Functional Areas of Practice Flashcards
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A regional planning agency creating a coordinated land use and transit investment strategy is using which approach?
Answer: Integrated land use and transportation planning
Integrated land use and transportation planning coordinates land development patterns with transit infrastructure to achieve regional goals.
Which functional area uses tools such as tax increment financing (TIF) districts to spur investment in distressed areas?
Answer: Redevelopment and revitalization planning
Redevelopment and revitalization planning commonly employs TIF districts to capture future tax revenue for reinvestment in blighted areas.
Environmental justice as a planning concern primarily falls under which functional area?
Answer: Social and community planning
Environmental justice—ensuring equitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens—is a core concern of social and community planning.
Which functional area involves preparing documents that assess potential environmental effects of proposed actions under NEPA?
Answer: Environmental impact planning
Environmental impact planning encompasses the preparation of Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) required under NEPA.
A planner helping a city adopt a new zoning code with form-based standards is primarily engaged in which area?
Answer: Land use and zoning regulation
Updating zoning codes, including form-based codes, falls within land use and zoning regulation as a core functional area.
Long-range demographic forecasting and growth management policies are central to which planning functional area?
Answer: Comprehensive planning
Comprehensive planning uses long-range demographic projections to guide growth management and community vision over a 20–25 year horizon.
Which functional area of practice is most concerned with the adaptive reuse of historic buildings and preservation of cultural landscapes?
Answer: Historic preservation planning
Historic preservation planning addresses the identification, evaluation, and reuse of historic structures and cultural landscapes.