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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

October-November 2022

DVA2603

Urban Development

100 Marks
Duration 4 Hours

This paper consists of  5 pages. 

Instructions: 
 
This is a take‐home open  book portfolio examination  conducted  on the myExams platform.  The 
questions in this paper range from one point questions to 25 point questions. The answers to these 
questions can be found in your Study guide, Reader (the articles have also been uploaded under 
Additional resources on your DVA2603‐22‐S1 module site) as well as the Tut 201’s. You do not have 
to give references for any of the questions. You are allowed to answer the short questions in bullet 
points  or  numbers.  Please  note  however  that  the  25  point  essays  must  be  answered  in  proper 
paragraphs and full sentences ‐ no bullets or numbers. Your 25 point essays should be between 600 
and 800 words.     
 

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You must write the question numbers and the corresponding answers. No need to write the whole 
question out! Make sure you give the right answer with the right question. Please take note of the 
marks allocated for each  question.  The shorter questions’ marks are an indication of how many 
points your answer should cover. Note that if a question gives an author and date it means that the 
answer can be found in that prescribed article. If no author or date is mentioned, the answer comes 
from the Study guide. You must use the study guide and the relevant prescribed article/s to answer 
your 25 point essays.  
 
Your exam paper should have a cover page with:  
1. Your full name 
2. Your student number 
3. The module code 
4. The module name 
5. The date of the exam 
 
You  must  complete  a  Departmental  Honesty  Declaration  and  attach  it  to  your  portfolio.  The 
Honesty Declaration can be seen under Annexure A in this paper. For your convenience though, we 
have attached the Honesty Declaration in MS Word under Additional Resources on the DVA2603‐
22‐S2 site. Complete it and copy it into your portfolio right at the end of your exam paper. You do 
not have to sign your name. You can just initial it ex. SB.  
 
You must type your whole portfolio in Ms Word and then convert it to PDF. Make sure you do NOT 
‘password protect’ your document and that you upload the  CORRECT pdf to the Exam portal. No 
handwritten scanned portfolios wil be accepted.  
 
Plagiarism  will  be  severely  penalised.  You  are  NOT  allowed  to  copy  and  paste  sentences  or 
paragraphs from your study guide, prescribed articles, tutorial letters or feedback comments from 
an assignment marker into your answers. You must paraphrase. You may also NOT contact other 
students during your four‐hour exam period or share answers.  
 
This module is using the Invigilator app.  Please make sure that you have read the document ‘The 
Invigilator App – Student user guide ‐UNISA’ thouroughly to ensure that you know how to use the 
Invigilator app. Make sure that you scan the QR Code for the exam in the 15‐minutes window period 
before the exam commences.  
 
Good luck! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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1. What is the top priority of developmental local government? (1)

2. What does the ‘nexus’ in the infrastructure-inequality-resilience nexus refer

to? (1)

3. What is critical infrastructure? (1)

4. What is the ‘agropolitan approach’ to spatial development? (1)

5. Is this statement true or false? – “Professional blue print planning is a key

principle in sanitation service delivery.“ (1)

6. Name the two types of site-and-service housing schemes that governments

of developing countries use to meet their poor’s housing needs?. (2)

7. Name the two basic categories of infrastructure that support human basic
needs. (2)

8. What are the three pillars of sustainable development? (3)

9. What are four positive aspects of In-situ informal settlement upgrading? (4)

10. According to the UN Water (2015) publication, what are the five indicators of
unsustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) delivery? (5)

11. What are the characteristics of the informal economic sector? (6)

12. According to Haque (1999), what are the principles of neoliberalism? (6)

13. Name seven positive impacts of urbanisation? (7)

14. Why is good ICT infrastructure crucial for a country’s development? (10)

15. Explain ‘developmental local government’ and ‘Local economic

development’ in the South African context. (25)

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16. Choose any one of the following topics:

Option 1: Discuss the unintended consequences of rapid urbanisation in countries

of the South with specific reference to employment. (25)

Option 2: Discuss the unintended consequences of rapid urbanisation in countries

of the South with specific reference to transport infrastructure. (25)

(Total: 100 marks)

© UNISA 2022

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Annexure A: HONESTY DECLARATION: 2022

1. I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works, or inventions
of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes verbatim copying,
but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper acknowledgement (which
includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that plagiarism covers the use of material
found in textual sources and from the Internet.

2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.

3. I understand that my portfolio must be accurately referenced.

4. This portfolio is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment or
portfolio, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes a
form of plagiarism.

5. I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as their own work.

6. I understand that my answer will be submitted to Turnitin for checking and that I can be
awarded 0% if I have plagiarized.

7. I confirm that I have read and understood UNISA’s Policy for Copyright and Plagiarism -
https://staff.unisa.ac.za/static/intranet/Content/Policies/Teaching,%20Learning%20Commu
nity%20Engagement%20and%20Student%20Support/Documents/copyrightinfringement_a
nd_plagiarism_policy_16nov05.pdf

Name:……………………………………………… Student No:. ..............................

Signed/Initials:…………………………………… Date:……………………………..

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