CSS 2019 Town Planning & Urban Management Past Paper

Paper details

Examination

CSS

Year

2019

Subject

Town Planning & Urban Management

Paper

Single Paper

Subject type

Optional

Mode

Subjective

Questions recorded from this paper

These 7 question wordings are transcribed from CSS Vista’s structured Town Planning & Urban Management past-paper record for CSS 2019.

1. Q5 · worldWhat are the salient features of mega cities? Explain the risks and opportunities that (20) mega cities pose in developing world and how these problems can be handled?
2. Q2 · History of planning in Pakistan: 5 year plans, Regional Plans, Master Plans etcDiscuss various types of plans used in town planning. Discuss master plan in detail. (20)
3. Q4 · How to manage urbanizationDiscuss the evolution of urbanization in Pakistan. What major challenges does it pose? (20) Suggest some best possible options to manage urbanization in Pakistan.
4. Q8 · Removal of encroachmentsWrite short notes on any TWO of the following using appropriate examples. (10 each) (20) i. Urban Sprawl ii. John Ratcliff’s classification of planning process iii. Urban encroachments and their removal.
5. Q3 · Introduction to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)What are the conventional transport indicators to evaluate transportation quality? Why (20) they contradict with sustainable transport objectives? Classify sustainable transportation indicators according to economic, social and environmental impacts.
6. Q6 · the skills and knowledge of equitable developmentElaborate the relevance of Economic development and Urban community development. (20) Discuss several ways in which tools of equitable development (key skills, policies and measures) can help in achieving equitable development.
7. Q7 · tools and systems e.gDiscuss urban planning of Indus Valley. Compare the master and systems planning (20) aspects of Indus valley with that of Mesopotamia.

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