LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIAL WORK

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2004

SW  4950/SW 1015. I – URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

Date        : 02.04.04                                                                                                            Max        : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                                     Hours      : 3 hrs

 

SECTION – A

Answer ALL questions, answer to each question shall not exceed 50 words.

All questions carry equal marks:                                                       (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. Define ‘Urban Planning’:
2. Differentiate Urban Community Development from Urban Development.
3. Differentiate Slum Clearance from Slum Improvement.
4. State any four functions of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
5. Write any four constraints in Urban Community Development.
6. List out the reasons to declare an area as slum as per Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971.
7. Enumerate any four main skills required for Urban Community Development worker.
8. How will you define the urban poor from the non-economic consideration?
9. Write any four functions of Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
10. List out any four NGOs involved in the Urban Community Development.

SECTION – B

Answer any FOUR questions.

Each answer should not exceed 300 words:                                     (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

 

11. Define ‘Industralisation’. Discuss its impact on urban community.
12. Discuss the problem of Migration in urban areas.
13. How is the knowledge of Urban Community Development useful to a Professional Social Worker?
14. What do you understand by Municipal Corporation? How do they differ from other local bodies?
15. Discuss the problem of ‘apathy’ in the urban community. How will you overcome the problem.

SECTION – C

Answer any TWO of the following in not more than 600 words:

(2 x 20 = 40 marks)

16. Discuss the impact of Globalization on the urban poor.
17. Discuss the Tamil Nadu Government Resettlement Project. What are the problems of resettelers? Give Suggestions to minimize the problems.
18. How will you promote the adequate strategies for the housing for the urban poor?

 

 

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