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WorksheetsPlanning Examination
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 30mins
The inherent features and characteristics of the land have not been considerably altered or modified such that the soil horizon, landform and structure remain intact;
An urban form which is usually two corridors of intense development crossing the center;
radiocentric
rectilinear
branch
sheet
It focuses on the physical improvement of the public environment
a. urban design
b. infrastructure design
c. environmental design
d. landscape design
The Neighborhood Unit concept was developed by __________ ;
Tony Garnier
Clarence Perry
Patrick Geddes
Edward Lutyens
The first garden city is _______________;
Welwyn
Letchworth
Radburn
Wythenshawe
Lewis Mumford’s book which became the bible in regional planning movement;
Gaden City of Tomorrow
Cities in Evolution
The Culture of Cities
City of Tomorrow
A deviation from the set of rules a municipality applies to land use and land development;
zoning
homestead
land-use planning
variance
He is considered as the Father of American City Planning;
Daniel Burnham
Robert Owens
Ebenezer Howard
Walter Griffin
Zapotecs, Mayan & Aztecs were part of __________________ cities;
Islamic
Mesoamerican
Moorish
Persian
In Greek town planning, new cities were called as___________;
neopolis
metropolis
paleopolis
ecopolis
The first university town is _______________;
Vienna
Brasilia
Chandigarh
Canberra
In France during medieval ages, this urban area often refers to new towns;
manor
faubog
boug
bastide
He planned the city of Brasilia;
Lucio Costa
Oscar Niemeyer
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Luis Barragan
Frank Lloyd Wright’s concept where one family owns an acre of land to develop;
Broadacre City
Cite Industriale
Radiant City
Garden City
This city was established in 2500 BC within Indus Valley which is now known as present day Pakistan;
Jericho
Babylon
Mohenjo Daro & Harappa
Thebes & Memphis
The world’s largest officially recognized historical district is_____________;
Savannah
Philadelphia
Nantucket
Mariemont
A criteria for a responsive environment in which people can understand the spatial layout of a place;
legibility
permeability
personalization
robustness
Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago is a prime example of ___________ ;
dystopia
methodism
utopia
In urban planning, this is a type of building development designed as a group of varied and compatible land uses such as housing, recreation, commercial centers and industrial parks, all within one contained development or subdivision;
transit-oriented development
planned unit development
walkable city
neighborhood unit
He is a Scottish pioneer town planner who coined the term conurbation;
Tony Garnier
Clarence Perry
Patrick Geddes
Edward Lutyens
The process of dividing land in a municipality into zones in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited;
zoning
homestead
land-use planning
variance
An urban ecological process, where it forces the old population out of the area because of social and racial differences;
Invasion
Centralization
Block-boosting
Gentrification
In Roman city planning, it is an east-west oriented road of a city;
cardo
colonia
decumanus
castrum
In neighborhood TOD, residents must be able to travel to the main transit stop within _______minutes or 3 miles;
10
25
45
60
The concept of a floating marine city was developed by ____________;
Paolo Soleri
Kiyonuro Kikutake
Arturo Soria Y Mata
Clarence Stein
The three steps needed in realizing a rationally calculated decision are the following except;
a. identifying all the stakeholders
b. considers all alternatives
c. evaluates all the consequences
d. selecting the alternative for most valued ends
He invented the modern shopping mall having designed over fifty shopping malls in the United States in the mid-1970’s;
Victor Gruen
M. Jeffrey Hardwick
Aziz Farmanfarnaian
Larry Smith
A planning term which refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it is originally built or designed for is called;
urban renewal
rehabilitation
adaptive reuse
conservation
This refers to the ratio of the building’s total floor area to the size of the piece of land;
setback
building footprint
floor area ratio
gross floor area
This type of neighborhood structure is characterized by having buildings of the medium density, freestanding sideyard and edgeyard types;
Sub-Urban Zone
General Urban Zone
Urban Center Zone
Urban Core Zone
In urban planning, this is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of a public transport;
