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Subject planning theory – ii
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Exam / Course bplan
Department
Organization Gujarat Technological University
Position
Exam Date April, 2016
City, State gujarat, ahmedabad


Question Paper

Seat No.: Enrolment No.:
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BPLAN SEMESTER IV- • EXAMINATION WINTER 2016
Subject Code: 1045501 Date: 21/10/2016
Subject Name: Planning Theory II
Time:02:30 PM to 04:30 PM Total Marks: 50
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Use appropriate examples and illustrations to explain where necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q1 Choose the correct option: (1x10=10)
A variant of Rational Comprehensive planning approach is…..
Advocacy Planning Approach
Mixed Scanning
Incremental Approach
Systems Approach
Which of the following is not a part of Advocacy Planning?
Partnering Firms
Pluralist Plan
Stakeholder meetings
Public Rally
Narmada Canal can be called as an example of …. conflict
Political
Developmental
Resource
None of the Above
Find the odd one out:
Susan Arenstein
Paul Davdoff
Edward Banfield
Jane Jacobs
Pluralism in Planning means…
Plan for multiple problems in a city
Planning for multiple cities at the same time
Multiple agencies involved in making a plan
None of the Above
Idea of Core and periphery regions is a part of Theory
World System Theory
Modernization Theory
Dependency Theory
None of the above
Which of the following can be a partner in collaborative planning approach for a
project:
Agencies that have approval or permitting authority
Agencies that have expert knowledge about some aspect of the project, e.g.
natural resource agencies
Agencies that could play a role in implementation
Agencies whose political support is essential for project approval, funding, or
implementation
All of the Above
What is the other name used for collaborative planning?
Advocacy Planning
Communicative Planning
Equity Planning
Gender Planning
Conflict between Social Justice/ Equity and Economic Development leads to……….
Property Conflict
Development Conflict
Resource Conflict
Public Conflict
popularized the term equity planning
Paul Davidoff
Norman Krumholz
Jane Jacobs
None of the Above
Q2 Write Short notes on the following (any five)
Karl Mannheim's Ideas of Rationality
Ladder of Citizen Participation by Susan Arenstein. (with illustration)
What do you understand by Individual Collective Rationality? Explain with an
example
Paul Davidoff and his ideas of Pluralism advocacy in Planning
Equity Planning
What are the institutional development in Advocacy Planning in India? Explain any
one briefly.
Mixed Scanning Approach
Collaborative Planning
Q3 Define the following terms (any two) (2.5x2=5)
Unitary Plan
Advocacy Planning
Gender Planning
Rational Planning Approach
Q4 Explain the Critique of the Rational-Comprehensive Planning Model (RCPM) as
propagated by Charles Lindblom. What did he recommend as an improvement for the
same
OR
Q4 Assume yourself being a planner of a Municipal Corporation of a big city. Being assigned
the task to lead a team for formulating a Development Plan for the city what would you
propagate Comprehensive Rational Planning or Incremental Planning approach. Give
reasons for your preference.


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