AICP Exam Study Links
Special thanks to Henry Bittaker for putting these together
EXAM – GENERAL
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AICP EXAM
The application process for the May
2008 exam is now closed [DEADLINE was Feb. 5, 2008]
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OTHER AICP EXAM
INFORMATION
POST MAY 2004 AICP EXAM DISCUSSION (Washington Chapter)
EXAM TIPS
TWO
ETHICAL SCENARIOS (Washington Chapter)
· http://www.washington-apa.org/pdf/Ethical%20Scenarios.pdf
2008 APA EXAM PREP
1.0 STUDY NOTES ADDENDUM (Exam Candidates & CD-ROM Purchasers)
· http://www.planning.org/certification/pdf/examprepaddendum.pdf
2007 APA
CONFERENCE AICP HANDOUT
2006 APA
CONFERENCE AICP HANDOUTS
APA
PLANNING PRACTICE ARTICLES
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“BEST” COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LINKS
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COLORADO AICP STUDY LINKS
PENNSYLVANIA NEW AICP STUDY LINKS
NEVADA – PREVIOUS PENNSYLVANIA STUDY LINKS
WASHINGTON AICP STUDY LINKS
NORTH
CAROLINA AICP
STUDY LINKS
FIRST
COAST FLORIDA SECTION STUDY LINKS
INDIANA CHAPTER
· http://www.indianaplanning.org/aicp.htm
STUDY STACK AICP
STUDY TABLES -- [A Fun Way to Study]
(HINT 1: Click on
“Show All” button if some portions of table are blackened out)
(HINT 2: Try out “Flashcards” function at bottom to test yourself)
· ENVIRONMENTAL
Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-25324
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-72702
· LEGAL
Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-13053
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-32356
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-32140
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-32462
· CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-18804
· RESEARCH
METHODS Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-24444
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-24445
· PLANNING
THEORY Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-52969
· CENSUS Study
Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-24554
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-37857
· ETHICS
Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-14636
· TRANSPORTATION
Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-41791
· PLANNING
MOVEMENTS Study Tables
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-25299
FLASH
CARD EXCHANGE - AICP
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/aicp
PLANNING
COMMISSIONER’S JOURNAL SUBJECTS
http://pcj.typepad.com/
ONLINE UNIVERSITY
PLANNING DEPARTMENT COURSES
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“OTHER” MAJOR INFORMATION STUDY
LINKS
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APA Policy guides on a range of items can be found at:
Planning publications
(NOTE: APA or AICP members have increased access to old articles):
Other online comprehensive
sources (often searchable)
AICP STUDY GROUP –
SPRING ‘08 STUDY LINKS
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I. History, Theory and Law
[15%]
A. History of planning
B. Planning law
C. Theory of planning
D. Patterns of human settlement
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History
of planning
TOP 25
INFLUENTIAL “PLANNERS” (before 1978)
http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/influentials.htm
(contains
additional links to more details about individual planners)
IMPORTANT
PLANNERS
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007apr/perspectives.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2006apr/edbacon.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2006mar/pioneers.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2005mar/aicp.htm
HISTORY
TIMELINE OF PLANNING PROFESSION
http://www.planning.org/pathways/history.htm
(contains additional links to more details about some events)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_planners
PLANNING
HISTORY
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/AICP%20Exam%20Review%20Course/Planning%20History.htm
http://www.nc-apa.org/images/stories/AICP%20Review/historypresentation.pdf
http://www.indianaplanning.org/AICP/AICP%20Plan%20History%20Overview.pdf
http://www.firstcoastapa.org/pdfs/FCAPA_plan_survey%20lite.pdf
http://www.firstcoastapa.org/pdfs/FCAPA_plan_theory.pdf
PLANNING
HISTORY & BRIEF LAW CHECKLIST
http://www.indianaplanning.org/AICP/AICP%20Plan%20History%20Overview.pdf
HISTORY
TIMELINE OF MAJOR PLANNING PUBLICATIONS
http://www.planning.org/pathways/timebook.htm
(contains additional links to more details about individual books or articles)
PLANNING
MOVEMENTS
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/
http://www.planning.org/pathways/plancomm.htm
http://www.planning.org/pathways/urbandesign.htm
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-25299
The Landscape Tradition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_architecture
Engineering Livable Cities
http://www-iurd.ced.berkeley.edu/pub/WP-2001-04.PDF
