CSS 2025 Town Planning & Urban Management Past Paper

Paper details

Examination

CSS

Year

2025

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 2025.

1. Q7 · Planning as a multi-disciplinary approach and relationship of Town Planning with other professionsPlanning considered as a multi-disciplinary and more recently as a (20) transdisciplinary field requiring integration of many other professions. Taking Pakistan as a case study, assess how far we have been successful in making town planning a transdisciplinary operation?
2. Q2 · Historical Perspective of Urban Planning: Planning of historical towns in theConsidering Cities as the markers of civilizations, inscribe leading examples of (20) urban centers within pre-historic, historic, and modern era. Signify how Indus Valley Civilization stands unique compared to other civilizations?
3. Q3 · Historical Perspective of Urban Planning: Planning of historical towns in theConsidering waterfronts i.e., riverbanks and coastlines as vital locations for siting (20) towns and cities, give your viewpoints. Why Pakistan has not been able to capitalize blue economy into urban planning practice?
4. Q4 · Urban Rural Differences and Hierarchy of Settlements: Urbanization and itsRural Urban migration influx fuels rapid and uncontrolled urbanization within (20) developing Countries. Taking Pakistan as the case study, empirically narrate the role of rural urban migration on urban planning in Pakistan?
5. Q5 · Building and development controlJustify the importance of Land Use and Building Control (LUBC) in sustainable (20) urban growth and management. Very recently, some legislative frameworks have been formulated at provincial levels in Pakistan. Considering any in vogue case study of LUBC legislation in Pakistan, visualize the prospects of sustainable urban planning practice in Pakistan?
6. Q6 · Sustainability, Environmental Policy and Planning: How society conserves andPakistan is a signatory to international frameworks on Climate Change, Disaster (20) Management, and Sustainable Development Goals. Under given international frameworks and protocols, suggest a broad policy outlook for sustainable, resilient, and climate sensitive cities in Pakistan.
7. Q8 · GIS, SPSS etcWrite short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20) (a) Housing for the low income in Pakistan (b) Implications of GIS in Spatial Planning (c) Advocacy Planning

Topic-wise Town Planning & Urban Management past-paper analysis.