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Ecumenopolis (from Greek: οἰκουμένη oecumene, meaning "world", and πόλις polis
meaning "city", thus a city made of the whole world; pl. ecumenopolises or
ecumenopoleis) is the hypothetical concept of a planetwide city. The word was
invented in 1967 by the Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis to represent the
idea that in the future urban areas and megalopolises would eventually fuse and
there would be a single continuous worldwide city as a progression from the current
urbanization and population growth trends.
Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban
planner and author. He is known for his work on the perceptual form of urban
environments and was an early proponent of mental mapping. His most influential
books include The Image of the City (1960), a seminal work on the perceptual form
of urban environments, and What Time is This Place? (1972), which theorizes how
the physical environment captures and refigures temporal processes.
Essentially, the agropolitan (from the words “agriculture” or farm, and “polis” or city)
approach balances development between urban and rural or agricultural areas. This
means there is a better integration, a more balanced relationship between the cities
and the farms so that communities and town cities are still close to the farm. The
approach is not exactly novel since this type of development dates back to the Middle
Ages. Its practice, though, continues in southern France and in many parts of
Europe.
In 1902 Parker and Unwin were asked to design a model village at New Earswick near
York for Joseph and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, and the following year they were
given the opportunity to take part in the creation of Letchworth (loosely based on the
Utopian plan of Ebenezer Howard), when the First Garden City Company asked them
to submit a plan.
The popularity of Parker and Unwin's "country" style, plus the success of the Cheap
Cottages Exhibitions of 1905 and 1907, inspired British urban architectural design
for many decades – a style which, according to Meades "shunned urbanism to an
extent otherwise unknown on this continent".
The Greater London Plan of 1944 was developed by Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie
(1879-1957). The plan was directly related to the County of London Plan written by
Abercrombie in 1943, with contributions by John Henry Forshaw (1895-1973).
Following World War II, London was presented with an opportunity to amend the
perceived failings of unplanned and haphazard development that had occurred as a
result of rapid industrialisation in the nineteenth century.
Sir Patrick Geddes FRSE (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a Scottish
biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner. He
is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban planning and sociology.
He introduced the concept of "region" to architecture and planning and coined the
term "conurbation".
A civic visionary, Mumford is credited with some of the earliest proposals for
ecological urban planning and the appropriate use of technology to create balanced
living environments. In the final chapters of The Culture of Cities, he outlines
possible paths toward utopian future cities that could be free of the stressors of
the Megalopolis, in sync with the rhythms of daily life, powered by clean energy,
integrated with agricultural regions, and full of honest and comfortable housing for
the working class. The principles set forth by these visions, once applied to Nazi-
occupied Europe’s razed cities, are still relevant today as technological advances
and overpopulation change the nature of urban life.
Broadacre City was the antithesis of a city and the apotheosis of the newly born
suburbia, shaped through Wright's particular vision. It was both a planning
statement and a socio-political scheme by which each U.S. family would be given
a one acre (4,046.86 m²) plot of land from the federal lands reserves, and a Wright-
conceived community would be built anew from this. In a sense it was the exact
opposite of transit-oriented development. There is a train station and a few office
and apartment buildings in Broadacre City, but the apartment dwellers are
expected to be a small minority. All important transport is done by automobile and
the pedestrian can exist safely only within the confines of the one acre (4,046.86
m²) plots where most of the population dwells.
The linear city design was first developed by Arturo Soria y Mata in Madrid, Spain
during the 19th century, but was promoted by the Soviet planner Nikolay
Alexandrovich Milyutin in the late 1920s. (Milyutin justified placing production
enterprises and schools in the same band with Engels' statement that "education
and labour will be united".)
15. THE LOCAL GOVT. CODE OF 1991 MANDATES THAT THE PLANNING PROCESS
BE:
i. TECHNOCRATIC
ii. PARTICIPATORY
iii. INCLUSIVE
iv. CONSULTATIVE
v. POLITICALLYNMOTIVATED
A. i, ii, & iii
B. ii, iii & iv
C. iii, vi & v
D. ii, iv & v
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
21. IN 1898, HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE DESIGN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL CITY
WHICH LIKE HOWARD’S CONCEPT,
WAS TO BE SELFNCONTAINED NEW SETTLEMENT WITH ITS OWN INDUSTRIES
AND HOUSING NEARBY.
