Chapter 7 · MCQ Read Mode

Settlement Planning and Architecture

Urban morphology is best defined as the study of:

Ribbon (linear) development, as a city growth process, is characterized by:

Sir Patrick Geddes' planning approach is best summarized by the principle of:

The term 'conurbation' was coined by which planning theorist to describe a continuous urban area formed by merging towns/cities?

Ebenezer Howard's Garden City concept proposed:

C.A. Perry's Neighbourhood Unit concept sized a residential planning unit around:

A key design feature of the Neighbourhood Unit concept is:

Lewis Mumford's planning philosophy is particularly associated with:

Organic (incremental) city growth is best described as:

Satellite town development, as a planned growth strategy, involves:

Rapid urbanization in Nepal in recent decades has been particularly driven by:

A key challenge resulting from Nepal's urbanization pace is:

In the hierarchy of development plans, which level sets the highest-level national development goals within which subordinate plans must align?

A master plan for a city is best described as:

A structure plan, compared to a master plan, is typically: directions

A zonal development plan is best described as:

The most detailed level of the development plan hierarchy, guiding development at the local/neighbourhood level, is the:

Land use planning primarily involves:

Effective land use planning in the Nepalese context increasingly needs to account for:

Which of the following correctly orders the plan hierarchy from broadest to most locally detailed?

The mean of a data set is calculated as:

The mode of a data set refers to:

The median of an ordered data set is:

Standard deviation is a statistical measure of:

The arithmetic increase method of population projection assumes:

The geometric increase method of population projection assumes:

The incremental increase method of population projection is distinguished by its ability to:

Population projections directly inform demand forecasts for which of the following?

Accurate demographic/population studies in planning are important primarily because they help avoid: infrastructure/facilities

Growth rate, as used in population projection, is typically expressed as:

Guided Land Development (GLD) is characterized by:

A Site and Services scheme primarily involves: housing incrementally

Land Pooling (Land Readjustment), as a land development tool, involves: back to owners

In a Land Pooling scheme, a portion of the pooled land is typically retained by the authority primarily to:

A squatter settlement is best defined as:

Which land development tool has been particularly prominent in Nepal's urbanizing areas, especially the Kathmandu Valley?

In-situ upgrading, as an approach to addressing existing slum areas, involves:

Resettlement, as an approach to addressing squatter settlements, is typically applied when:

Site and Services and GLD approaches, compared to fully built public housing, generally offer:

Tenure regularization, as part of addressing informal settlements, primarily involves:

In Kevin Lynch's 'Image of the City,' 'paths' refer to:

'Edges,' in Kevin Lynch's framework, are best described as:

'Districts,' as an element of the Image of the City, are characterized by:

'Nodes,' in Lynch's framework, are best described as:

'Landmarks,' as an urban image element, are distinguished by being:

A 'sense of enclosure' in urban design is typically achieved through:

Place Making, as an approach to public space, is best characterized as:

A key methodological emphasis of Place Making is:

The ultimate goal of Place Making, as commonly articulated, is to:

Connectivity and walkability, as key urban design principles, primarily support:

Planning legislation in Nepal primarily establishes: enforcement

A key element typically addressed by planning legislation is:

A 'policy,' as a regulatory instrument, is best described as:

'Norms,' as used in planning/design regulation, are best distinguished from formal standards by being:

A 'standard,' as a regulatory instrument, typically refers to: safety requirements)

In practice, national policy and legislation typically provide: requirements

Architects and planners in Nepal need to remain current with evolving legislation/policy particularly in relation to:

Enforcement mechanisms within planning legislation typically include:

Which of the following best illustrates the relationship between policy, norms, and standards? mandatory technical requirements

Compliance with the layered regulatory framework (legislation, policy, norms, standards) in a Nepalese architectural project is important primarily because it: priorities