A. Features of the Radburn, NJ, plan include all of the following except:
B. Ebenezer Howard is best known for the concept of self-sufficient towns with mixed economies which is called
C. The new town of Columbia, MD, has which of the following planned features?
D. Assume that you are the director of a local planning agency, and that you recognize the interdependency of the chief executive, the planning agency, operating departments and independent boards and commissions. In a hypothetical situation, a proposed expansion of a county airport and adjacent industrial areas is in opposition to the planning agency's proposal for a regional park location. The planning agency believes there are unique circumstances and sound reasons for preferring the regional park proposal along with future relocation of the airport to another site in the county. Which of the following strategies would likely place you, as the planning director, in the least effective coordinating role in resolving the conflict?
E. In 1926, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of comprehensive zoning in the case of
F. A budget which organizes the items in relation to the governmental objective in view is called
G. What is the smallest geographic area for which the US Census Bureau publications show the median family income from the decennial census?
The following changes have been proposed in the form of organization of planning departments in city government:
H. Which of the above options would most likely to produce conflicts within the staff of the planning commission?
I. Which of the above options would most likely to cause the planning director to lose his/her job as a result of the election of new political leadership?
J. Which of the above options would most likely to generate a jealous reaction from other agencies within city government?
K. Disjointed incrementalism has been proposed as
L. The distinctive planner contribution to a capital improvement program is
M. Which of the following has/ve been proposed as source(s) of justification for planner authority?
N. Transactive planning focuses on
O. Distortions in communication are the major concern of
P. You are the planning director of a medium-size city in an urban county sharing common boundaries with the regional council of governments. The COG has announced it will incorporate a development moratorium in its draft advisory regional plan. Your department has been working with local county property owners to incorporate a part of the undeveloped land a the boundary of the city in order to create an intensive business park. As the city's chief land use administrator, you should first:
Q. As manager of neighborhood planning you have been vaulted into a major advisory role to the newly-elected Mayor even though you remained neutral during the election and your former boss, the Director of Community Development, was her opponent in the race. Her supporters are rapidly being appointed to key positions in the department and also surround the Mayor in various policy roles. Her Honor has no clear neighborhood policy but is publicly thought to have one, therefore most of her policy people also think one exists. It has been difficult for you to get your point across in staff meetings that what is needed is more attention to neighborhoods, not less, or even status quo. You are coming to the conclusion that this must mean there will be no support for neighborhood planning and projects at the levels you believe to be necessary, despite your division's previous state APA award-winning activities. Further, you continue to hear rumors that one of the Mayor's campaign workers openly covets your job and is expecting to be appointed to it soon. You have enjoyed much success as division manager and have had aspirations of becoming director of the department. After several weeks of consternation you have decided to
R. As the new county planning director you have initiated the updating of the county comprehensive land use plan. You have decided to divide the county into planning districts so as to phase the assignment of your staff and to schedule the plan reviews with the planning commission and the County Commissioners. One area is essentially the "backwoods" of the county; it is known that folks in this area, although not organized, generally are anti-government and anti-regulation. This sentiment has been exacerbated by a recent dispute between a property owner and a building department inspector. You assume that if there is a turnout at the first area planning workshop, it will likely be hostile. Although you're committed to citizen participation, you believe there's little likelihood that a productive planning workshop will result. Therefore, you decide to
S. The first "comprehensive plan" adopted in the United States was in 1925 in
T. The American Greenbelt towns were built in the 1930s by