Acronyms

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An acronym is a word whose letters are the first letters of other words. People often create a short word that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words), to make it faster and shorter to say the long phrase.

The following are acronyms used in the planning profession in English-speaking countries.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X-Y-Z 25 References 26 See also 27 External links

A

A-[number or letter designation]: Agricultural zone/use of specified intensity

AA: Alternative Analysis (USA)

AADT: Average Annual Daily Traffic

AADTT: Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic

AAG: Association of American Geographers

AAP: Area Action Plan (UK)

AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ABI: Annual Business Inquiry (UK)

ACE: Army Corps of Engineers (USA)

ACSC: Areas of Critical State Concern (USA)

ACTRP: Association of Consulting Town and Regional Planners of South Africa

ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

ADR: Alternative Dispute Resolution (USA)

ADT: Average Daily Traffic, Average Daily Trips

ADU: Accessory Dwelling Unit

AFT: American Farmland Trust

AHPS: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (NWS, USA)

AHURI: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

AIA: American Institute of Architects

AICP: American Institute of Certified Planners

AICUZ: Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (USA)

AIP: American Institute of Planners (see also APA)

ALI: American Law Institute

AM: Automated Mapping

AMR: Annual Monitoring Report (UK)

AOD: Airport Overlay District

APA: American Planning Association

APFO: Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (USA)

APTA: American Public Transportation Association

APTS: Advanced Public Transportation System

APWA: American Public Works Association

ARB: Air Resources Board (USA)

ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers

ASFPM: Association of State Floodplain Managers (USA)

ASLA: American Society of Landscape Architects

ASPO: American Society of Planning Officials (see also APA)

ATC: Automated Toll Collection

ATM: Advanced Traffic Management System

AVR: Average Vehicle Ridership

B

B-[number or letter designation]: Commercial/business zone/use of specified intensity

BANANA: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere, Near Anyplace

BFE: Base Flood Elevation

BID: Business Improvement District

BoA: Board of Adjustment, Board of Appeals (see also BZA, COA, ZBA) (USA)

BoE: Board of Education

BRAC: Base Realignment and Closure (USA)

BRT: Bus Rapid Transit

BZA: Board of Zoning Appeals (see also BOA, COA, ZBA) (USA)

C

C-[number or letter designation]: Commercial/business zone/use of specified intensity

CAP: Commonwealth Association of Planners

CAR: Census Agricultural Region (Canada)

CAVE [people]: CItizens Against Virtually Everything

CBD: Central Business District

CCCL: Coastal Construction Control Line (USA, Florida)

CCR: Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions

CDBG: Community Development Block Grant (USA)

CDC: Community Development Corporation (USA)

CDP: Census Designated Place (USA)

CEQA: California Environmental Quality Act (USA: California)

CFM: Certified Floodplain Manager (USA - ASFPM)

CIA: Community Impact Assessment

CIE: Capital Improvements Element

CIP: Capital Improvement Program

CIP-ICU: Canadian Institute of Planners - Institut Canadian des Urbanistes

CLEUD: Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development (UK)

CLOPUD: Certificate of Lawfulness Of Proposed Use or Development (UK)

CMA: Census Metropolitan Area (Canada)

CMAQ: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (USA)

CMP: Congestion Management Plan

CMRS: Commercial Mobile Radio Service (USA)

CMS: Congestion Management System (USA)

CNEL: Community Noise Equivalent Level (USA)

CNU: Congress for the New Urbanism

CO: Certificate of Occupancy (USA, Canada)

COA: Committee of Adjustment (see also BOA, BZA, ZBA) (Canada)

COG: Council of Governments (see also MPO) (USA)

CRAVE: Citizens Radically Against Virtually Everything

CRS: Community Rating System (part of the NFIP, USA)

CSO: Combined Sewer Overflow

CUP: Conditional Use Permit (see also SUP) (USA, Canada)

CWHIP: Community Workforce Housing Initiative Program (USA; Florida)

CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act (USA; 1972)

D

DCA: Department of Community Affairs (Florida)

DDHV: Directional Design Hour Volume

DEP: Department of Environmental Protection (USA, Florida)

DHV: Design Hour Volume

DIFF: Do It For Free

DLGE: Digital Line Graph Enhanced Maps

DOT: Department of Transportation (USA)

DPD: Development Plan Documents (UK)

DRI: Development of Regional Impact (USA: Florida, Georgia)

DU: Dwelling Unit

E

EAR: Evaluation and Appraisal Reports (USA: Florida)

