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Spatial Organization In Environmental Planning And Management Question Paper

Spatial Organization In Environmental Planning And Management

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Planning And Management

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

EPM 345:SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

DATE: Friday, 13th June, 2008

TIME: 8.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer questions ONE and any other TWO.
Suitable diagrams should be used wherever they serve to illustrate your answer.
1.
a)
What do you understand by the concept „spatial interaction”?

(2 marks)

b)
To what extent is the knowledge of spatial organization of environmental
entities useful in the planning and management of natural resources?

(8 marks)

c)
By using suitable examples and suitable illustrations, discuss the concept
of “ecological space”

(20 marks)

2.
Explain how the concept of specific geographical complementarities and the
friction of distance are used in the gravity model to explain spatial interaction

(20 marks)

3.
Using suitable examples, explain how the situation, site and human behaviour
factors operate in determining land use

(20 marks)

4.
a)
What do you understand by the concept of “Integrated Environmental
Management”

(5 marks)

b)
Drawing from the lessons learned from the past experience, critically
examine the contention that “Integrated Environmental Management” is
perhaps the only alternative paradigm for sustainable management of
natural resources in Kenya.

(15 marks)

5.
a)
Briefly discuss how the concepts of “Ecosystem” and “Niche” operate in
determining ecological spaces specifying what aspects of space they can
reveal

(14 marks)

b)
Explain how the knowledge of ecological spaces could be used in
environmental management

(6 marks)

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