districting
Carving up territory
Districting is the process of dividing a geographic area into districts, especially for political representation or administrative purposes.
The term appears most often in discussions of electoral boundaries: The state legislature controls districting.
Controversies arise when districting favors one party over another—a practice called gerrymandering.
Redistricting is the periodic revision of existing district lines, typically following a census.
Division into shares
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- representationDepiction or likeness
- congressionalOf a legislature
legislative · electoral · precincts · voting · electorate · malapportionment · bipartisan · partisan
Lines separating regions
- demarcationsFixed limits between areas
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- perimetersOuter boundary lengths
- limitsImposed maximum points
divisions · sectors · partitions · subdivisions · wards · quarters · precincts · enclaves
Creating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
- geospatialRelating to earth-position data
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- cadastralOf property boundaries
grid · coordinates · polygons · topology · digitizing · boundaries · overlay
How property gets utilized
- planningArranging for future events
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- residentialRelating to housing
commercial · industrial · agricultural · mixed-use · codes · compliance · variance · permitting
apportionment
Division into shares
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- representationDepiction or likeness
congressional · legislative · electoral · precincts · voting · electorate · malapportionment · bipartisan · partisan · census
borders
Lines separating regions
- demarcationsFixed limits between areas
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- perimetersOuter boundary lengths
limits · divisions · sectors · partitions · subdivisions · wards · quarters · precincts · enclaves · territories
cartography
Creating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
- geospatialRelating to earth-position data
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
cadastral · grid · coordinates · polygons · topology · digitizing · boundaries · overlay
land-use
How property gets utilized
- planningArranging for future events
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
residential · commercial · industrial · agricultural · mixed-use · codes · compliance · variance · permitting · density
- Redistrictingreapportionment, apportionment, map drawing, mapmakers, boundary lines
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- allocation methodslottery, quota, rationing, first come first served, merit-based
districtingconsolidating
Combining dispersed elements
consolidation · merging · unifying · combining · amalgamating
districtingproportional representation
Seats allocated by vote share