EF: Enhanced Fujita Scale (NWS, USA)

EIR: Environmental Impact Report (USA, California)

EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment

EIS: Environmental Impact Statement (USA)

ECTP: European Council of Town Planners

EOC: Emergency Operations Center (NIMS, FEMA, USA)

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (USA)

ESA: Environmentally Sensitive Area(s)

ESA: Endangered Species Act (USA; 1973)

ESF#14: Emergency Support Function - Long Term Community Recovery and Mitigation (FEMA - NIMS)

ETJ: Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

ETZ: Extraterritorial Zoning

F

FAC: Florida Administrative Code (USA, Florida)

FAHP: Federal Aid Highway Program (USA)

FAICP: Fellow(s) of the American Institute of Certified Planners

FAR: Floor to Area Ratio

FAZ: Flight Activity Zone

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)

FHA: Federal Housing Administration (USA)

FHWA: Federal Highway Administration (USA)

FIRM: Flood Insurance Rate Map (NFIP, USA)

FLHP: Federal Lands Highway Program (USA)

FLUM: Future Land Use Map (USA: Florida)

FM: Facility Mapping

FONSI: Finding of No Significant Impact (USA)

FP: Flood Plain

FPG: Flood Protection Grade (USA)

FPF: Flood Plain Fringe

FPZ: Frontage Protection Zone

FQD: Florida Quality Developments (USA: Florida)

FTA: Federal Transit Administration (USA)

G

GFA: Gross Floor Area

GIS: Geographic Information System, Geographic Information Science

GLA: Gross Leasable Area

GOOMBY: Get Out Of My Backyard

GPEAN: Global Planning Education Association Network

GRTA: Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

H

HIA: Health Impact Assessment

HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle or a highway lane reserved for such vehicles

HTF: Highway Trust Fund (USA)

HUD: Department of Housing and Urban Development (USA)

I

I-[number or letter designation]: Manufacturing/industrial zone/use of specified intensity

I-[number]: Interstate [number]

IPI: Irish Planning Institute

ISR: Impervious Surface Ratio

ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (USA)

ITE: Institute of Transportation Engineers (USA)

ITLUP: Integrated Transportation and Land Use Package

ISOCARP: International Society Of City And Regional Planners

J

JLUS: Joint Land Use Study (USA)

K

KISS: Keep it Simple Stupid

KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

L

LAC: Limits of Acceptable Change

LAFCO: Local Agency Formation Commission (USA; California)

LDD: Local Development Documents (UK)

LDF: Local Development Framework (UK)

LDS: Local Development Scheme (UK)

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (USA, Canada)

LOS: Level of Service

LPA: Local Planning Authority (UK)

LRTP: Long Range Transportation Plan (USA)

LUI: Land Use Intensity

LULU: Locally Unwanted Land Use

M

M-[number or letter designation]: Manufacturing/industrial zone/use of specified intensity

MCP: Master of City Planning

MCRP: Master of City and Regional Planning

MF: Multi-Family

MFFE: Minimum Finished Floor Elevation

MH: Manufactured Housing, Mobile Home

MIGA: Make It Go Away

MISE: Move It Somewhere Else

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization (USA)

MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area (USA)

MSBU: Municipal Service Benefit Unit (USA, Florida)

MUTCD: Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (USA)

MWDF: Minerals and Waste Development Framework (UK)

MUP: Master of Urban Planning

MURP: Master of Urban and Regional Planning

MXD: Mixed Use Development

N

NAICS: North American Industrial Classification System

NARC: National Association of Regional Councils (USA)

NARP: National Association of Railroad Passengers (USA)

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act (USA)

NFIP: National Flood Insurance Program (USA)

NHPA: National Historic Preservation Act (USA)

NIABY: Not In Anybody’s Backyard

NIMBY; Not In My Back Yard

NIMFYE: Not In My Front Yard Either

NIMS: National Incident Management System (USA)

NIMTOO: Not In My Term Of Office

NLUD: National Land Use Database (UK)

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)

NOOS: Not On Our Street

NOPE: Not On Planet Earth

NOTE: Not Over There Either

NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (USA)

NTBA: National Town Builders Association (USA)

NU: New Urbanism

NUID: Negotiate Until It Dies

NZPI: New Zealand Planning Institute

O

O-[number or letter designation]: Office zone/use of specified intensity

O&D: Origin and Destination

OFW: Outstanding Florida Waters

ORP: Outdoor Recreation Planner

P

PAB: Planning Accrediation Board (USA, Canada)

PC: Planning Commission (see also PZB) (USA)

