Potpourri 1
Three themes that an economic strategy should be build around
What is supporting businesses, supporting workers, and supporting quality of life
What land use planning bill provided some protection to Oregon's coastal communities from a CSZ event? What happened to the bill
SB 379. Bill was abolished--no longer applies.
States in which you can afford a two-bedroom apt. at fair market rent when making federal min. wage
NONE--no state.
You want to tryout a new zoning policy that allows for outdoor dinning areas but are not sure how successful the policy will be. So you try (blank) first
Green infrastructure can help mitigate....
What is stormwater runoff? Air pollution? etc.
What is transfer of development rights?
Ways to increase affordable housing supply
Inclusionary zoning, incentives and direct subsidies to builders/developers, efficient use of zoning (ADUs, microhousing)?
Two examples where overlay zoning is often used
What is hazard mitigation and historic preservation?
Define Magnitude
How strong a natural hazard event is
3 ways to mitigate natural hazard risk before a disaster occurs
1. Avoid impact in the first place
2.Modify the location: allowable land uses
3.Modify the design: engineering/ infrastructure/management
Risk is...
What is the overlap between the natural hazard and the exposure, sensitivity, and resilience of the system?
Define Exposure
People, places, buildings, resources, assets that are or could be impacted by natural hazards
Define sensitivity
Do much natural hazard impacts (or potential impacts) people, places, buildings, assets, resources because who/what/where/how they are
Define Adaptive Capacity
Ability to use available knowledge, tools/technologies, resources and networks to avoid or reduce harmful consequences of natural hazards
Threshold at which if more than gross annual household income is going to housing costs, then you qualify for affordable housing
30%
How fast a system returns to pre-event conditions after a disaster
What is Rapidity?
Difference between Coping and Transformational Capacities
Scale (individual) and time (immediate vs. long-term implementation)
How much a system fails after a disaster event
What is robustness?
A developer is building a large residential community, the city requires that the developer upgrade the roads to the community before the development goes in. This is an example of
What is concurrency?
Ways to decrease demand for affordable housing
Increasing the supply of affordable housing through direct housing subsidies, section 8 housing, changing zoning laws (no exclusionary zoning), subsidies & incentives to builders/developers, and increasing min. wage.
Currently rent control in Oregon can not increase over what % in a single year
What is 10%?
Give an example of a social cascade
Example....
Smart growth principle that applies to rural communities
What is ALL of them!!
This land use planning tool can help increase the number of affordable housing units and protect ecosystem services
What is public benefit rating systems?
A big wind storm brings down powerlines for several days in a community and residents unable to fill up their car with gas to move to a shelter because of the gas pumps need electricity to work. This is an example of
What is Cascading Hazard?