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CSS Town Planning and Urban Management Past Paper 2017

CSS Town Planning and Urban Management 2017 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

Years

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. Elucidate your answers with SKETCHES, DIAGRAM and FLOW CHARTS where necessary. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    ‘Town Planning’ is considered to be a multidisciplinary field. Discuss in detail the different professionals that should be part of a town planning exercise, explaining the ways in which they can contribute in the process.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Cities in Pakistan have witnessed uncontrolled growth as part of rapid urbanization. In the role of a technocrat and decision maker what would be your approach to address the issues of our urban centres gearing them towards a more balanced and sustained growth.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    What do you understand by the ‘human development paradigm’? Explain how it should be incorporated within planning and development process.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Informal settlements in cities have offered a respite to the housing crisis for the masses in Pakistan. In the light of examples from the developing countries discuss possible ways of improvements in such settlements. Also mention examples of such initiatives in Pakistan, if any.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Explain what is an Intelligent Transport System (ITS)? Discuss the need for such systems in the context of Pakistan’s urban centres.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    What do you understand by the terms Metropolitan City, Megacity, Cosmopolitan city? Using examples of cities in Pakistan discuss the challenges of planning and management of such cities and how could these be addressed?
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write short notes on any two of the following, using appropriate examples: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (i)
      Garden City Movement
      (10)
    • (ii)
      Urban Area Conservation
      (10)
    • (iii)
      Poverty Alleviation through Planning Process
      (10)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. Elucidate your answers with SKETCHES, DIAGRAM and FLOW CHARTS where necessary. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.