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CCS611S - CRITICAL CITY STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS - 2ND OPP - JULY 2024 |
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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OFSCIEnCEAno TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF ENGINEERINGAND THE BUILTENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENTOF ARCHITECTUREP, LANNINGAND CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF TOWN AND REGIONALPLANNING
QUALIFICATIONCODE:07BTAR
NQF LEVEL:6
COURSECODE:CCS611S
COURSENAME: CRITICALCITYSTRUCTUREAND
COMPONENTS
DATE: JULY2024
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SECONDOPPORTUNITY/ SUPPLEMENTARYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S)
MODERATOR
Mr Jacques Korrubel
Ms Geraldine van Rooi
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Questions can be answered in any sequence.
3. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
4. Number the answers clearly
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 4 PAGES(Including this front page)
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Critical City Structure and Components
CCS611S
Question 1
Town and Regional Planners can rate the utility value of different shopping centres in a town for a
specific customer. Describe the model you would use to rate the utility value of shopping centres.
[11)
Question 2
The City of Windhoek would like to develop additional public open spaces in line with its Open Space
Policy. Describe the general principles that must be considered when the locality of a new Public
Open Space must be decided upon.
[8]
Question 3
Lewis, through the Lewis' Structural Change Model, suggested that the modern urban industrial
sector would attract workers from the rural areas and subsequently have an impact on the physical
structure and components of our cities and urban Areas. Provide a detailed description of Lewis'
Structural Change Model inclusive of how it changes the city's physical structure.
[8]
Question 4
The layout forms of modern cities are dominated by the traditional street patterns found in these
cities. Describe at least 5 of these traditional street patterns.
[10)
Question 5
The locality of wholesale and warehousing enterprises within a city is influenced by a unique set of
factors. Describe these factors.
[6]
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Critical City Structure and Components
CCS611S
Question 6
The definition and demarcation of the boundaries of a city's Central Business District (CBD) is an
important skill every town planner should have. Compare the statistical and visual tools that are
available to town planners to achieve the definition and demarcation of the CBD.
[10]
Question 7
Adriana Allen, in her research on the Peri Urban Areas of cities, highlights the classical planning
perspectives planners used to control and manage the Peri Urban Area. Provide a detail description
of these planning perspectives and their areas of intervention. (Provide the answer in a table
format).
[10]
Question 8
You are appointed to determine the appropriate number and size of Public Open Spaces in a certain
community. Describe the methods you would use to complete your assignment.
[6]
Question 9
Provide sketches with a legend describing the locality of the different structural components of
cities as per:
{a) the model developed by Homer Hoyt in 1939 {study of 40+ American Cities) {5)
{b) the model developed by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman in 1945
{5)
[10]
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Critical City Structure and Components
CCS611S
Question 10
The figure below illustrates the "K311 Market Principle of Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory
that is used to determine the hierarchy of urban settlements and the spatial distribution of
commercial developments.
a) Provide a detailed explanation how this theory determines the hierarchy of urban
settlements and the spatial distribution of commercial developments.
(6)
b) Define the "Threshold 11 factor within the Central PlaceTheory.
(3)
c) Define the "Market area / range" factor within the Central Place Theory.
(3)
[12]
Question 11
"Counter-urbanisation 11 is a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban
areas to rural
areas. It first took
place as a reaction to
inner-city
deprivation
and
overcrowding
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a) List the demographical changes counter-urbanisation has on rural areas.
(3)
b) List the economic changes that occur in rural areas due to counter-urbanisation.
(6)
[9]
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TOTAL [100]
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