Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following did not hold the position of Chairman in the Board of Environmental Planning?

In order to pass the EPLE, the taker must have:

Which of the following statements are TRUE?

Which of the following is covered by RA 10587?

According to the Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning Resolution No. 01 Series of 2019, interested Environmental Planning Licensure Exam takers who fall under Sec 18 (B) (4), (5) and (6) of RA 10587 may still take the EPLE until:

Based on RA 10587 Section 8, Board Members of the Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning must :

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

According to Section 35 of RA 10587, the environmental planner in charge of the preparation of an environmental plan and related documents, as well as other members of the planning team involved in the preparation thereof, may be held civilly liable in cases of serious, large-scale or wholesale damage, failure or destruction of any project subject of or covered by an environmental plan, that result in significant adverse impact on affected stakeholders or the concerned ecosystem, within a period of ___ from the time of implementation of such plan.

Who are the current members of the Board of Environmental Planning?

The Philippines has a total of __ provinces.

It is a sequence of deliberate purposeful actions designed to solve problems systematically, by foreseeing and guiding change through rational decisions, reconciling public and private aims, and arbitrating between competing social, economic, political and physical forces.

This refers to low-density urban use of land expanded faster than population growth requires and occurring in an amorphic manner at the margins of existing urban centers.

What document makes possible funding for priority projects enumerated in CDP are budgeted and released yearly?

It is considered as “Place-Making” – creating livable human spaces and natural communities.

It is considered as “Place-Making” – creating livable human spaces and natural communities.

The minimum number of years for a CLUP is?

The approved development plans of provinces, highly-urbanized cities, and independent component cities shall be submitted to the regional development council, which shall be integrated into the regional development plan for submission to the National Economic and Development Authority, in accordance with existing laws.

The following are the attributes of planning except:

The most recent re-definition of ‘urban’ by NSCB (2003) does not include one of the following.

A ‘city’ is a significantly large urban area, which has:

This refers to the goal or principle of Urban Design that a place needs to foster a ‘sense of security and pleasantness’ emanating from vibrant street life, neighborly behavior of residents, and positive social interaction.

The following are the basic elements of ‘human settlements’ according to Dr. Konstantinos Doxiadis. Which one pertains to the things that connect the elements?

An example of this is when government acquires land for public buildings, highways, and public welfare purposes.

Generic Planning is ‘ubiquitous’ which means.

Planning in this context refers to the methods, mechanisms and tools for accomplishing the activity, especially in a group or social context.

Some shifts in planning is that before it is Product-Oriented; now it is more.

The attribute of planning process that requires the expertise of various disciplines; economics; engineering; sociology; architecture; law; geography etc.

The time duration of a plan can be.

The two main powers of government are;

Planning is needs to be participatory because.

He was known as the “first town planner” in planner who made plans for greater part of Greece.

It is one of the first cradles of civilization known as the “fertile crescent” and was recorded to reach its peak in development during the 3,500 BC near the river of Tigris and Euphrates.

He is considered as the father of the modernist movement and a believer of a very high densely populated city.

He wrote the book “The Origin and Evolution of Cities” in the 1933 and formulated the socio-cultural theory of urbanization.

He was considered as the father of Renaissance architecture who designed the famous Dome of the Cathedral of Florence.

The founder of the Garden City Movement who hoped to create a city using the concept of a magnet with three different fields: country, town and country-town.

The designer of New York Central park and Riverside, Illinois who believed that parks are integral part of human habitat.

The forerunner of the concept of “master plans”.

The government code which the Spaniards used in turning the natives of their colony to Christians and which was later on influenced the settlement pattern during colonial Philippines era.

An architect and forerunner of the City Beautiful Movement who designed the City of Chicago the City of Baguio.

On March 2, 1978, a law was passed which regulated the practice of Environmental Planning in the Philippines. What was this presidential decree?

The type of city pattern which was generally applied in designing and creating the streets of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, characterized by streets intersecting at right angles.

It served as the commercial business center of Ancient Greek cities where central market place which is laid out along rectangular lines.

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), under the Office of the President, serves as the highest policy making body for housing and coordinate the activities of the key housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the Government Shelter Program. Under whose administration did HUDCC was created?

The first city in the world to have a million people.

The famous central park in New York City was designed based on specific design principles. What was the inspiration of the designer when he first thought of creating a central park in the island city of New York?

What was the role of planners after the period of Renaissance and Baroque and right after the societies’ transition from Industrial Revolution?

He was known for his concept of “Broadacre City” where urbanization is proposed to be decentralized, automobile-dependent and socially materialized.