http://www.planning.org/viewpoints/working.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007dec/6steps.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007nov/checkthemout.htm
Garden Cities
http://www.planning.org/pathways/details/gardcity.htm
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/gardenCity.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_city_movement
http://courses.eas.ualberta.ca/eas293/SEPTEMBER%20LECTURES/Sept_19_07.pdf
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007jun/perspectives.htm
City Beautiful
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/citybeautiful.htm
Practical Planning
Regionalism, 1910 to 1940
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/greenBeltTown.htm
http://www.planning.org/pathways/regional.htm
http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/general/geddes.html
http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/planning/1983apr.htm
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=28163996080410
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority
Public Housing and Urban Renewal
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/pruittIgoe.htm
http://www.nc-apa.org/images/stories/AICP%20Review/summary_of_housing_programs.pdf
Measuring and Modeling
Advocacy and Equity Planning
ADVOCACY PLANNING
http://www.plannersnetwork.org/publications/2007_spring/angotti.htm
http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/publications/advforum/v6n1/Kurzman.html
EQUITY PLANNING
http://www.fundersnetwork.org/usr_doc/equity_paper.pdf
http://urban.csuohio.edu/ust607text/ch22planning.pdf
http://jpl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/11/1/112
http://www.twlester.com/Unpublished%20Class%20Papers/Equity%20Planning.doc
KRUMHOLZ
- http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/694_reg.html
Urban
Growth and Environmental Concerns
Statewide Land-Use Planning Programs
http://www.planning.org/guidebook/pdf/guidebook/chapter4.pdf
http://www.planning.org/guidebook/pdf/guidebook/chapter5.pdf
Redesigning Downtown
Renewed Neighborhoods, New Towns, and New Urbanism
https://www.planning.org/25anniversary/planning/1989aug.htm
http://studentweb.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/das53/newUrbanism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Urbanism
New Regionalism
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1779556/The-new-regionalism-key-characteristics.html
http://www.planning.org/pathways/regional.htm
Environmental Justice
http://www.planning.org/thecommissioner/Summer07/ejustice.htm
http://www.planning.org/thecommissioner/Summer07/resources.htm
Sustainability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
http://www.plannersweb.com/planning-abcs/s.html
http://www.sustainable.org/
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2008jan/savingtheworld.htm
SUSTAINABLE PLANNING
https://www.planning.org/policyguides/sustainability.htm
Healthy Cities and Communities
http://www.scahec.net/courses/PH%20Modules/Mod4Hancock.pdf
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5258749/Planning-s-role-in-building.html
http://eau.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/11/1/201.pdf
TERMS - http://www.planning.org/research/pdf/healthycommfactsheet.pdf
LAND USE - http://www.planning.org/research/pdf/healthycommfactsheet2.pdf
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007mar/healthychoice.htm
HEALTH MEASURING TOOL - http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007mar/healthychoiceside2.htm
Planning
law
HISTORY
TIMELINE OF LAWS
http://www.planning.org/pathways/laws.htm
(contains additional links to more details about some events)
(NOTE: click on “light blue name” to get more details about
individual event)
U.S
CONSTITUTION & AMENDMENTS
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
PLANNING
LAW
http://www.planningpa.org/lawnotes.pdf
http://www.nc-apa.org/images/stories/AICP%20Review/Annotated%20Planning%20Law%20Outline.doc
TOP 25
LEGAL CASES
http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/cases.htm
(contains additional links to more details about each case)
Kelo
Case – http://www.planning.org/amicusbriefs/kelo.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007mar/eminentdomain.htm
Kelo & Lingle
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2005jul/news.htm
http://www.planning.org/PEL/jul05kelo.htm
Penn
Central - http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/planning/2003jun.htm
TVA
vs. Hill (1978)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority_v._Hill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail_darter_controversy
TOP 25
LEGISLATIVE ACTS
http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/laws.htm
DILLON’S
RULE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forrest_Dillon
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2003/01metropolitanpolicy_richardson.aspx
http://www.celdf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=481
http://lwv-fairfax.org/LWV-Dillon-DTP-99041.pdf
Theory of
planning
