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Limnology is the study of - Answer - The study of lakes and ponds is referred to as limnology. The science
encompasses the geological, physical, chemical and biological events that occur within lakes and ponds.
Sensory quality - Answer - Lynch's thesis is that communities and regions are best understood and
protected by understanding the sensory quality of places; how they look, feel, smell, and sound. "This
essay focuses on those sensory qualities of large, complex areas that can be most effectively managed at
the scale of a city or a substantial urban district, a metropolitan region or a rural countryside." "Making
Sense of a Region", page 9.
George Pullman - Answer - Created a model town for his company that was 8 miles south of Chicago.
Pullman was a railroad tycoon and inventor of the Pullman railroad car, was also a social inventor. In
Pullman, Illinois, his model company town, he tried to combine the industrialist's need for efficiency
with the worker's need for a decent home. The experiment failed partly because Pullman tried to
regulate the private lives of his tenants and partly because of the economic problems that engulfed the
project during the depression of the 1890s. When built, Pullman was a free-standing town eight miles
south of Chicago; it is now incorporated into the city and remains virtually intact. Source,
www.planning.org
The Town of Smithtown recently completed a delineation of the wellhead protection areas (zones of
contribution) for their six public water supply wells. Which of the following management techniques are
best suited for translating the zone of contribution delineation onto the Smithtown zoning map? -
Answer - An overlay zoning district "maps" the delineated area onto the zoning map. It is often
considered the most important step linking the scientific delineation to the management of the
resource.
This question focuses on techniques to address articulated goals and policies of a suburban town of
35,000 inhabitants.Which program is likely to be used to analyze the goal of annual land purchases for
conservation? - Answer - The correct answer is A(capital improvement program). A capital improvement
program will likely analyze capital purchase goals, including annual land purchases for conservation.
Which of the following sections of the federal Clean Water Act Point and Non—Point Source Control
program requires states to establish groundwater quality standards? - Answer - Section 303 requires
states to set groundwater quality standards when a clear tie exists between surface and ground water.
, Which of the following could be described as a probability distribution that is symmetrical around the
mean? - Answer - Normal Distribution is a probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean.
It is bell shaped and when with a standardized relationship between the mean and variance is called a
score. Source: "Study Guide Comprehensive Planning Examination of the American Institute of Certified
Planners" Published by Chapter Presidents Council American Planning Association, "Quantitative
Methods", page 163, 2002 Version.
United States adults average _____ minutes a day driving. - Answer - 72
You are a planner for the City of Oswego, Illinois. On Friday, a local developer submits a plan for
constructing a large development on 20 acres of currently vacant land in an undeveloped area of the
City. The land is currently zoned R-1. The developer's proposal is for multi-family (R-4) housing. The
School District has met with your department and expressed serious concerns about single family on
that property. The population estimates they use show that they would need to construct a new school
if single family homes are constructed there? Should you make a recommendation to approve mult-
family units in this area? Assume that it is the same number of units in the multi-family as it would be
for single family. - Answer - You should recommend to the Council that this development be approved
based upon the probability of less school-aged children with this multi-family development.
A "mode" can be described as which of the following? - Answer - the value of a distribution that has the
most occurring frequency
Special District's can be described as which of the following? - Answer - can be created to provide a
single service
A Goals-Achievement Matrix can be described as which of the following? - Answer - A method of
reviewing project alternatives by weighing alternatives according to the citizen group's goals
What can be an economic incentive for preserving undeveloped land? - Answer - TDRs- Transfer of
Development Rights
In 1981, the U.S. Department of Transportation recommended that metropolitan regions be developed
into a series of centers to provide focal points for regional and subregional transit service. This concept
was called ________________. - Answer - Polycentric
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