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nAmlBIA un,vERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
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: 5
COURSE CODE: EVPSlOS
COURSE NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
DATE: JUNE 2023
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S}
MODERATOR
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Pieter Genis
Geraldine van Rooi
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Marks for each question are indicated at the end of each question.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. Examination paper & script
2. Pen, ruler, pencil, eraser
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 4 PAGES {Including this front page)
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Question 1
[10]
(a)
True or False. Answer each question by writing True or False next to each respective
statement (1 mark each for respective statements, numbered 1 to 5).
[5]
1. The tragedy of the commons threatens long term economic & environmental
sustainability.
2. Economic development is the annual market value of all goods and services produced
in a country.
3. Population decline is a result of the large numbers moving into the reproductive
category.
4. Sustainable societies meet current & future basic needs in a just & equitable manner.
5. Urban growth is the percentage of the population of a country living in an urban area.
(b)
Explain natural capital as critical component of sustainability, with reference to
relevant examples.
[5]
Question 2
[15]
(a)
The average life expectancy in Namibia is evident from these figures: 1991 (61 years),
2001 (54 years), 2011 (63 years). The deviance in 2001 is ascribed to a sharp population decrease
due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Recall the harmful effects of a rapid decline in the young adult
population experienced.
[5]
(b)
In the recent publication by Development Workshop Namibia (Informal settlements in
Namibia: their nature and growth), it is recommended to turn rapid urbanisation and the creation
of new townships into economic opportunities. Illustrate this recommendation as discussed by
Weber and Mendelsohn, 2017.
[5]
(c)
The problems and challenges of urbanisation and urban growth are exposed by looking
at several trends. Identify the trends related to informality.
[5]
Question 3
[15]
(a)
It is important to understand the processes and interactions in the matter-cycles of
ecosystems in order to reduce negative impacts on them. Demonstrate any five processes affected
by humans in the nitrogen-cycle.
[5]
(b)
Outline five benefits in evaluating the trade-offs to convince government on the use of
wind power.
[5]
(c)
Namibia has received an application to dispose nuclear waste in the Namib desert.
Argue the key issues in your report to advise the government on this request.
[5]
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Question 4
[15]
(a)
Define risk and summarise the key risk evaluation & reduction principles.
[5]
(b)
As advisor to the local chamber of commerce and industry on strategies to reduce solid
waste, recommend five strategies towards this aim.
[5]
(c)
A considered challenge of this century is climate change -the atmosphere is warming
rapidly due to human activities. Demonstrate strategies that countries can implement to prepare
for the projected harmful effects of essentially irreversible climate change.
[5]
Question 5
[15]
(a)
One of the major causes of environmental problems is poverty, defined as the inability
to meet basic economic needs. Differentiate how we can reduce poverty through changes in
public & private policies/strategies.
[5]
(b)
Gunter Pauli's BLUE ECONOMY aims to shift society from scarcity to abundance with
what is locally available and tackling issues that cause environmental and related problems in new
ways. Show how we can change economies towards this type with reference to the key principles
and relevant examples.
[5]
(c)
Define environmental policy and list the stages of the policy life cycle.
[5]
Question 6
[15]
(a)
Urban sprawl is described as low density growth on urban edges, eliminating
surrounding agricultural and wild lands and segregate land uses. Display the undesirable impacts
of urban sprawl in respect of economic effects, land and biodiversity.
[5]
(b)
Global movements towards sustainable and liveable urban areas are amongst others
New Urbanism, Smart Growth and Eco Cities. Examine five elements of New Urbanism.
[5]
(c)
Critical aspects to achieve sustainable urban areas are the role of spatial planning (land
use planning) and zoning regulation. Clarify this statement.
[5]
Question 7
[15]
(a)
The Minister of Environment and Tourism, the Sustainable Advisory Development
Council and the Environmental Commissioner has designated functions as provided for in sections
4 and 17 respectively of the Environmental Management Act (Act 7 of 2007). Briefly describe any
five functions of the Environmental Commissioner.
[5]
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(b)
The Minister of Environment and Tourism listed activities, which may not be
undertaken without an environmental clearance certificate, in the Government Gazette. Give the
criteria of crimes related to environmental clearance certificates as well as the penalty for these
crimes as stipulated in the Act (Act 7 of 2007).
[5]
(a)
ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTASSESSMENT(EIA)is the process on the mitigation of
impacts of proposed activities in reaction of development proposals and assessment of the effect
on the environment. The first three stages are defining the project proposal, screening and
scoping. Identify any other five key characteristics (stages) of EIA.
[5]
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