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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BU ILT ENVI RON M ENT
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATION:
BACHELOR OF TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BTAR
NQF LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE:
DATE:
DPP720S
DECEMBER 2025
COURSE NAME: DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
AND PROCESSES
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION:
3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY/ SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S)
MODERATOR
Pieter Genis
Francois van Rensburg
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read and answer all the questions carefu lly.
2. Number the answers clearly.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES (Including this front page)
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Development Policies and Processes
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Question 1
[20)
a) Development policy objectives are informed by principles or values. Analyse the NUST lower
campus area and compile economic, social, spatial, good governance and environmental
principles to improve the area (2 marks for each respective principle category indicated). (10)
b) Develop a policy outline to address urban informal settlements in Namibia - only compile a
content page to ind icate the issues (critical aspects or topics) to be included in this policy. (10)
Question 2
[20)
a) The Namibia Vision 2030 policy highlights the urban environment as a critical focus area for
national level development. Justify five (5) priority things to do (strategic actions) in respect of
achievement of where we want to be concerning the focus area of the urban environment. (5)
b) Urban planning is advocating sustainable land use, critical to alleviate poverty (Cities as Engines
of Growth in Frontiers in Development Policy, 2011). Explain the policy recommendations under
the topics of: Urban policy dimensions; Geography of urbanisation; Design of urban areas. (15)
Question 3
[20)
Development Planning Green Paper (DPGP), 1998 of South Africa required each province to develop
its own spatial plan to converge government sector programs & decision-making.
a)
Highlight the critical improvement towards service delivery provided by the DPGP.
(5)
The National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) of South Africa highlighted that: "To
overcome spatial distortions, future development opportunities should be along activity corridors &
nodes."
b)
Argue the locality of a potential industrial corridor in Namibia.
(S)
During the revival of Urban Spatial Policy (USP) in South African, a key strategy was to access well-
located land and encourage urban compactness and integration.
c) Identify any five (5) steps in preparing a vacant and under-utilised land audit.
(5)
d) List five (5) indicators to measure the performance of a compact city in the category of dense
and proximate development patterns.
(5)
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Question 4
[20)
The format of a policy may range from a very simple statement regarding a specific issue to a full
explanation of - how it was arrived at, why it has been formulated and what it entails.
a) You are required to compile an urban spatial policy on urban edges. As a policy summary
recommendation, define the concept of urban edges {1 mark) and discuss how the policy was
arrived at (2 marks), why it has been formulated (2 marks) and what it entails (5 marks). {10)
b) Preparing development policy requires consultation. Elaborate on exhibitions and interactive
design as consultation methods.
(10)
Question 5
[20)
Addressing urbanisation and urban development in a sustainable way requires integrated
policymaking and strategies.
a)
Analyse the reasons of agriculture/ food security, as critical policy/strategy considerations
to address urbanisation.
(5)
b)
Compile a road map for the urban future of Namibia in respect of addressing the institutional
challenge with reference to a National Urbanisation Committee.
(5)
c)
Design a policy framework (use the matrix herewith provided) with the aim to strategise your
thinking towards achieving the SDG target of green and public spaces in respect of spatial planning
Interventions and urban governance.
(10)
SDG TARGET COMPONENTS Spatial Planning Intervention
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Urban Governance
TOTAL
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