AICP Exam Prep- Plan Making and Implementation Section
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| show | Used to assist an organization in guiding its future. Sets goals, objectives and policies for reaching the set objectives.
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| show | Process whereby citizens attend series of meetings that provide the opportunity for them to offer input on how the community could be in the future. Citizens develop vision statement. 20-30 year time horizon.
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| Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Surveys | show 🗑
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| Written Surveys | show 🗑
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| Group-administered Surveys | show 🗑
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| show | Survey is dropped off at someone's home or business. Response rates are higher than with mail surveys because of the personal contact. Can be time-consuming. Sample group is generally small.
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| show | Useful for yes/no answers. Response rate varies greatly. Can be expensive and take a long time. Can be biased due to interaction with the interviewer.
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| show | Can be administered online or via email. It is inexpensive and generates quick responses. Higher response rate than written or interview surveys. Downside is you won't reach people without internet access or people who can't read and write.
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| Slope | show 🗑
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| Floor Area Ratio (FAR) | show 🗑
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| Descriptive Statistics | show 🗑
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| show | Determine characteristics of a population based on observations made on a sample from that population. We infer things about the population based on what is observed in the sample
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| show | Average of a distribution. The mean of [2,3,4,5] is 3.5
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| show | Middle number of a ranked distribution. The median of [2,3,4,6,7] is 4
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| show | Most frequent number in a distribution. The modes of [1,2,3,3,5,6,7,7] are 3 and 7.
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| Nominal data | show 🗑
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| Ordinal Data | show 🗑
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| Normal Distribution | show 🗑
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| Range | show 🗑
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| show | Average of squared difference of scores from the mean score of a distribution. Is a descriptor of probability distribution (how far the numbers lie from the mean).
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| Linear Method (Population) | show 🗑
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| show | Uses available data to estimate current population. For example, 100 new single-family building permits, with an average household size for the community of 2.5, would mean 250 new residents
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| show | Method uses the ratio of the population in a city and a county (or larger unit) at a known point in time to project current or future population.
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| show | Uses the current population plus natural increase and net migration to calculate a future population. It is calculated for men and women in specific age groups. Specific time intervals, such as 5 and 10 years, are used
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| show | Looks at basic and non-basic economic activities. Basic activities are those that can be exported and non-basic are locally oriented. Exporting industries make up economic base of that region
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| show | Ratio of an industry's share of local employment divided by its share of the nation (or other level of govt). Less than one = importing economy and Greater than one = exporting economy
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| Shift-Share Analysis | show 🗑
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| Input-Output Analysis | show 🗑
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| 2010 Decennial Census of Population and Housing | show 🗑
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| 2000 Decennial Census | show 🗑
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| Rate of Response to US Census | show 🗑
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| show | Urban nucleus of 50,000 or more with population density of 1,000 persons per sq. mile and may have adjoining territory with at least 500 persons per sq. mile. In 2000, 68% of Americans lived in 452 urbanized areas
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| Urban Cluster (Census Term) | show 🗑
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| Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) | show 🗑
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| Megalopolis | show 🗑
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| Census Tract | show 🗑
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| show | Smallest level at which the Census data is collected- typically 400 housing units per block
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| Tribal Designated Statistical Area | show 🗑
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| Top 10 Fastest Growing Metro Areas btwn 2000-2010 | show 🗑
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| Did average household size increase or decrease between 1970 and 2010? | show 🗑
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| American Community Survey (ACS) | show 🗑
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| Generation Y/Echo Boom | show 🗑
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| Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) | show 🗑
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| Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) | show 🗑
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| Fiscal Impact Analysis (aka Cost-Revenue Analysis) | show 🗑
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| show | Created by National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
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| Environmental Assessment | show 🗑
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| show | Required for federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Scoping takes place in early stages and often is the first contact between project proponents and the public.
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| 4 Sections of an EIS | show 🗑
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| show | Probable impact of proposed action; adverse env effects that can't be avoided; alternatives to proposed action; relationship btwn local short-term uses of the environment and maintenance and long-term productivity of land; irreversible resources involved
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| show | Includes long-term purchases such as a new building, water main, rec center, etc. Is a one-year budget while a Capital Improvements Program (CIP) is a 5-10 year look at capital needs of a community
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| show | Emphasis is on projecting the budget for the next year while adding inflationary costs. Has a short-term focus, only looks one year into the future.
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| Planning, Programming, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) | show 🗑
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| show | Budget organized by program areas; long-range planning of goals, programs and req'd resources; policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation.
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| Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB) | show 🗑
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| show | Efficiency/effectiveness of programs to be re-evaluated on a reg basis; Agencies prepare “decision packages” for each program; Decision packages ranked by exec- facilitates budget cuts by Council.
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| Performance-based Budget | show 🗑
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| Components of Performance-based Budgets | show 🗑
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| show | Allows a designated area to have tax revenue increases used for capital improvements in that area
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| show | Allows a particular group of people to assess the cost of a public improvement
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| 3 Types of Taxes | show 🗑
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| show | Fairness, Certainty, Convenience, Efficiency, Productivity, Neutrality
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| show | Estimates total monetary values of the benefits and costs to a community due to a project. Originated by French engineer Jules Dupuit in 1848.
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| Goals Achievement Matrix | show 🗑
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| show | Developed in 1917 by Charles Gantt. This chart focuses on the sequence of tasks necessary for project completion
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| Linear Programming | show 🗑
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| show | Scheduling method that graphically illustrates the interrelationships of project tasks. Good choice when precise time estimates are not available. Involves specific activities and milestones and their sequencing and critical path
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| show | The analysis results in a “critical path” through the project tasks. Each project task has a known amount of time to complete and cannot be completed before the previous one is completed. The longest pathway is the critical pathway
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