A. TONY GARNIER
B. LEWIS MUMFORD
C. PETER HALL
D. LE CORBUSIER
35. WHICH LOCAL SPECIAL BODY DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF THE ANNUAL
EXPENDITURES AND CEILINGS OF
SPENDING FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND GENERAL SERVICES BASED ON THE
APPROVED LOCAL DEVT PLANS?
A. THE LOCAL TREASURER’S OFFICE
B. THE LOCAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
C. THE FISCAL MGMT OFFICE
D. THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE
36. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR LOCAL DEVT
INVESTMENT IS THROUGH THE IMPOSITION
OF THIS TYPE OF TAX ON THE LANDS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
OF PROVINCE, CITY OR
MUNICIPALITY SPECIALLY BENEFITTED BY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS OR
IMPROVEMENTS FUNDED BY THE LOCAL
GOVT UNIT CONCERNED.
A. IDLE LAND TAX
B. SPECIAL EDUCATION
C. SPECIAL LEVY
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
37. THE FOLLOWING MODALITIES ARE ALLOWED BY THE LOCAL GOVT CODE
FOR RAISING REVENUES OR
SOURCING OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL DEVT PROJECTS.
A. CONTRACTING FOR LOANS, CREDIT AND OTHER FORMS OF
INDEBTEDNESS WITH ANY GOVT OR
DOMESTIC PRIVATE BANK AND SIMILAR LENDING INSTITUTION.
B. DEFERRED PAYMENT AND SIMILAR FINANCIAL SCHEMES FOR LAND
ACQUISITIONS, AMONG OTHER
THINGS
C. BORROWING FROM THE NATIONAL GOVT THROUGH ITS RELENDING
INSTITUTIONS USING FUNDS
SECURED FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
E. NONE OF THE ABOVE
38. THE LOCAL PLAN WITH WHICH CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES PROMOTE THE
GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS
INHABITANTS AND ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES & FACILITIES IN
THEIR CAPACITY AS A CORPORATE
ENTITY IS:
A. POVERTY REDUCTION ACTION PLAN
B. COMPREHENSIVE DEV. PLAN
C. PLAN FOR THE YOUTH & ELDERLY
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 1 & 4
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 5, 1
D. 4, 5, 2
E. 5, 4, 2
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 3, 4
C. 3, 4, 1
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
65. AN URBAN AREA WHICH HAS THE FF. CHARACTERISTICS: IT HAS STRONG
LINKAGE WITH THE ECONOMY, IT IS
THE CENTER OF THE LABOR MARKET; IT IS A MAJOR WHOLESALE & RETAIL
TRADE AREA; IT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF
TERTIARY FUNCTIONS; HAS GOOD URBAN SYSTEM; AND HAS A POPULATION LESS
THAT 250,00 IS CALLED:
