GEOG 4823, Urban & Regional Planning            FALL 2005

Exploring the WWW for Planning-Related Information

Your Name: _________________________________

You MUST use the World Wide Web to answer the questions in this homework assignment. Your name at the top of this page is taken to be your word that you have personally obtained your own answers by using the WWW. This assignment is worth 25 points. You must write legibly. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE IN CLASS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005.  

If you're new at searching for information on the WWW, I strongly recommend that you go to the "Internet for Geography" which features an online tutorial on Internet information skills for geographers at http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/geography/  to get a few pointers; the "Discover" section gives suggestions for how to improve your Internet searching ability.

Problem 1
Access the American FactFinder on the U. S. Census Bureau homepage at http://www.census.gov and supply the following data  for Cherokee County, Oklahoma (hint:  generate a Fact Sheet to help with some of these data):
    Variable (Year)
    		 Cherokee County, OK
    		 Tahlequah, OK
    Population (2000)

    Percent American Indian & Alaska Native (2000)

    Median household income (1999)

    Number of persons foreign born (2000)

    Percent housing units vacant (2000)

    Percent Hispanic (2000)

    Estimated population in 2004

    Percent population change from 2000 to 2004

Problem 2
Find the homepage for the American Planning Association. Explore that website to find the following information.
  1.   What was the median salary of planners in the U.S. in 2004? ______________.

  2. What is the primary purpose of the APA's Growing Smart Project (that resulted in the Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change, 2002 edition) ?






  3. What is AICP? ____________________________________________________________________________________

  4. According to Planning for Smart Growth: 2002 State of the States  "Nothing in Oklahoma's state laws call for comprehensive plan to be

    ______________________ or  _______________________, although the plans are __________________________."
    5.
Problem 3
 Find the Oklahoma City Planning Department's website and answer the following questions:
  1. The first comprehensive plan for Oklahoma City was completed in what year by which consulting firm?

    Year: ___________________________

    Firm: ________________________________________________________________________________

  2. What are the major wage credit and tax deduction incentives for business development in the Empowerment Zone in Oklahoma City?






    3.
Problem 4
State laws (statutes) governing urban planning in Oklahoma may be found in "Title 11. Cities and Towns" of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The Oklahoma Statutes is available online on the Oklahoma Public Legal Research System sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma. Find this online database and use it to answer the following questions.
  1. Title 11 Section 43.103 states that municipalities may regulate buildings and land to achieve how many objectives? 

    ___________.

  2. The fourth of these objectives is: _____________________________________________________________.

  3. Title 11 Section 43.110 provides for a PUD ordinance.  What is a PUD, and what is its purpose?
 

 
 


Problem 5
Find a WWW site that deals with each of the following topics and list its title and URL. A very good starting place is Cyburbia: The Urban Planning Portal at  http://www.cyburbia.org/.  Do NOT list any of the WWW sites used in Problems 1-4 above.
  1. Historic preservation:




  2. A specific city planning department:




  3. Zoning:




  4. Environmental planning:




  5. Transportation planning:
Originally created by Chuck Ziehr (2/1/97).  Last revised September 1, 2005.