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)
- Define ‘Urban Planning’:
- Differentiate Urban Community Development from Urban Development.
- Differentiate Slum Clearance from Slum Improvement.
- State any four functions of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
- Write any four constraints in Urban Community Development.
- List out the reasons to declare an area as slum as per Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971.
- Enumerate any four main skills required for Urban Community Development worker.
- How will you define the urban poor from the non-economic consideration?
- Write any four functions of Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
- 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)
- Define ‘Industralisation’. Discuss its impact on urban community.
- Discuss the problem of Migration in urban areas.
- How is the knowledge of Urban Community Development useful to a Professional Social Worker?
- What do you understand by Municipal Corporation? How do they differ from other local bodies?
- 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)
- Discuss the impact of Globalization on the urban poor.
- Discuss the Tamil Nadu Government Resettlement Project. What are the problems of resettelers? Give Suggestions to minimize the problems.
- How will you promote the adequate strategies for the housing for the urban poor?