A. GROWTH CENTER
B. METROPOLITAN AREA
C. MAJOR URBAN CENTER
D. MINOR URBAN CENTER
71. UNDER THE CONCEPT OF URBANIZED AREAS ARE DEFINED IN THE PHIL.
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND
HOUSING OF 1990, CENTRAL DISTRICTS OF MUNICIAPLITIES AND CITIES HAVE A
POPULATION DENSITY OF AT
LEAST:
A. 100 PERSONS PER SQUARE KILOMETER
B. 250 PERSONS PER SQUARE KILOMETER
C. 500 PERSONS PER SQUARE KILOMETER
D. 1,000 PERSONS PER SQUARE KILOMETER
74. THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO FIRST CONCLUDED
THAT:
A. THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE GREW ONLY AT AN ARITHMETIC RATE
B. THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE AND POPULATION BOTH GREW AT AN
ARITHMETIC RATE
C. THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE AND POPULATION GREW AT AN GEOMETRIC
RATE
D. THE MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE GREW ONLY AT AN ARITHMETIC RATE
WHEREAS THE POPULATION TENDED
TO GROW AT A GEOMETRIC RATE
75. WHEN THE AGE AND SEX COMPOSITIONS OF MOST POPULATIONS ARE
PLOTTED GRAPHICALLY, THE RESULT
IS A “POPULATION PYRAMID”, THE BROAD BASE REPRESENTS THE YOUNGEST
AGES, AND THE SIDES GRADUALLY
SLOPE TOWARD A POINT, REPRESNTING THE DECREASE BROUGHT ABOUT BY
DEATHS IN EACH SUCESSIVE AGE
GROUP. THE PYRAMID REPRESENTS:
A. A STATISTICS PICTURE BECAUSE IT FREEZES THE CONTINOUS ACTION OF
MORTALITY, FERTILITY, AND
MIGRATION AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME
B. A UNIFORM INCREASE IN ALL AGE BRACKETS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
C. MIGRATION AND FERTILITY TRENDS
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
79. THE LAW THAT PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT THE MANAGEMENT OF
NATIONAL INTEGRATED
PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM IS:
A. RA 8371
B. RA 7586
C. RA 7279
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
81. ALONG WITH THE NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREAS FOR AGRICULTURE &
AGRONINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
(NPAAAD), IT PROVIDES THE PHYSICAL BASIS FOR THE PLANNING OF
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY
DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE CROPS, LIVESTOCK
AND FISHES THAT CAN BE
ECONOMICALLY GROWN AND COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED FOR LOCAL AND
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
WITHOUT CREATING IRREVERSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HELATH
PROBLEMS.
A. THE WATERSHED AREAS
B. COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN
C. INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT
D. STRATEGIC AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY DEVELOPMENT ZONE
85. THE BEST MEASURE OF THE PROJECT’S ECONOMIC WORTHINESS AND ITS
ADAPTATION AS A BASIS FOR
PROJECT ACCEPTABILITY IS:
A. NET PRESENT VALUE
B. DISCOUNTED RATE
C. EIR (ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE)
D. FIRR (FINANCIAL INVESTMENT RETURN RATE)
90. THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE WHERE THE FIRST EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE IN
THE WORLD WAS ESTABLISHED.
A. PUERTO RICO
B. INDIA
C. TAIWAN
D. KOREA
93. EBENEZER HOWARD, THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMONG THE GREAT THINKERS
IN MODERN URBAN AND
REGIONAL PLANNING, WROTE THIS FAMOUS BOOK, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1898.
A. GARDEN CITIES
B. GARDEN OF TOMORROW
C. TOMORROW CITIES
D. GARDEN CITIES OF TOMORROW
108. THIS TYPE OF PLAN SHOWS THE ALLOCATION OF LAND INTO BROAD
FUNCTIONAL CLASSES, e.g.,
DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS, CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION AREAS,
AGRICULTURAL AREA AND FOREST AREAS.
A. STRUCTURE PLAN
B. GENERAL LAND USE PLAN
C. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
D. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
111. THE 1987 CONSTITUTION SEEKS TO CLASSIFY ALL LANDS IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN INTO FOUR CATEGORIES.
NAME THE ONE THAT IS NOT AMONG THE FOUR.
A. AGRICULTURAL LAND
B. MINERAL LAND
C. NATIONAL PARK
D. ANCESTRAL DOMAIN
E. FOREST LAND
115. THE MAIN REGULATORY TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING LAND USE PLAN IN
THE PHILS. IS:
A. CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMS
B. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
C. EXPLORATION
D. ZONING
116. THE AGENCY THAT IMPLEMENTS THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS
THAT SUPPORT POLICIES OF GVT
WITH REGARDS TO OPTIMIZING THE USE OF LAND AS A RESOURCE IS:
A. NEDA
B. DAR
C. HLURB
D. DPWH
128. THESE ARE LANDS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING THE ECONOMIC
PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF
CROPS/LAND USE OVER GIVEN TIME IN A CLIMATIC REGION WITHOUT
ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE IMMEDIATE
AND ADJOINING ENVIRONMENT.
