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Philippine Agenda 21 Quiz: Ekistics

Groups of Ekistics Logarithmic Scale (ELS) except one:

Ekistics-under Minor Shells except one:

Ekistics-Under Micro Settlements except one:

Ekistics- Under Meso Settlements except one:

Ekistics- Under Macro Settlements

Goal Elements of Philippine Agenda 21 except one:

"The harmonious integration of a sound and viable economy, responsible governance, social cohesion/harmony and ecological integrity, to ensure that development is a life-enhancing process" as defined in PA 21(1996).

PA 21 Goal Elements: enabling economic environment,improve employment, productivity and income and food security...

PA 21 Goal Elements: allocation of resources on the bases of efficiency and equity to achieve balanced development...

Operational Framework, Action Agenda, and Implementation of PA21

PA 21 is guided by these Key Concepts of Action Agenda:(i) Integration(ii) Multistakeholdership and consensus-building(iii) Operationalization(iv) Investigation of Human Development

PA21-Action Agenda: To facilitate Operationalization, action measures are categorized into short-term,medium term and long term.How many years will it take for each term respectively?

Managing the transition to SD call for interventions in the following areas:These interventions define the Philippine Agenda 21’s agenda across ecosystems.

Key Actors in Sustainable Development except one:

Essential Societal Dimensions in Sustainable Development except one:

The ultimate aim of Sustainable development is ______. Failing this, development is bound to be `jobless' and `ruthless' (economy), `rootless' (culture), `voiceless' (polity), and `futureless' (nature) as detailed in the 1996 UNDP Human Development Report.

Sustainable Development Principles except one:

Sustainable Development Principles includes:

Sustainable Development Principles also includes:

How do we get there?--Development is sustainable if it is fully guided by the Parameters and Strategies in the fields listed below except one:

Major Categories of Stakeholders-- Serve as the fulcrum upon which socio- economic, cultural and political interventions towards sustainable development depend.

The key roles of the major stakeholders are defined according to sectoral needs, motivation or interest and perspectives. Intermediaries can serve as any of the following except one:

The key roles of the major stakeholders are defined according to sectoral needs, motivation or interest and perspectives. Basic Sectors can serve as any of the following except one:

The formulation and implementation of a _________ is part of the efforts to mainstream the principles of PA 21 in the various efforts of all stakeholders.

Financing Means and Strategies for Implementation of PA 21(i) Market-based instruments(ii) International Financial Assistance (iii) Command-and-control measures

Classification of human settlements by ekistics elements

Early Urbanization: Hydraulic Civilization Theory by Karl Wittfogel except one:

Early Urbanization: Religious Model by Paul Wheatly(i) Religion was major factor behind urbanization(ii) Priestly class exercised political & social control(iii) Shift from elder-based kinship organization to complex political system(iv) Development of writing enabled god-kings to codify laws

Father of Town Planning in Western Civilization

Athens (c.450 BC): Sacred sites & religious temples are physically separated from civic sphere & secular politics.What are these two distinct functional zones?

Rome "The Eternal City" was bisected by 2 main streets that met at the center called ___ where temples, government buildings, theater, arenas,market,warehouses,libraries, schools, venues for common assembly were located.

Rome -"The Imperial City" characteristics except one:

Commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III to redesign Paris,the first architect to significantly change a city. 12 grand avenues radiating from "Arc de Triomphe"

Conservation & Parks Movement- used urban parks to as aid to social reform

The legitimate parents of modern planning are except one:

Pointed to the importance of planning land use and city features beforehand, rather than organic or uncontrolled growth.He is concerned about abject living conditions and need to change the physical forms of cities.

An advance concept of "Social City" is a polycentric settlement surrounded by greenbelt wherein central city of 58,000 people was to be surrounded with _______ of 30,000 people each separated by permanent green space or farmlands.

Garden City Movement: The only Garden City where Sir Howard's ideas were thoroughly adopted.It was designed by Hermann Muthesius and Bruno Taut.

Movement that emphasized aesthetics in urban design and planning.Embraced all public works designed with classical facades and built as grand portals to cities.Praised for its aesthetics but generally critized as "Utopian"

"Every citizen should be walking distance of a park". Designed Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland Chicago and San Francisco.

Use of ICT- Allow people to work in urban peripheries or home offices or "annihilation of space".

"Everything should be done in a big scale". He is the last of the CBM (City Beautiful Movement) Planners. Focused more on architectural style than planning--shifts towards a preoccupation with visual form, symbolism, imagery and aesthetics rather than the basic problems of local population.

Approach was to formulate home building corporations, financed by companies seeking long term investments. Adopted in the Philippines as "People's Homesite and Housing Corporation" now NHA.

Six (6) Principles of New Towns (1920s,USA) by Clarence S. Stein except one:

Major proponent of Urban Decentralization.