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Question 1

land area that is urban

Answer 1

8%

Question 2

median age

Answer 2

37.2

Question 3

urbanized area

Answer 3

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

Question 4

urban cluster

Answer 4

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

Question 5

metropolitan statistical area

Answer 5

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

Question 6

cencus tract

Answer 6

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

Question 7

censu block

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

56.2M acres, 40M in Alaska

Question 9

what is the largest single reservation land?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

what percent of waterways are considered impaired?

Answer 10

40%

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

how many ft in an acre?`

Answer 12

43,560

Question 13

how many ft in a mile?

Answer 13

5,280

Question 14

where was first zoning ordinacne

Answer 14

LA, 1908

Question 15

where was the first CITY WIDE zoning ordinance?

Answer 15

NYC, 1916

Question 16

where was the first urban growth boundary?

Answer 16

Lexington KY, 1958

Question 17

what is cocentric ring theory and who proposed it?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

what is sector theory and who propsed it?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

what is multiple nuclei theory and who proposed it?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what is bid rent theory and who proposed it?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

how much soil is lost per year?

Answer 21

4-5 tons per acre

Question 22

how much water is consumed per person, per day?

Answer 22

50-180 gallons

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, trip assignment

Question 25

what is chi square?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

what is linear regression

Answer 26

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

Question 27

what is the correlation coeficient?

Answer 27

the degree to which two variables are related

Question 28

what is the GINI coefficient?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

what housing bill supported the creation of local planning departments?

Answer 29

Housing Act of 1954, specifically section 701

Question 30

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

Answer 30

1949, lead to 800,000 new units

Question 31

what is a plebicite?

Answer 31

a direct vote on something

Question 32

what is a beneficiary assessment?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Board of Zoning Ajustments/(appeals?)

Answer 33

quasi-judicial

Question 34

Planning commision

Answer 34

replats and rezoning

Question 35

The Delphi Technique

Answer 35

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

Question 36

PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Nominal group technique

Answer 37

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

Question 38

economic base analysis

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Hoshin Kanri

Answer 39

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.

Question 40

linnear programming

Answer 40

method for determining the optimal solution

Question 41

what is a base industry?

Answer 41

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.

Question 42

whats is a non-basic industry?

Answer 42

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

Question 43

what is a multiplier effect?

Answer 43

shows impacts beyond original expensiture.

Question 44

what is shift-share

Answer 44

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