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AICP Exam 2011

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What is the dominant land use in the U.S.?   show
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How many Native American reservations are there in the U.S.?   show
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show Navajo, 16 million acres  
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show 50 gallons (but could be calculated as 120 - 180 gallons/person/day, depending on how is calculated and if lawns are being watered)  
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What are the 6 key pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act?   show
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show George Perkins Marsh, inspired the conservationist movement  
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Who wrote Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the U.S.? (1878)   show
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Who founded the Sierra Club (1892)?   show
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show First director of the U.S. Forest Service (1905), leader of conservation movement, advocating for both preservation and scientific management of natural resources  
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Who wrote The Last Landscape (1959)?   show
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show Rachel Carson, about the harmful effects of pesticides on animal, plant and human life  
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show 1897, to survey and classify all public domain lands  
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What is the largest concrete structure in the US?   show
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When was the first Earth Day?   show
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What is a conservation easement?   show
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show Established that environmental protection regulations are a reasonable exercise of the police power of the state and do not amount to a taking of private property without just compensation; The natural state of the shore land is a public interest that sup  
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show U.S. Supreme Court ruled that open space requirements established by the City of Tiburon did not result in a taking of property; Established the principle that a governmental action was not a regulatory taking if it substantially advanced a legitimate gov  
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Babbit v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon (1996)   show
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show U.S. Supreme Court decided that environmental protection laws prohibiting filling undeveloped salt marsh (wetlands) did not remove all economically viable use of the land and therefore this regulation was not a taking  
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What is NPDES (1972)?   show
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What is CAFE (1975)?   show
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)   show
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show Superfund, Gave EPA power to seek out those parties responsible for any hazardous releases and assure their cooperation in the cleanup  
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show Required coordination between states and metropolitan areas for air quality standards  
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Preservation v. conservation   show
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Number of endangered species?   show
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How has average size of single family detached homes changed over last 50 years?   show
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show 430 gallons  
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What is R-factor?   show
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What is effluent?   show
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Moraine   show
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show The study of the chemical, hydrological and biological aspects of lakes and ponds  
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show Refers to a lake or lake-type environment, such as a wetland  
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show Highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water; for nitrates: 10ppm; for flouride, 4ppm  
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What leads to algae bloom?   show
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show Highly mobile organic compound such as petroleum, hydrocarbons, and solvents that readily evaporate  
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What land use maps are included in a comprehensive plan?   show
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show 1 Acre = 43,560 SF  
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What is a Hectare?   show
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How many feet in a mile?   show
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show  
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First national park?   show
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show Florida, 1903  
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show New Orlens, 1921 (French Quarter)  
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First off-street parking regulations?   show
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First limited access highway?   show
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show 1901 (1909?)  
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show Olmstead, Jr  
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When was APA/AICP founded (merging of AIP and ASPO)?   show
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Rational Planning Model (synoptic), associated w who?   show
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Incremental Planning (humanistic movement), associated w who?   show
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Advocacy planning (radical), associated w who?   show
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City beautiful   show
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show Ebenezer Howard, 1989, Garden Cities of to-morrow  
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show LeCorbusier, 1920s  
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show Ernest Burgess, 1925  
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show Frank Lloyd Wright, 9132  
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Sector Theory   show
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show Harris and Ulman, 1945  
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show William Alonso, 1960  
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New Urbanism   show
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show Harvey Molotch, 1987  
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show Joel Garreau, 1991, Suburban cities gaining on older core cities  
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show Eminent domain, Department store, Established aesthetics and redevelopment as a valid purpose for exercising eminent domain; Public ownership of land not the sole way to promote public purpose;  
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Nollan v California Coastal Commission (1987)   show
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show Takings  
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show Freedom of speech  
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show Growth management; Local govts can control growth on basis that adequate public services and facilities are nec. and should preced addtl subdiv dev  
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Southern Burlington NAACP v Township of Mount Laurel (1975, 1983)   show
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Executive Order 12898 (1994)   show
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show Eminent domain  
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show Takings  
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City of Rancho Palos Verde v Abrams   show
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show State courts can adjudicate challenges to land use decisions  
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show Clarence Perry  
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Radburn, NJ   show
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show Hoover, Dept of Commerce  
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show Hoover, Dept of Commerce  
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show Rules for Radicals, Community Organizing, “Organization of organizations”  
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Economic Opportunity Act (1964)   show
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show Chief of Planning in Cleveland 1969-1979 (AICP code of ethics?)  