BACKGROUND
http://www3.sympatico.ca/david.macleod/PLNGD.HTM
THEORIES
http://www.planningpa.org/theory.pdf
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~bstiftel/STIFTEL_AICP_Planning_Theory_Chapter.pdf
http://classweb.gmu.edu/erodger1/prls%20531/hudson.pdf
http://www3.sympatico.ca/david.macleod/PTHRY.HTM
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/AICP/aicp%20notes.pdf
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 33-34) NEW VERSION
http://www.nvapa.org/AICP/theory.pdf OLD VERSION
CONCENTRIC
RING THEORY (1925; Ernest Burgess)
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_762505253/Concentric-Ring_Theory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Burgess
SECTOR
THEORY (1939; Homer Hoyt)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Hoyt
MULTIPLE
NUCLEI THEORY (1945; Chauncey Harris & Edward Ullman)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_nuclei_model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ullman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncy_Harris
ALL
THREE THEORIES COMPARED - http://www.geoearth.uncc.edu/faculty/hscampbe//landuse/b-models/B-3mods.html
BID RENT
THEORY (1960; William Alonso)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid_rent_theory
http://www.answers.com/topic/bid-rent-theory?cat=biz-fin
CITY AS
A GROWTH MACHINE THEORY (1987; John Logan & Harvey Molotch)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_molotch#The_City_as_a_Growth_Machine
http://nw-ar.com/face/molotch.html
http://www.uta.fi/~kuaran/regime.html
Patterns
of human settlement
GENERAL
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography.htm
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-27.htm
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-7.htm
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-8.htm (note exceptions)
http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-10.htm
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/GEO/geog03.htm
http://www.baconsrebellion.com/Wonks_Risse_municipal_planning.php
1700’s
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=411 [Key bullets]
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution (Great Britain)
http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/industrialrev.html
URBANIZATION
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/The-Rise-of-Urban-America.topicArticleId-25238,articleId-25184.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/GEO/geog04.htm
SUBURBS
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=227&res=800
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II. Plan Making and
Implementation [30%]
A. Visioning and goal
setting
B. Qualitative and
quantitative research methods
C. Collecting, organizing,
analyzing, and reporting data and information
D. Demographics and
economics
E. Natural and built
environment
F. Land use and development regulations
G. Application of legal
principles
H. Environmental analysis
I. Growth management
techniques
J. Budgets and financing options
K. GIS/spatial analysis and
information systems
L. Policy analysis and
decision making
M. Development plan and
project review
N. Program evaluation
O. Communications techniques
P. Intergovernmental
relationships
Q. Stakeholder relationships
R. Project and program
management
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GENERAL
PLAN MAKING LINKS
2005 / 2004 APA CONFERENCE AICP EXAM MATERIALS
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/AICP/aicp.htm
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/ThePlanMakingProcess.pdf
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/AICP/AICP_REVIEWnational2005plnmaking.pdf
PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER STUDY SLIDES
http://www.planningpa.org/aicpprep/aicp_pres_mark_stivers.pdf
FIVE
POINTS OF PLANNING
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007nov/secretsside.htm
Visioning
and goal setting
GENERAL
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 39-45)
VISIONING
http://www.planning.org/planningpractice/member/1999/dec99.htm
http://www.planning.org/thecommissioner/19952003/spring96-1.htm
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/pittd/vision.htm
http://mapp.naccho.org/visioning/index.asp
http://mapp.naccho.org/visioning/documents/visioning_full.pdf
http://www.ruralpa.org/visioning3.pdf
http://www.in.gov/dot/div/projects/i69planningtoolbox/_pdf/Community%20Visioning%20and%20Strategic%20Planning.pdf
http://www.planningpa.org/aicpprep/aicp_pres_ray_reaves.pdf (pages 3-13)
PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION (Visioning, Goals)
http://www.nvapa.org/AICP/subpart.pdf
http://www.calregions.org/regpubsector/visioning.html
GOALS,
OBJECTIVES & STRATEGIES
http://www.plannersweb.com/articles/work10.html
http://www.mqtinfo.org/downloads/16_marquette_twp_plan_chapter_6.pdf
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS
http://www.planningpa.org/aicpprep/aicp_pres_ray_reaves.pdf (pages 13-20)
STRATEGIC
PLANNING
http://www.nvapa.org/AICP/budget.pdf