A. INDIGENOUS AREAS
B. PRIME AGRICULTURAL
C. ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS
D. AGRONINDUSTRIAL ZONES
133. THE PRIMARY GOVT AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES FOR THE IP’s
IS:
A. OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS
B. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CULTURAL MINORITIES
C. COMMISSION FOR THE PHILIPPINE MINORITIES
D. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
148. EBENEZER HOWARD’S IDEAS WERE ADOPTED BY THE BRITISH GOVT IN THE
ENACTMENT OF THE NEW
TOWNS ACT OF 1947. THE NEW TOWNS CONCEPT, ACCORDING TO HISTORIANS,
HAS BEEN ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD ON A PAPER NAPKIN, THIS FAMOUS DIAGRAM CONSISTS OF:
A. ONE MAGNET
B. TWO MAGNETS
C. THREE MAGNETS
D. FOUR MAGNETS
150. THE FIRST NEW TOWN BUILT FOLLOWING EBENEZER HOWARD’S IDEA IS
KNOWN AS:
A. LETCHWORTH
B. SOLITAIRE
C. STERENAGE
D. WELWYN
157. THE PLAN WITH WHICH CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES PROMOTES THE
GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS
INHABITANTS AND ENSURES THE DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES
IN ITS CAPACITY AS A CORPORATE
ENTITY IS:
A. POVERTY REDUCTION PLAN
B. COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
C. PLAN FOR THE YOUTH AND ELDERLY
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
162. HLURB IS THE SOLE REGULATORY BODY OF LAND USE AND HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AS PROVIDED FOR
UNDER:
A. EON72
B. RAN7160
C. EON90
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
175. SECTION 106 OF THE LOCAL GOVT. CODE PROVIDES THAT, “EACH LOCAL
GOVT UNIT SHALL HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE MULTINSECTORAL DEV PLAN TO BE INITIATED BY ITS
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND APPROVED
BY ITS SANGGUNIAN. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE DEV COUNCIL AT THE
PROVINCIAL, CITY, MUNICIPAL, OR
BARANGGAY LEVEL, SHALL ASSIST THE CORRESPONDING SANGGUNIAN IN
SETTING THE DIRECTION OF
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COORDINATING DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION”. THIS LOCAL GOVT BODY IS THE BIGGEST POLICY MAKING BODY
IN THE LGU.
A. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
B. LOCAL SANGGUNIAN (BAYAN, PANLALAWIGAN OR PANLUNSOD)
C. LOCAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
D. LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE
180. THE PHIL CONSTITUTION STATES THAT, “CONGRESS SHALL GIVEN THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY TO THE
ENACTMENT OF MEASURES THAT PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE RIGHT OF ALL
PEOPLE TO HUMAN DIGNITY,
REDUCE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES BY EQUITABLY DIFFUSING
WEALTH AND POLITICAL POWER FOR
THE COMMON GOOD, TO THIS END, THE STATE SHALL REGULATE THE
ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP, USE AND
DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY AND ITS INCREMENTS”. TO WHICH OF THE
REGULATORY POWERS IS DEVOLVED TO
THE LOCAL GOVT UNITS?
A. ACQUISITION
B. OWNERSHIP
C. USE
D. DISPOSITION
184. THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT CATERS TO
THE LOWEST 30% INCOME LEVEL
OF THE PHIL POPULATION IS THE:
A. LOCAL HOUSING BOARD
B. HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY COUNCIL
C. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
D. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
213. THESE ARE AREAS OF LESS THAN 500 PEOPLE PER KM SQ. WHOSE
INHABITANTS ARE PRIMARILY ENGAGED
IN AGRICULTURE OR IN EXTRACTION OF RAW MATERIALS, WITH DWELLINGS
WHICH ARE SPACED WIDELY APART
AND OFTEN WITH LITTLE OR NO SERVICES OR UTILITIES SUCH AS POWER, PIPED
WATER, SEWERAGE, ROADS, ETC.