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Citizen participation   show
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show 1) Aspirational principles (cannot be enforced), 2) Rules of conduct (must be followed), 3) Procedures (for handling charges of misconduct)  
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show 1) Serve public interest, 2) Seek social justice, work to expand choice and opportunity, 3) responsibility to clients and employers, 4) responsibility to the profession  
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Ethics: Rules of conduct:   show
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show Transparency, Disclosure, Documentation  
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Ethics: Who makes the final determination in a charge of ethics misconduct?   show
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show Louis Wirth, promoted urbanism as the prevailing way of life in contemporary society, and that density has an effect on people’s behavior  
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show 1973  
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Property Administration 41 Act of 1949   show
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What year was American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) established?   show
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show Gave public land to each state to be sold for the establishment of “engineering, agriculture and military science colleges (land grant colleges)  
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show U.S. Supreme Court, Acknowledges principle of regulatory taking (land use restriction constituted a taking)  
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Cumulative zoning   show
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show Allows only stated use and not less intensive uses  
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Exclusive zoning   show
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Delphi method   show
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Fred French Investing Co v City of NY (1976)   show
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show Radial design of Washington, DC  
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Cincinnati Plan, 1925   show
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Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, 1921   show
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San Fransisco Zoning Ordinance, 1867   show
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Dolan v City of Tigard (1994)   show
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Hadacheck v Sebastian (1915)   show
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Construction Indust. Assn. of Sonoma County v City of Petaluma   show
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Young v. American Mini Theaters (1976)   show
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show  
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show US Supreme Court struck down ordinance that banned com and non-com off-site billboards yet permitted on-site signage as violation of free speech  
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First urban growth boundary?   show
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show Viewed land use as a function of accessibility  
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show Exercise of police power, which means government’s right to impose regulations to protect public health, safety and welfare  
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Euclidean zoning   show
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show 1925, developed comprehensive plan for Cincinnati, the first American city to adopt a comprehensive plan; Defending zoning in Amber v Eucid  
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Form-based zoning   show
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Transect zoning   show
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Performance zoning   show
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Exactions   show
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Easement   show
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Right of way   show
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show Prohibits the government from taking private property for public use without paying just compensation to the property owner (14th Amendment deals with due process in taking)  
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show A claim is ready for judicial review only after a property owner has sought all possible relief through, for example, variance or condemnation procedures  
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Variance is permissible when   show
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show US Supreme Court upheld validity of zoning as a legitimate exercise of policy power, and emphasized the need to separate land uses, in order to protect public health, safety and welfare; established zoning as a legitimate exercise of police power by local  
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Spur Industries v Del E Webb Dev Co (1972)   show
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City Council v Taxpayers for Vincent (1984)   show
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show Agriculture  
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show 275  
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show Navajo, 16 million acres  
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show 50 gallons (but could be calculated as 120 - 180 gallons/person/day, depending on how is calculated and if lawns are being watered)  
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What are the 6 key pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act?   show
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Who wrote Man vs. Nature (1864)?   show
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show John Wesley Powell, proposal to foster settlement and conserve water in the arid west  
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show John Muir, to promote the protection and preservation of the natural environment  
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show First director of the U.S. Forest Service (1905), leader of conservation movement, advocating for both preservation and scientific management of natural resources  
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show William H. Whyte, coined the term greenway  
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show Rachel Carson, about the harmful effects of pesticides on animal, plant and human life  
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show 1897, to survey and classify all public domain lands  
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show Grand Coulee Dam, on the Columbia River in central Washington State, buildt for irrigation, electric power generation, and flood control  
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show April 22, 1970  
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show separates ownership of land from the right to develop that land  
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show Established that environmental protection regulations are a reasonable exercise of the police power of the state and do not amount to a taking of private property without just compensation; The natural state of the shore land is a public interest that sup  
