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nAmI BIAunIVE Rs ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF ENGINEERINGAND THE BUILTENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENTOF ARCHITECTUREP, LANNINGAND CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATION:
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SESSION:
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BACHELOROF TOWN AND REGIONALPLANNING
07BTAR
CAC610S
JUNE 2024
3 HOURS
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COURSE
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COMPARATIVE AFRICAN CITIES
THEORY
100
FIRSTOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
LECTURER/S: Jane Gold
MODERATOR: Nadine l<orrubel
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. You may answer the questions in any order.
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Question 1
Edgar Pieterse has identified effective building blocks to create a new urban practice.
Identify five of these and explain why each of these is significant for the future development of
town planning.
[10]
Question 2
Elaborate how ancient cities of Africa often tended to incorporate the plaza and streets as major
structural elements in their cities. Provide an example of each of these.
[10]
Question 3
The "Mad Scramble for Africa" took place during between 1750 and 1800 when the colonialists
started to annex and occupy countries in Africa.
a) What were their motives?
(5)
b) And what was the impact on the country and the residents?
(5)
[10]
Question 4
Describe in your own words what is meant by the following terms:
a) Circular Migration
(2)
b) Counter-Urbanisation
(2)
c) Slave
(2)
d) Contract Labourer
(2)
e) Colonialism
(2)
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Question 5
Use the sketch below to explain how the ancient African Zulu city, Place of the Elephants
(Umgungindlovu), was designed to reflect the importance of tradition and culture in this
community.
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Question 6
Old African Cities may have differed in basic structure and forms but there are five principles that
are acknowledged as common themes.
Identify and discuss each of these.
[10)
Question 7
a) Luanda is a major urban city discussed during the course. Highlight the major planning issues
(both challenges and opportunities). You need to include how the authorities propose to go
forward.
(11)
b) What lessons are there from Luanda that we can apply in Namibia? Alternatively, what lessons
can we share with Luanda?
(4)
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Question 8
a} Discusswhat globalisation means for city development in Africa.
(5}
b} Cape Town is a city in Africa that stands out with a strong global appeal to international
visitors. Explain what planning actions that the city of Cape Town has taken to ensure that
there is a global appeal to the international market?
(10}
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Question 9
Identify and justify the most important development related recommendations made in the
newspaper article below that respond to the most pressing needs of informal settlements in
Namibia.
(10)
Informal Namibia in critical need of toilets
Eighty-eight percent of homes in informal settlements do not have toilets, the Development
Workshop (DW} says. This is informed by a study conducted in major towns such as Windhoek,
l<aribib, Otjiwarongo, l<atima Mulilo, Opuwo and Oshakati, where the largest sections of informal
settlements are located. This figure was made known by the consulting advisor at a stakeholder
engagement aimed at enhancing participatory democracy in Namibia held at Parliament. In line
with Parliament's objectives, sanitation must be placed at the centre as it is at "crisis proportion."
"On average, only 12% of residents in informal settlements have a toilet at home. Almost 90% are
using the bush, using a plastic bag or the riverbed," French said they want to work with the
authorities to make sanitation a priority. "We are eager to engage at all levels," she appealed. DW
works with communities and local authorities to make informal settlements open-defecation free.
"We have a relationship with the ministries of agriculture and health and mostly we work with the
local municipalities. Our offices are in the municipality offices, we are awarded space. We work with
volunteers to sensitise communities to build toilets and change behaviour," she noted. The
situation, she cautioned, exposes those who live in informal settlements to deadly diseases such as
Hepatitis E.The programme is being rolled out in eight different towns.
OW is a registered Namibian NGO with a focus on sustainable urban development, informal
settlements and the disadvantaged communities that reside in them. In the second Haram bee
Prosperity Plan for the next four years, sanitation is also a priority. The government plans to launch
Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS)and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH} awareness to
increase hygiene through the community construction of latrines at household level in urban and
peri-urban areas. The ambitious plan also envisages sustaining investments into the development of
bulk water and sewer infrastructure, to eliminate the remaining 483 bucket toilets by next year.
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