Functional Areas of Practice Flashcards
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Which functional area involves applying GIS and spatial analysis to identify underserved communities for targeted investment?
Answer: Equity planning
Equity planning uses spatial analysis tools like GIS to identify disparities and direct resources to underserved communities.
A planner preparing a wildfire risk assessment and defensible space guidelines is operating in which functional area?
Answer: Natural hazards and emergency planning
Natural hazards and emergency planning addresses wildfire risk through assessments, defensible space regulations, and evacuation planning.
Which type of plan is most closely associated with the functional area of economic development planning?
Answer: Brownfield redevelopment plan
Brownfield redevelopment plans address contaminated sites with strategies to remediate and return them to productive economic use.
The Vision Zero initiative, aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities, primarily involves which functional area?
Answer: Transportation safety planning
Transportation safety planning encompasses Vision Zero programs that use engineering, education, and enforcement to eliminate traffic deaths.
A planner developing a Food System Plan to improve food access in low-income neighborhoods is working in which area?
Answer: Health and sustainability planning
Food system planning sits at the intersection of health and sustainability planning, addressing food access, urban agriculture, and nutrition equity.
Which functional area focuses on the design review of new developments to ensure compatibility with surrounding built context?
Answer: Urban design
Urban design involves design review processes that evaluate the visual, spatial, and contextual compatibility of new development proposals.
A planner coordinating a regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) process is primarily working in which functional area?
Answer: Housing planning
RHNA processes are a core tool of housing planning, allocating future housing production targets to jurisdictions within a region.