A. TRIBE
B. PUROK
C. PROVINCIAL
D. RURAL
E. HAMLET
233. THEY ARE INVETERATE OPTIMISTS WHO BELIEVE THAT “NECESSITY IS THE
MOTHER OF INVENTION” AND
HENCE THEY ASSERT THAT ALL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED
BY EVERNADVANCING SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, AND LIMITLESS HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
A. CORNUCOPIANS
B. SOROPTIMIST
C. UTOPIANS
D. DSYTOPIANS
240. THIS TYPE OF PLANNING HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED ‘SYPNOTIC’, ‘STATIC’,
‘NORMATIVE’, AND ‘UTOPIAN’,
BECAUSE IT ASSUMES A PRIORI THAT PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS HAVE THE
INTELLIGENCE, NOBLE INTENTIONS,
AND EXPERTISE TO SYNTHESIZE EXTENSIVE DATA, ANALYZE A RELATIVELY
PREDICTABLE WORLD, AND DECIDE
RIGHTLY ON CRUCIAL QUESTION OF BROADER PUBLIC INTEREST.
A. EQUITY OR ACTIVIST OR ADVOCACY PLANNING
B. TRADITIONAL PLANNING OR COMMAND PLANNING OR IMPERATIVE
PLANNING
C. STRATEGIC PLANNING
D. RATIONALNCOMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
245. ACCORDING TO DAVID HARVEY AND RAY PAHL, PLANNING IS LESS A MEANS
FOR URBAN RENEWAL, BUT
MORE OF “AN AGENT OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT” IN ITS OWN RIGHT,
LINKED TO ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
OF THE CITY THAT SEEK TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND INEQUALITY. PLANNERS
SHOULD BE REGARDED AS
CREATORS OF URBAN SPACE, NOT MERE VALUENNEUTRAL ARBITERS OF
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.
A. CRITICAL/RADICAL PLANNING
B. COMMUNICATIVE PLANNING
C. LIBERAL PLANNING
D. ACTIVIST PLANNING
252. DR. GIDEON SJOBERG (1933) CLAIMS THAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE FROM
OVERLAND TRADE AND
COMMERCE IN PRENINDUSTRIAL ERA FOSTERED THE FORMATION OF THE
CITIES, AS LITERATE INDIVIDUALS,
CRAFTSMEN AND TOOLNMAKERS CAME TOGETHER TO DEBATE AND TEST EACH
OTHER’S IDEAS. COMPETITION
AMONG NONNFARMING SPECIALIST GAVE BIRTH TO THE ‘SCIENTIFIC METHOD’
AS WELL AS TO TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCES IN PLANT CULTIVATION AND ANIMAL BREEDING.
A. ACCULTURATION AND ENCULTURATION
B. SOCIONCULTURAL THEORY OF URBANIZATION
C. DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
D. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
258. OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF MEDIEVAL TOWNS AND CITIES, LAND WAS USED
COLLECTIVELY AND DEFINED AS
FOLLOWS: ‘COMMON OF PASTURE’, ‘COMMON OF TURBARY’, ‘COMMON OF
PISCARY’, ‘COMMON OF
ESTOVERS’, AND ‘COMMON OF SOIL’. WHICH ONE REFERS TO EVERYONE’S RIGHT
TO TAKE FISH, GAME, OR FOWL
FROM COMMUNAL LAND?
A. COMMON OF PASTURE
B. COMMON OF PISCARY
C. COMMON OF SOIL
D. COMMON OF TURBARY
259. EXCEPT FOR ONE CITY BELOW, “MERCANTILE CITIES” DURING THE
RENAISSANCE PERIOD SERVED AS
TRADING POSTS FOR OVERSEAS COMMERCE AND PLAYED KEY ROLE IN THE
ACCUMULATION OF GOLD AND
SILVER BY THE EUROPEAN MONARCHIES AND PRINCIPALALITIES.