transit-oriented development
planned unit development
walkable city
neighborhood unit
He is the original planner of the City of Chandigarh, India which contained super blocks of 800 x 1200 meters;
Albert Myer
Le Corbusier
Edward Lutyens
Balakhrisnan Doshi
Urban sprawl is a prevalent urban problem in which this group of urban planners and philosophers wishes to address;
New Urbanism
New Towns
City Beautiful
Garden City
One of the street pattern types which has a good street hierarchy for local and collector access through cul-de-sac;
Olmestedian Pattern
Washington Pattern
Radburn Pattern
Savannah Pattern
A zoning control which allows the builders and developers incentives if they can provide certain desirable features and amenities such as plazas, arcades and other open spaces;
cluster zoning
incentive zoning
land-use planning
euclidian planning
A criteria for a responsive environment which relates to the way the design affects where people can go and cannot go within a city district;
legibility
permeability
personalization
robustness
During Baroque period, this city in France showcases palaces and elaborate gardens as the main feature of a landscape design;
Paris
Versailles
Florence
Cannes
When King Phillip II of Spain decreed Laws of the Indies, town planning often consists of buildings that surround the plaza, except;
military outpost
church
marketplace
homes of the principalia
as a decentralized function based on face-to-face contacts, interpersonal dialogue and mutual learning;
Synoptic Rationalism
Incrementalism
Transactive Planning
Advocacy Planning
One of the largest Greek classical cities which was established in 700 BC apart from Athens;
Palmyra
Carthage
Tunis
Sparta
An urban ecological process, is a process of renewal and rebuilding urban spaces where it improves the physical set-up and will consequently affecting the market for previously rundown areas;
Invasion
Centralization
Block-boosting
Gentrification
___________ is a large road, wide and multi-lane arterial thoroughfare often designed with parking lanes, bicycle lanes, walking strips with above average quality of landscaping and scenery;
promenade
avenue
mall
boulevard
Planning allocates scarce resources, particularly ________and other resources, in such a manner as to obtain the maximum practicable efficiency and benefit;
a. human
b. forest
c. land
d . m i n e r a l
Medieval ages gave rise to this type urban design with a combination of legal and military outpost that soon became towns and cities of outlying Roman territories;
feudalism
mercantilist
republican
classical
This type of neighborhood structure in which a front yard is normally a gallery and arcaded type with a private frontage or a colonnade that overlaps the sidewalk;
Sub-Urban Zone
General Urban Zone
Urban Center Zone
Urban Core Zone
In planning process, this refers to involvement of all the individuals, groups, interests, organizations and communities who might be affected by planning outcomes;
stakeholder management
human development
public participation
collective agreement
A type of map that shows set of features such as terrain, streams, boundaries and roads;
hydrogeologic map
topographic map
land classification map
cadastral map
Planning is a way of thinking which was oriented towards the future anticipating _______ and designs solutions in addressing expected difficulties and thereby improve the quality of decision making;
a.projects
b. change
c. development
d. welfare
According to Abraham Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs, human requires the following, except;
safety
esteem
self-actualization
territory
He is the Spanish urban planner who designed 19th century extension of Barcelona called the Eixample;
Ildefons Cerda
Arturo Soria Y Mata
Camillo Sitte
Edward Soja
An urban study, where it guides people through the space, such that it clearly indicate the direction or provide reference points;
connectivity
sustainability
wayfinding
walkability
This is an urban movement in which it sought to cure the ills of city plans of;
Garden City
New Towns
City Beautiful
New Urbanism
An arcology project in UAE by Foster and Partners which will solely rely on solar and other renewable energy sources, with a principle of of zero-carbon, zero waste;
Masdar City
Crystal Island
Marine City
Metabolism
Industrial land intensity standards for medium industry I-2;
0.80
2.50
4.0
7.30
It refers to the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into previously remote and rural areas;
blight
sprawl
migration
ridership
