Principles and Guidelines for Layout Planning
PLP621S
Question 4
A topographical analysis assists planners to determine the slope (gradient) of a terrain.
(a) Reproduce the table below in your answer book and indicate the optimum gradients in
respect of the activity types indicated:
(5)
Activity type
General purpose
Informal
Planted area
Paved area
Roads
Gradient (%)
(b) How would you conduct a slope analysis?
(8)
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Question 5
The integrated approach, on which the framework for settlement-making is based, makes it possible to
identify certain performance qualities our urban settlements must strive for.
(a) Based on your studies, please explain how “Sustainability” can be classified as being one of the
performance qualities.
(4)
(b) In what way would you design a settlement to improve the “Quality of Place”, as being another
performance quality?
(6)
(c) Provide a checklist of the physical characteristics a human settlement will display if its designer
incorporated all of the performance qualities in their design.
(5)
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Question 6
Make a distinction between all the spatial design principles that are essential for proper
settlement making.
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Second Opportunity / Supplementary Exam Question Paper
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January 2020