A. VENICE, ITALY
B. AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
C. DORTMUND, GERMANY
D. LISBON, PORTUGAL
263. THE MILESTONE THAT MARKED THE START OF INDUSTRIAL AGE IN 1769
AND CHANGED THE PRIMARY
MODE OF ECONOMIC PRODUCTION WAS:
A. DISCOVERY OF CRUDE OIL, COAL AND GAS AS FUELS
B. INVENTION OF STEAM ENGINE AS SOURCE OF POWER
C. INVENTION OF PRINTING PRESS TO PROPAGATE SCINTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
D. INVENTION OF TRAINS, TRAMS AND RAIL FOR FASTER MOVEMENT OF
GOODS
268. SUPERVISED BY SIR RAYMOND UNWIN, THE FIRST GARDEN CITY BUILT IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM (1903N
1920) WAS:
A. LETCHWORTH
B. LONDON
C. WELWYN
D. HAMPSTEAD
E. MILTON KEYNES
269. THE GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT SHAPED THE BRITISH POLICY OF “URBAN
CONTAINMENT”, WITH THE
FOLLOWING FEATURES, EXCEPT ONE:
A. GREENBELTS, GREEN GIRDLES AND CLEAR EDGES FOR ALL CITIES
B. MASS TRANSIT TO LINK “MOTHER CITY” WITH GARDEN CITIES
C. HOMESTEAD OF ABOUT ONE ACRE PER FAMILY
D. PRESERVATION OF MORE FARMLAND & OPEN SPACE
277. “A TOWN IS A TOOL FOR FREE MAN TO OVERCOME CHAOS AND LACK OF
ORDER…A CITY IS THE GRIP OF
MAN UPON NATURE…GEOMETRY IS THE MEANS WHEREBY WE PERCIEVE THE
EXTERNAL WORLD AND EXPRESS
THE WORLD WITHIN US…GEOMETRY IS THE FOUNDATION…MACHINERY IS THE
RESULT OF GEOMETRY. THE AGE
IN WHICH WE LIVE IS THEREFORE ESSENTIALLY A GEOMETRIC ONE..TOWN
PLANNING DEMANDS UNIFORMITY IN
DETAIL AND A SENSE OF MOVEMENT IN GENERAL LAYOUT…”
A. GORDON CULLEN
B. LE CORBUSIER
C. ALDO ROSSI
D. THOMAS SHARP
E. ROY WORKSETT
280. DON ANTURO SORIA Y MATA, A SPANISH ENGINEER, SUGGESTED THAT THE
LOGIC OF UTILITY
CONNECTIONS (ELECTRICITY, SEWER, TELEPHONE LINES, GAS AND WATER
PIPES) BE THE BASIS OF CITY LAYNOUT;
THUS HE CONSIDERED THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN HIS CONCEPT OF AN
ELONGATED URBAN FORM
RUNNING FROM CADIZ SPAIN UP TO ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.
A. CIUDAD CONECTADA
B. CIUDAD ELONGADA
C. CIUDAD LINEAL
D. CIUDAD LARGA
281. TONY GARNIER (1917) CONCEPTUALIZED A LUSH GREEN CITY OF ABOUT
35,000 INHABITANTS WHERE
“MAN WOULD RULE BY HIMSELF”, THUS THERE WOULD BE NO POLICE, NO
CHURCHES, NO RIGID FORMS OF
SOCIAL CONTROL IN THIS UTOPIAN PLACE COMPLETE WITH LANDSCAPE HOMES,
FACTORIES, TRADE, SCHOOLS,
TRANSPORT AND LEISURE FACILITIES.