PC: Planning Committee (see also PZB) (Canada)

PIA: Planning Institute of Australia

PDG: Planning Delivery Grant (UK)

PDR: Purchase of Development Rights (USA)

PG: Policy Group (UK)

PIITBY: Put It In Their Back Yard

PM: Particulate Matter

PP: Professional Planner (USA; New Jersey)

PPG: Planning Policy Guidance (UK)

PPS: Planning Policy Statements (UK)

PRT: Personal Rapid Transit

PUD: Planned Unit Development (USA, Canada)

P&Z: Planning and Zoning

PZB: Planning and Zoning Board (see also PC) (USA)

Q

QOL: Quality of Life

R

R-[number or letter designation]: Residential zone/use of specified intensity

RAC: Regional Activity Center (USA; Florida)

RDC: Regional Development Center (USA, Georgia)

RFP: Request for Proposal

RFQ: Request for Qualifications

RIBA: Royal Institute of British Architects

RLSA: Rural Land Stewardship Area (USA; Florida)

RLUIPA: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

ROW: Right of Way

RPA: Regional Plan Association

RPG: Regional Planning Guidance (UK)

RSS: Regional Spatial Strategy (UK)

RUID: Review Until It Dies

RTPI: Royal Town Planning Institute (UK)

S

SA: Sustainability Appraisal (UK)

SACRTP: South African Council for Town and Regional Planners

SAFETEA–LU: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (USA)

SAPI: South African Planning Institute

SCI: Statement of Community Involvement (UK)

SCPEA: Standard City Planning Enabling Act (USA)

SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (UK)

SEQR: State Environmental Quality Review (USA: New York state)

SEQRA: State Environmental Quality Review Act (USA: New York state)

SF: Single Family

SFD: Single Family Dwelling

SFHA: Special Flood Hazard Area (NFIP, USA)

SFR: Single Family Residential

SIC: Standard Industrial Classification (USA, Canada)

SIP: Singapore Institute of Planners

SIP: State Implementation Plan (USA)

SLAPP: Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

SLOSH: Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes

SMART: Objectives that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time based

SMSA: Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (USA)

SOB: Sexually Oriented Business (USA, Canada)

SOV: Single Occupant Vehicle

SPD: Supplementary Planning Documents (UK)

SPG: Supplementary Planning Guidance (UK)

SRO: Single Room Occupancy

STP: Surface Transportation Program (USA)

STPP: Surface Transportation Policy Project (USA)

SUP: Special Use Permit (see also CUP) (USA, Canada)

SZEA: Standard Zoning Enabling Act (USA)

T

TAZ: Traffic Analysis Zone

TAC: Technical Advisory Committee (USA)

TC: Transport Canada

TCPA: Town and Country Planning Association (UK)

TDM: Transportation Demand Management

TDR: Transfer of Development Rights (USA)

TEA-21: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (USA)

TIF: Tax Increment Financing (USA)

TIP: Transportation Improvement Program (USA)

TIN: Triangulated Irregular Network

TDM: Transportation Demand Management

TDR: Transfer of Development Rights (USA)

TMA: Transportation Management Association (USA)

TMDL: Total Maximum Daily Load

TND: Traditional Neighborhood Development

TOD: Transit Oriented Design, Transit Oriented Development

TRO: Trip Reduction Ordinance (USA)

TSM: Transportation System Management

TSS: Total Suspended Solids

TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority (USA)

U

UA: Urbanized Area (USA)

UC: Urban Cluster (USA)

UDC: Unified Development Code

UDO: Unified Development Ordinance

UDP: Unitary Development Plan (UK)

UGB: Urban Growth Boundary (USA)

UMTA: Urban Mass Transit Administration (USA)

ULI: Urban Land Institute (USA)

USACE: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USA)

USGS: United States Geological Survey (USA)

UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator Grid

V

VC: Volume to Capacity Ratio

VMT: Vehicle Miles Traveled

VOC: Volatile Organic Compound

W

WMM: Watershed Management Model

WMP: Watershed Management Program (USA)

WHPA: Wellhead Protection Area (USA)

WPR: Western Planning Resources (USA)

WQMP: Water Quality Management Plan (USA)

X-Y-Z

YIMBY: Yes, In My Backyard, but at a price

ZBA: Zoning Board of Adjustment, Zoning Board of Appeals (see also BOA, BZA, COA) (USA)

ZLL: Zero Lot Line

References

• American Planning Association; The Commissioner, Spring 1997, Planning Acronyms

See also

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