Jane Addams was known for her efforts of creating a societal reform by educating the slum dwellers in Chicago during the 1880s. She them formed a settlement house movement which caters to the need of the slum population. What was the name of the building which houses these people?

A garden city works with the concept of “three magnets” which is separated by what form of division?

When a planner actively develops support for implementation of the plan and bridge differences between parties by combining diverse and conflicting interest, he/she performs the role of a _____?

It is a sequence of deliberate purposeful actions designed to solve problems systematically, by foreseeing and guiding change through rational decisions, reconciling public and private aims, and arbitrating between competing social, economic, political and physical forces.

Argues that planning is an attempt to link scientific, technical knowledge to actions in the public domain

Generic planning is ‘ubiquitous,’ which means...

An approach to planning where the focus is merely on laying down broad and general guidelines to carry out a plan.

An approach to planning where there is an intention to “transform the system” by employing new approaches geared towards large scale changes.

Argues that planning is the application of scientific method—however crude—to policy-making—conscious efforts are made to increase the validity of policies in terms of the present and anticipated future of the environment.

Planning involves defining _______ and identifying and selecting the means of attaining them.

Described an incremental approach to planning, where administrators muddle through issues and concerns.

Pursued a “third approach” to decision-making, one that involves the mixed-scanning of issues and concerns.

Calls for a communicative turn in planning, where rationality is attained through “inter-subjective mutual understanding.”

Contended that planners ought to engage in the political process and affirm and even advocate for their positions (like a lawyer in court).

_______ planning is an approach where, other than the public agency, other organizations in a community are called to prepare rival area plans.

Advanced a “planner’s triangle,” which represents the three fundamental priorities of planning (green cities, growing cities, just cities).

According to Rittel and Weber (1973), these are issues that are ill-defined, tricky, and are only partially resolved.

Planning takes place in an environment best described as “VUCA,” which stands for...

According to Levy (2013), these two describe modern society, which render systematic planning as necessary.

Asserts that modern planning—the rational-comprehensive model and modified variation of that model—are elitist, centralizing, and change resistant.

Rather than working on long-term objectives, planners move ahead through successive limited comparisons.

All planning should be a continuous process, which works by seeking to devise appropriate ways of controlling the system concerned, and then by monitoring the effects to see how far the controls have been effective or how far they need subsequent modification.

UN-HABITAT (2019) describes this as the functional interdependencies among urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, where a circular and synergistic flow of people, goods, and services takes place.

A geographical area that is self-contained and (more or less) static, with clear boundaries. Its contiguous parts share common attributes (i.e., having homogenous natural/physical or socio-political characteristics).

A geographical zone displaying functional coherence, an interdependence of parts. Sometimes referred to as a nodal or polarised region and is composed of heterogenous units, such as cities, towns and rural hinterlands, which are functionally interrelated.

Argues that growth in regions takes place in an evolutionary manner, from trying to be self-sufficient agriculturally to having a tertiary level economy.

Argues that the level of external demand for the products of a region’s export industries is the critical determinant of regional growth.

Contends that the logic of how settlements locate in relation to one another could be explained by: (a) a hierarchy of central places, where goods and services are provided; and (b) its market area, representing the clientele/ population with its own range limits.

This principle states that the population of a given urban area tends to be equal to the population of the most populous city (primate city) divided by the rank of the population size into which the given urban area falls.

Based on Christaller’s work, it is a town or settlement providing goods and services, serving as a central point in an area.

It refers to the dominant city among a country's urban areas. They are the largest cities in their respective countries, dominating the economy as well as being the top ranking in terms of territorial extent and population size.

It is the maximum distance a population is willing to cover to avail of a certain good or service.

It is the minimum no. of population that the providers of good or service need to sustain its production.

It refers to the agglomeration of related firms acting as a center in economic space from which centrifugal forces emanate and to which external forces are eventually attracted.

Boudeville (1966) refers to this as a propulsive core found in a region possessing a complex of expanding industries where the agglomeration of activities induces growth in its surrounding hinterland.

It is a type of economic linkage in which a particular good or service is utilized and cuts across different types of firms.

Friedmann (1967) describes this as the major center of change that have become dominant for two main factors: (a) it is located in areas with high potential for interaction and innovation; and (b) it has benefited from previous innovations—its progress having been established over time.

It is a type of peripheral region where old rural (or industrial) economies in decline and where emigration is most evident.

It is a type of peripheral region with areas of high growth potential but are capital constrained.

A region with a plurality of centers with no one center having a population dominance over others.