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SHP621S - SETTLEMENT HISTORY AND PLANNING THEORY - 1ST OPP - NOV 2024 |
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n Am I BIA u n IVER s ITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATION:
Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning
QUALIFICATION CODE:
07BTAR
NQF LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE:
COURSE NAME:
SHP621S
SETTLEMENT HISTORY & PLANNING THEORY
DATE: NOVEMBER 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARl<S: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER{S)
MODERATOR
Nadine l<orrubel
Daleen Brand
1. Answer ALL the questions.
INSTRUCTIONS
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 7 PAGES (Including this front page)
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Question 1
Answer only ONE of the following TWO questions. Provide a heading to indicate which one your
answer refers to.
According to A.E.J. Morris "Although superficially comparable with Mesopotamia, in that both
countries contained great rivers flowing through immensely fertile valleys and plains .... the
evolution of urban settlements in Egypt took place along markedly different lines ... However,
reasons why they took markedly different forms also account for the scarcity of urban remains".
A] Explain the scarcity of urban remains of ancient cities in Egypt.
(6)
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B] Explain the formation of "tells", a characteristic of the Mesopotamian civilization.
(6)
[6]
Question 2
Draw a sketch (include the necessary descriptions) to illustrate the urban form and urban
components of Ur, a true Sumerian city.
(5)
[5]
Question 3
Explain the urban form determinant "Topography".
(6)
[6]
Question 4
Discuss only ONE of the following TWO questions regarding urban form determinants. Provide a
heading to indicate which one your answer refers to.
A] Religion
(4)
OR
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B) Urban mobility
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Question 5
By coincidence the two most important planned Greek cities are located within a short distance of
each other. Describe the systematic city planning in Priene according to the basic
elements/components and their occurrence in Priene.
(6)
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Figure 1: Prienne
Source: http://www.proprofs.com/flashca rds/ cardshowa 11p.hp?title=ancient-cities-fi naI
[6]
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Question 6
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a) Describe the typical imperial urban plan of a Roman settlement. Your answer must refer to
the standardized plan of the provincial Roman towns.
(10)
b) The urban form of Silchester (as illustrated in the plan provided) differs, from the typical
imperial urban plan. Identify three deviations from the typical imperial urban plans.
(3)
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SILCHESl'ER
Figure 2: Silchester
Source: http:// cw. routledge .com/textbooks/978041549864 7/i mages19 .asp
Source: Gates, C. (2011). Ancient Cities. Second Edition. New York. Routledge Taylor & Francis
Group.
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Question 7
Answer only ONE of the following TWO questions. Provide a heading to indicate which one your
answer refers to.
A] Describe the two basic types of housing found in the ancient city of Rome.
(5)
OR
B] Describe the urban form component "markets", with reference to where trade took place in
the ancient city of Rome.
(5)
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Question 8
~, Medieval towns generally have similar social, economic and political contexts in most European
countries. They also have similar features of urban form. Discuss "walls" one of the urban
components of medieval towns.
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Question 9
In Frederick L. Olmsted's address to the American Social Science Association, he repeatedly
appealed to the political and economic leadership of American cities to create parks that would
achieve a whole range of public benefits.
a) Describe some of the public benefits.
(4)
b) Olmsted also states in the abovementioned address that forms of recreation may be
categorized into two general categories and two sub-categories. Identify the four
categories.
(4)
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Question 10
Two English garden cities were actually built in the early twentieth century and the concept
inspired the British New Town program. Explain the essence of Ebenezer Howard's garden city as
illustrated with the concentric ring-diagram.
(10)
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Question 11
Howard's second project (Welwyn Garden City), demonstrates the limits of the "social city"
concept. Discuss the limits of the physical realisation of Howard's "social city".
(5)
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Question 12
The sketch represents one section of a Garden City (Figure 3). Discuss the design of a garden city.
Your answer must focus on the area between the centre and Grand road/street.
(5)
Figure 3: Garden City diagram
(Source: R.T. LeGates & F.Stout (editors), (2011), The City Reader (fifth edition), The Routledge
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Urban Reader Series, London, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, plate 35).
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Question 13
Describe Le Corbusier's Contemporary City/"La Ville Contemporaine", as illustrated in the
provided sketch. (Marks will not be allocated for percentages of different land uses.)
(12)
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Figure 4: La Ville Contemporaine
Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3171035.pdf
Question 14
Explain briefly Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City Plan.
TOTAL
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