PUB 670 Public Planning and Change Management: Questions & Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions (Day Three)
1. How does the US Constitution protect the individual citizen against the state and local government’s misuse of “eminent domain”? Explain
2. What is zoning? Does the community have the right to regulate the activities of folks who own their own property? Give at least two examples
3. How does the “equal protection clause” of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S Constitution impact restrictive zoning practices of the local government?
4. What is land-use planning? What are the two major tools of land use planning? Explain and give examples
5. How do we finance capital expenditures? Explain
6. What is a zoning ordinance and how does it relate to land-use planning? How do you make zoning more flexible? Give some examples
Key Terms: Please define and give one example
1. Police Power
2. nonresidents
3. planning culture
4. forecasting
5. environmental protection
6. Municipal Bond
7. Planned Unit Development
8. Homeowner association
9. General Obligation Bond
10. Revenue Bond
11. Squatting vs Slums
12. Tract Housing