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5 MPSC ATP Theories of Planning questions with answers
8 questions from MPSC ATP Mock Test 1 with answers and MPSC ATP 2022 question paper with answers. Try each one, then tap Show answer.
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Central place theory
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In central place theory, the minimum population or purchasing power required to support the supply of a good or service from a central place is called its:
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Answer D. Threshold
Threshold is the minimum demand needed for a function to be viable, whereas range is the maximum distance consumers will travel to obtain the good. The range must exceed the threshold for a function to exist.
Source: Christaller, central place theory concepts
Doxiadis / Ekistics
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The concept of 'Ecumenopolis', a continuous world-wide city of the future, and the term 'Dynapolis' are associated with:
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Answer C. C.A. Doxiadis
Doxiadis, the Greek planner of Islamabad, coined Ekistics, proposed the dynamically growing city 'Dynapolis' and the ultimate global settlement 'Ecumenopolis'.
Source: Doxiadis, Ekistics
Le Corbusier / Chandigarh
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A typical residential sector in Le Corbusier's plan for Chandigarh measures about:
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Answer D. 800 m x 1,200 m
Chandigarh's sectors are 800 m by 1,200 m self-contained neighbourhood units bounded by V3 roads, housing roughly 5,000 to 25,000 people with shopping on a V4 street. Gandhinagar's sectors are 1 km x 1 km.
Source: Le Corbusier, Chandigarh Master Plan (1951)
Rank-size rule
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If a region's largest city has a population of 20 lakh and the rank-size rule holds exactly, the population of the fourth-ranked city will be:
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Answer C. 5 lakh
Rank-size rule (Zipf): P(r) = P1 / r. For r = 4, P = 20 lakh / 4 = 5 lakh.
Source: Zipf's rank-size rule
Sector model
- Q5 ATP 2022, Q4
______, an economist, developed the Sector model in the 1930s.
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Answer C. Homer Hoyt
The sector model (1939) was proposed by land economist Homer Hoyt, who observed that residential areas grow in wedge-shaped sectors along transport routes. Burgess gave the concentric zone model and Harris & Ullman the multiple nuclei model. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)
Source: Hoyt, The Structure and Growth of Residential Neighborhoods in American Cities (1939)
Geddes - Folk-Work-Place
- Q6 ATP 2022, Q5
Sir Patrick Geddes, known as the 'Father of modern town planning', developed a new approach to regional and town planning based on integration of ______, called the Geddesian trio concept.
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Answer A. Work - Folk - Place
Geddes (adapting Le Play's Lieu-Travail-Famille) based his survey-before-plan approach on the triad Place-Work-Folk, i.e. the integration of environment, economy and people. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)
Source: Patrick Geddes, Cities in Evolution (1915)
Gandhinagar planning
- Q7 ATP 2022, Q6
In India, in Gandhinagar, residential sectors are planned on the concept of
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Answer A. Neighbourhood
Gandhinagar (planned by H.K. Mewada and Prakash Apte) is divided into 30 self-contained residential sectors, each designed as a neighbourhood unit with its own school, shops and community facilities. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)
Source: Gandhinagar master plan (1960s); neighbourhood unit concept
Neighbourhood unit
- Q8 ATP 2022, Q7
The concept of the neighbourhood unit was originally published by
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Answer A. Clarence A. Perry
Clarence Arthur Perry formulated the neighbourhood unit (centred on an elementary school, about 1/4 mile walking radius) in the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and its Environs. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)
Source: C.A. Perry, The Neighborhood Unit (1929)
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