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show U.S. Supreme Court ruled that open space requirements established by the City of Tiburon did not result in a taking of property; Established the principle that a governmental action was not a regulatory taking if it substantially advanced a legitimate gov  
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show U.S. Supreme Court decided that the government can restrict land development to protect endangered species and their habitats, and it does not constitute a taking; Harm includes significant habitat modification or degradation that kills or injures wildlif  
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Palazzolo v. State of Rhode Island   show
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show National Pollution Discharge Elimination System: Authorized by the Clean Water Act, to control water pollution by regulation point sources that discharge pollutants into U.S. water bodies; Industrial and municipal polluters must obtain a NPDES discharge p  
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show Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for light trucks and passenger cars  
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show Cradle-to-grace legislation for hazardous waste materials (EPA controled)  
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show Superfund, Gave EPA power to seek out those parties responsible for any hazardous releases and assure their cooperation in the cleanup  
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA, 1991)   show
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Preservation v. conservation   show
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Number of endangered species?   show
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How has average size of single family detached homes changed over last 50 years?   show
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Aveage annual per capita consumption of gasoline in 2000?   show
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What is R-factor?   show
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show The treated wastewater discharged by sewage treatment plants  
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Moraine   show
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show The study of the chemical, hydrological and biological aspects of lakes and ponds  
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Lacustrine   show
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show Highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water; for nitrates: 10ppm; for flouride, 4ppm  
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What leads to algae bloom?   show
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show Highly mobile organic compound such as petroleum, hydrocarbons, and solvents that readily evaporate  
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What land use maps are included in a comprehensive plan?   show
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show 1 Acre = 43,560 SF  
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What is a Hectare?   show
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How many feet in a mile?   show
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show  
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First national park?   show
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show Florida, 1903  
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First Historic Preservation Commission?   show
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show Columbus, OH 1923  
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First limited access highway?   show
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When was the first national conference on City planning?   show
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Who founded the American City Planning Institute, and when?   show
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When was APA/AICP founded (merging of AIP and ASPO)?   show
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Rational Planning Model (synoptic), associated w who?   show
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Incremental Planning (humanistic movement), associated w who?   show
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Advocacy planning (radical), associated w who?   show
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City beautiful   show
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Garden Cities   show
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show LeCorbusier, 1920s  
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Concentric Ring Theory   show
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show Frank Lloyd Wright, 9132  
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show Homer Hoyt, 1939, Proposed that urban areas develop by sectors, formed along communication and transportation routes  
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Multiple Nuclei Theory   show
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Bid Rent Theory   show
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show Andres Duany, 1982  
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show John Logan and Harvey Molotch, 1987, Proposed that urban development is actually directed by those elite members of the community who control the resources and have business and political interests that benefit from development  
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Edge City   show
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show Eminent domain, Department store, Established aesthetics and redevelopment as a valid purpose for exercising eminent domain; Public ownership of land not the sole way to promote public purpose;  
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Nollan v California Coastal Commission (1987)   show
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show Takings; Coastal zone protection prohibited building a house on shorefront; U.S. Supreme Court found that regulations that deny all economic use of property constitute a taking (unless existing state prop and nuisance law prohibit such use  
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City of Ladue v Gilleo (1994)   show
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Golden v Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo (1972)   show
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Southern Burlington NAACP v Township of Mount Laurel (1975, 1983)   show
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show Environmental Justice  
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Kelo v City of New London (2005)   show
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Lingle v Chevron (2005)   show
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City of Rancho Palos Verde v Abrams   show
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San Remo Hotel L.P. v City and County of San Fransisco (2005)   show
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Traditional Neighborhood Unit   show
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show Stein and Wright  
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Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (1926)   show
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show Hoover, Dept of Commerce  
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Saul Alinsky   show
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show  
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show Chief of Planning in Cleveland 1969-1979 (AICP code of ethics?)  