A. ESPLANADE
B. AXLENINDUSTRIELLE
C. POSTNINDUSTRIAL MOTOR CITY
D. LINEAR INDUSTRIAL CITY
283. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE NEW
TOWN CONCEPT OF CLARENCE STEIN
AS SHOWCASED AT RADBURN, NEW JERSEY; COLUMBIA, MARYLAND;
GREENBELT, MARYLAND; GREENHILLS,
OHIO; GREENDALE, WILCONSIN; AND GREENBROOK, NJ:
A. HUGE MANUFACTURING FIRM AT THE CENTER
B. SEPARATION BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND MOTOR TRAFFIC
C. GREEN SPACES WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED
D. SERIES OF SUPERBLOCKS
E. PRIOR LAND ASSEMBLY
F. NEIGHBORHOOD CLUSTERS
285. THE PLANNER WHO SAID THAT “SURVEY” IS A REQUISITE FOR PLANNING IN
THE FAMOUS FRAMEWORK
“SURVEYFANALYSISFPLAN” WAS:
A. DEMOGRIPHUS
B. HERODOTUS
C. GEDDES
D. PERICLES
293. IF “WORLD HERITAGE DAY” IS MARKED EACH YEAR ON APRIL 18, “WORLD
BIODIVERISTY DAY” IS OBSERVED
ON MAY 22, “WORLD OCEAN DAY” ON JUNE 18, “WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S
DAY” ON AUGUST 9, “WORLD
ANIMAL DAY” ON OCTOBER 4, AND “WORLD FOOD DAY” ON OCTOBER 16, WHEN
IS “WORLD WATER DAY”
CELEBRATED?
A. JANUARY 13
B. MARCH 22
C. JUNE 24
D. OCTOBER 31
294. BASED ON HIS LANDMARK BOOK, “DESIGN WITH NATURE”, ‘MAP OVERLAY’
TO IDENTIFY ‘ECOLOGICAL
CONTRAINTS’ DEVISED IN 1967 BY THE FIRST MODERN ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNER.
A. IAN MCHARG
B. KONTANTINOS DOXIADIS
C. FRANCIS STUART CHAPIN JR.
D. EMMA BOMBECK
295. DR. WILLIAM REES COINED THIS CONCEPT IN 1992 TO APPROXIMATE THE
AMOUNT OF PRODUCTIVE SPACE,
MEASURED IN TERMS OF GLOBAL HECTARE (gha) PER CAPITA, NEEDED TO
SUSTAIN A POPULATION WHICH
CONSUMES FOOD, WATER, ENERGY, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., AND REQUIRES
THE SINK FUNCTIONS OF
NATURE FOR HUMAN WASTE AND POLLUTION.
A. LANDNPOPULATION RATIO
B. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
C. INDEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
D. ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
308. DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD, THERE WERE FOUR MAJOR
FORMS OF LAND TENURE OR LAND
HOLDING, WHICH ONE REFERS TO THE RIGHT OF A SERVANT OF SPANISH
CROWN TO CLLECT TRIBUTE FROM
RESIDENTS OF A TERRITORY WITHOUT ANY OWNERSHIP CLAIM OVER THAT
TERRITORY?
A. FRIAR LANDS
B. ENCOMIENDAS
C. HACIENDAS
D. TOWNSHIPS
311. ACCORDING TO DR. ERNESTO PERNIA (1983), THE MAJOR BLUNDER IN PHIL
ECONOMIC POLICY AND
INDUSTRIALIZATION STRATEGY OCCURRED IN THE LATTER PERIOD OF
AMERICAN COLONIAL RULE WHEN:
A. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH USA NARROWED PHIL AGRICULTURAL
OUTPUT TO CASH CROPS FOR
EXPORT SUCH AS SUGAR, TOBACCO, HEMP, COCNUT, PALM, RICE AND
TIMBER
B. PROGRESS OF PHIL AGRICULTURAL REGIONS WAS DIRECTLY TIED TO
FLUCTUATIONS OF AMERICAN
MARKET DURING DEPRESSION, INSTEAD OF FILIPINO PRODUCTION BEING
RESPONSVE TO DOMESTIC
DEMAND BY INTERLINKING PHIL REGIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER
C. POSTNWAR “IMPORT SUBSTITUTION” POLICY BEGINNING 1947 FOCUSED
ON CAPITALNINTENSIVE URBAN
CONSUMER GOODS RATHER THAN ON RESOURCENBASED
AGRONINDUSTRIALIZATION IN PROVINCIAL
VENTERS UTILIZING AGRICULTURAL SURPLUS.
