CSS Town Planning & Urban Management Past Paper 2024

PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q. No. 2. A variety of professionals are engaged in urban planning exercises. In your opinion, which professional should lead an urban planning exercise such as Master Planning, and why should other professionals not lead? Justify your answer.

Q. No. 3. Discuss the urban planning characteristics of Indus Valley Civilization settlements. In which form, those/any of those historical urban planning features are/is being practiced in the urban planning of recent times? Provide examples to support your answer.

Q. No. 4. Is rural-urban migration the only reason for urbanization? Explain your answer while discussing urbanization in all its dimensions.

Q. No. 5. Recently, various local government authorities across Pakistan have been commissioning Master Planning projects. Discuss the issues that are being faced in the preparation, execution, and implementation of these projects.

Q. No. 6. Which important building and development control legal instruments are being used by local government authorities in Pakistan to guide the future development of their respective jurisdiction areas?

Q. No. 7. Target 11.1 framed under Sustainable Development Goals 2030 emphasizes ensuring access for all to adequate, safe, and affordable housing and basic services, and upgrading slums. What should be the policy response from the concerned government tiers to achieve this target by 2030?

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Role of urban design guidelines for addressing urban social problems.
(b) Advantages of community-based natural resources management.
(c) Significance of quantitative data analysis software(s) in urban planning (explanation through example/s).