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show “the process through which citizens who live and/or work in an area are actively involved in the dev of plans and recommendations”  
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What are the 3 sections of the AICP Code of Ethics?   show
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show 1) Serve public interest, 2) Seek social justice, work to expand choice and opportunity, 3) responsibility to clients and employers, 4) responsibility to the profession  
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show 1) Provide adequate, timely, clear and accurate info, 2) must not advocate opposing positions, 3) must not take unfair advantage of a sitaution, 4) Avoid conflict of interest of appearance thereof  
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Ethics: Procedure:   show
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show The AICP Ethics Committee  
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Urbanism as a Way of Life (1938)   show
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Endangered Species Act year?   show
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Property Administration 41 Act of 1949   show
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show 1934  
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Morrill Act (1862)   show
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Pennsylvania Coal v Mahon (1922)   show
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show Older approach to regulating land use; A hierarchical approach in which less intensive uses such as residences are allowed in areas of more intensive use, such as commercial districts  
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show Allows only stated use and not less intensive uses  
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show  
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show Public participation (RAND), 1) Identify needs/goals/objectives or alternatives; 2) establish priorities, group preferences, differences among diverse reference groups; 3) educating and identifying areas of consensus and disagreement by sharing informatio  
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show Transfer of Development Rights  
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show Radial design of Washington, DC  
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Cincinnati Plan, 1925   show
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show  
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show  
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Dolan v City of Tigard (1994)   show
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show US Supreme county ruled that restricting certain nuisances land uses was a legitimate exercise of police power; Upheld ordinance in LA prohibiting operation of brickyard  
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Construction Indust. Assn. of Sonoma County v City of Petaluma (1971)   show
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Young v. American Mini Theaters (1976)   show
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Penn Central Transportation Co. v City of New Yok (1978)   show
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Metromedia Inc v City of San Diego (1981)   show
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show Lexington and FAyette County, KY (1958)  
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show Viewed land use as a function of accessibility  
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show Exercise of police power, which means government’s right to impose regulations to protect public health, safety and welfare  
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Euclidean zoning   show
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Alfred Bettman   show
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Form-based zoning   show
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Transect zoning   show
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show focuses on the intensity of development that is acceptable and its impact on the environment; does not deal with use but with how development impacts the surrounding area  
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show Costs levied on developers as a condition for receiving permission to develop in a community (i.e. contribution of land, facilities or funding); Extractions reflect the costs that a dev is projected to impose on a community  
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Easement   show
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show Right granted by owner to other to building, maintain and use a road, pathway or utility line across the owner’s property  
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5th Amendment   show
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show A claim is ready for judicial review only after a property owner has sought all possible relief through, for example, variance or condemnation procedures  
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Variance is permissible when   show
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Euclid v Ambler (1926)   show
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show Preexisting feedlot became a nuisance for a newer residential area; state court of appeals ruled that feedlot should move to accommodate addtl urban dev; dev’rs required to pay expenses and damages  
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City Council v Taxpayers for Vincent (1984)   show
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City of Renton v Playtime Theaters (1986)   show
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First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v County of Los Angeles (1987)   show
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Tahoe Sierra Preservation Council v Tahoe Regional Planning Association (2002)   show
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Land Ordinance of 1785   show
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show Confirmed the states’ authority to delegate police power to municipalities to enact local zoning ordinances; Drafted under Secretary of Commerce Hoover  
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show Outlined powers of municipal planning commissions and required the adoption of a master plan by local governing bodies; Provided for establishment of regional planning commissions and regional plans; Published by Dept of Commerce under Hoover  
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show Established the basis for Urban Renewal  
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show Established Section 701 planning grants to local govts  
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show Created Model Cities, focusing on community participation; emphasized social and economic rebuilding of communities rather than physical development  
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4 Steps of Hazard Mitigation Planning   show
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show The tolerable soil loss that, if exceeded, would adversely affect the productivity of the soil  
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show Gradual sinking of land, sometimes due to excessive groundwater pumping in surface drainage patters due to urbanization  
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