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
319. THIS 1997 DOCUMENT IS THE PHILS OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO 1992 UNCED “
EARTH SUMMIT” AND CONTAINS
A POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT REDEFINES DEVELOPMENT AS THE “DRAWING OUT
OF FULL HUMAN POTENTIAL”
ACCORDING TO THE “APPROPRIATE PRODUCTIVITY” OF NATURE, RATHER THAN
OPTIMAL OR MAXIMUM
EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO ACHIVE GDP GROWTH.
A. PHIL. STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE
B. PHILS. COVENANT ON TOTAL HUMAN DEV.
C. STRATEGIC NATL. ACTION PROGRAM
D. PHIL. AGENDA 21
321. THE FIRST STATENWIDE LAND USE PLAN IN 1973 WHICH DEFINED URBAN
GROWTH BOUNDARIES (UGB’s)
THAT SEPARATED URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE GROWTH
WITHIN SERVICED AREAS AND TO
PRESERVE RURAL FARMLAND FOR A TIME FRAME OF 20 YEARS, TOOK PLACE IN
THE STATE OF:
A. OREGON
B. NEW YORK
C. CALIFORNIA
D. FLORIDA
323. IN ALL BUT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CASES, THE US SUPREME COURT
DECLARED “TAKINGS” BY GOVT AS
ILLEGAL, AS IT UPHELD THE CONSTITUTIONAL PERCEPT THAT”PRIVATE
PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE TAKEN FOR
PUBLIC USE WITHOUT JUST COMPENSATION”.
A. WHERE A REGULATION IS MERELY INTENDED TO PREVENT A NUISANCE
AND REMOVE DISCOMFORT
CAUSED TO THE PUBLIC.
B. WHERE A REGULATION FORCED A LANDOWNER TO ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE
TO ENTER ONTO THE
PROPERTY
C. WHERE A REGULATION IMPOSE BURDENS OR COSTS ON A LANDOWNER
THAT DO NOT BEAR A
“REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP” TO THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ON THE
COMMUNITY.
D. WHERE GOVT. CAN EQUALLY ACCOMPLISH A VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE
THROUGH LESS INTRUSIVE
REGULATION OR THROUGH A REQUIREMENT ABDICATING PROPERTY.
E. WHERE A LANDOWNER HAS BEEN DENIED “ALL ECONOMICALLY VIABLE
USE” OF THE LAND
337. IN 2010, WHICH PHILIPPINE CITY HAS THE BIGGEST POPULATION, BIGGEST
GROSS INCOME, BIGGEST NET
INCOME AND BIGGEST IRA?
A. CITY OF MANILA
B. MAKATI CITY
C. QUEZON CITY
D. CEBU CITY
349. IN THE MODEL OF HOMER HOYT, THE SECTIONS OF URBAN LAND WITH THE
HIGHETS VALUES ARE THOSE:
A. DOWNTOWN SECTIONS FACING SEAS, LAKES & NEAR WATERFRONTS
B. ON TOP OF HILLS AND ELEVATED AREAS CALLED “UPTOWNS”
C. IMMEDIATELY AROUND PUBLIC OFFICES/INSTITUTIONAL SECTOR
D. ALONG MAJOR ROADWAYS
350. “SOCIAL STATUS DECLINES WITH INCREASING DISTANCE FROM THE CITY”
IS A PROPOSITION ABOUT POOR
THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THAT CONTRADICTS THE ORIGINAL LAND USE
MODELS FROM THE CHICAGO SCHOOL
OF HUMAN ECOLOGY.
A. DONUT MODEL
B. CORENPERIPHERY DEPENDENCY MODEL
C. POLYCENTRIC MODEL
D. INVERSE CONCENTRIC