Fundamental Planning Knowledge Flashcards
(64 cards)
Ebenezer Howard would be most likely to promote the design and construction of
Garden Cities
Who is the person who introduced the concept of Satisficing?
Herbert Simon
Your AICP certification was revoked five years ago and you wish to seek reinstatement. How would you pursue reinstatement?
Submit a petition to the AICP Ethics Committee
How many people will each metropolitan statistical area contain?
Each metropolitan statistical area will contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more people
How many people will each micropolitan statistical area contain?
each micropolitan statistical area will contain at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 people
What is a binary variable?
are variables which only take two values. For example, Male or Female, True or False and Yes or No
In Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Commission, the US Supreme Court considered a regulation adopted pursuant to SC’s Beachfront Management Act that limited development on beachfront property. In that case, the Court held:
that where a law or regulation deprives an owner of all economically beneficial use of property, the owner is entitled to compensation as if the government had taken the property for public use.
Which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution prohibits governments from taking private property without just compensation?
Fifth
Aging in place means
allowing one to stay in one’s own home
In this Supreme Court case, the court found that the Fifth Amendment did not require a literal public use. The majority said, but the “broader and more natural interpretation of public use as ‘public purpose.’”
Kelo v. City of New London
Prior to the advent of comprehensive zoning ordinances, how did local governments deal with land use?
Nuisance laws
Which is the most common technique used to resolve conflict?
Feedback and compromise
In order to improve the sample reliability, which of the following should you do?
Increase the sample size
Clarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit concept
identifies 5-9,000 residents with a density of 10 units per acre and a school at the center and buildings around the edges for shopping.
What is the average width of a parking space in a parking lot?
9 feet
Associated Home Builders of Greater East Bay v. City of Livermore dealt with which of the following issues?
The Associated Home Builders case was related to when building permits could be developed based on the availability of infrastructure.
What is a colocation facility?
A building that provides space which is leased by the rack, cabinet, cage or room
II. A shared building that provides security, cooling, power, and bandwidth
Charles Lindblom is associated with
Incremental planning theories
Nominal Group Technique
allows for brainstorming allowing for all members of a group to meaningfully participate. There are silent times allowing for idea generation followed by individual sharing of ideas.
arbitration
Arbitration is a form of dispute resolution. In arbitration an independent third party makes a judicial determination of a dispute. Arbitration is commonly used in union contract disputes.
Agins v. City of Tiburon established that a regulation is a taking if
A regulation is a taking if it deprives the property of all economic value and does not advance a governmental interest. A temporary deprivation does not cause a taking.
Clarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit Concept (1929) was published in which of the following plans?
Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs
Advocacy planning
emphasized the importance of planning for the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders in the community.
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act requires that
religious freedom not be interrupted by treating churches with stronger requirements than other like uses.