(p.4 half way thru file)
http://www.in.gov/dot/div/projects/i69planningtoolbox/_pdf/Community%20Visioning%20and%20Strategic%20Planning.pdf
Qualitative
and quantitative research methods
GENERAL
http://www.planningpa.org/quantitative.pdf
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 45-49)
http://www.nc-apa.org/images/stories/AICP%20Review/quant_methods.ppt
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/AICP/AICP_REVIEWnational2005plnmaking.pdf
http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/demo/Content/phase05/phase05_step03_deeper_qualitative_and_quantitative.htm
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/kpaulsen/web/methods.html
http://www.indianaplanning.org/AICP/aicp_review_stats.pdf
WHEN
QUALITATIVE TRUMPS QUANTATITIVE RESEARCH
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007oct/research.htm
Collecting,
organizing, analyzing, and reporting data and information
LOGIC OF
INQUIRY
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/Logic/Logic1.html
DESIGN
OF EXPERIMENTS
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609Design.html
PROJECTION
ASSUMPTIONS
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007jan/assumption.htm
STATISTICS
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609StatsI.html
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609StatsII.html
http://www.apacolorado.org/career_center/AICP/AICP_REVIEWnational2005plnmaking.pdf
http://www.firstcoastapa.org/pdfs/2005planmaking.pdf
http://www.indianaplanning.org/AICP/aicp_review_stats.pdf
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 50-52)
SPATIAL
ANALYSIS
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609Gravity.html
PRESENTING
DATA
http://www.washington-apa.org/career/doc/07preppresentation.pdf (start slide 43)
PHOTOGRAPHY
– RESEARCH TOOL
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2008mar/pixtrix.htm
Demographics
and economics
DEMOGRAPHIC
TRENDS
http://www.huduser.org/Publications/PDF/demographic_trends.pdf
http://www.plannersweb.com/wfiles/w422.html
http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/lusk/research/pdf/wp_2002-2.pdf
http://www.planning.org/resources-yc/demotrends.htm
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32701.pdf
http://www.censusscope.org/
SEE
ALSO CENSUS LINKS BELOW
POPULATION
FORECASTING
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~tony/courses/609/609Pop.html
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/topics/demog.htm
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2007jan/assumption.htm
http://tmip.fhwa.dot.gov/clearinghouse/docs/landuse/pfm/
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 53 - 55 & 61)
LOCATION QUOTIENT (LQ =
local share / national share)
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/02/slide45.html
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/topics/econbase/lq.htm
http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/fstutz/locationquot.html
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/lectures/
http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-967January--IAP--2007/16BD6785-3B9E-4515-8A79-FF5E30E3B1F6/0/lect1.pdf
(slides 20 & 21)
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (p. 57)
SHIFT-SHARE
ANALYSIS
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/topics/econbase/s-share.htm
www.seta.iastate.edu/takecharge/makePDFv4.asp?state=IA&fips=19001&cityfips=&p=15
http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-967January--IAP--2007/16BD6785-3B9E-4515-8A79-FF5E30E3B1F6/0/lect1.pdf (slides 22 – 26)
http://www.answers.com/topic/shift-share-analysis?cat=technology
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 57-58)
INPUT-OUTPUT
ECONOMIC ANALYSES
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 58-60)
CENSUS -
GENERAL
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/mso-01icdp.pdf (Census Content Overview)
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/lecture.htm
http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/max/census-geog.shtml (Basics)
http://www.nvapa.org/AICP/theory.pdf (Census half-way down)
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html (Census 1990-2000
changes)
http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=sp4_decennial
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tchapin/urp5261/lectures/Census%20Overview.ppt
http://www.planningpa.org/career_aicp_pdc_study.pdf (pp. 60-62)
CENSUS -
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
http://lib.umich.edu/socwork/rescue/communityprofile.html#intro
CENSUS -
TRENDS
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate.html (Geographical
Mobility/Migration)
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2001/05demographics_glaeser/whygrowth.pdf
http://www.planning.org/dateline/2002/date0708.htm (RESULT - Medium-size City Boomlet)
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2002jan/jan04.htm (Suburbs & Minorities)
http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2002jul/census.htm (Coming War of Ages)