question 20

10. Urban Design / new urbanism

Answer 20

compact and walkable neighbourhoods

counter response to radiant city