IGNOU MACSR MEDS 42 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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MEDS 042 (January 2025 - July 2025) - ENGLISH

MEDS-42: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MEDS-42

Course Title: Issues and Challenges in Urban Planning and Development

Assignment Code: MEDS-42/TMA-01/January 2025 to July 2026 session

Coverage: All Blocks

Maximum Marks 100

Note: This assignment is based on the entire course.

Answer all questions. All question carries equal marks.

Please write all answers in your own words.

1. What are different sources of urban energy? Explain sustainable urban energy planning.

2. Explain different challenges of urban law and order. Discuss urban revitalization measures to improve law and order.

3. Describe typology of urban informal settlement. Explain causes and formation of informal settlements.

4. Explain meaning and importance of urban heritage. What are challenges of urban heritage?

5. Define poverty. Discuss the causes and consequences of urban poverty.

MEDS 42 2025 (TMA 1) - English

MEDS-42: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MEDS-42

Course Title: Issues and Challenges in Urban Planning and Development

Assignment Code: MEDS-42/TMA-01/January 2025 to July 2026 session

Coverage: All Blocks

Maximum Marks 100

Note: This assignment is based on the entire course.

Answer all questions. All question carries equal marks.

Please write all answers in your own words.

1. What are different sources of urban energy? Explain sustainable urban energy planning.

2. Explain different challenges of urban law and order. Discuss urban revitalization measures to improve law and order.

3. Describe typology of urban informal settlement. Explain causes and formation of informal settlements.

4. Explain meaning and importance of urban heritage. What are challenges of urban heritage?

5. Define poverty. Discuss the causes and consequences of urban poverty.

MEDS 042 (January 2025 - July 2025) - ENGLISH

MEDS-42: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code:MEDS-42

Course Title:Issues and Challenges in Urban Planning and Development

Assignment Code:MEDS-42/TMA-01/January 2025 to July 2026 session

Coverage: All Blocks

Maximum Marks 100

Note: This assignment is based on the entire course.

Answer all questions. All question carries equal marks.

Please write all answers in your own words.

1. What are different sources of urban energy? Explain sustainable urban energy plarning

2. Explain different challenges of urban law and order. Discuss urban revitalization measures to improve law and order.

3. Describe typology of urban informal settlement. Explain causes and formation of informal settlements.

4. Explain meaning and importance of urban heritage. What are challenges of urban heritage?

5. Define poverty. Discuss the causes and consequences of urban poverty.

MEDS 042 (July 2026 - January 2027) - ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT - 2
Answer all questions. All questions carry 20 marks each.
Course Code: MEDS-042
Maximum Marks: 100
1. Evaluate the core objectives of the National Urban Sanitation Policy. To what extent has it
succeeded in transforming urban public health and sanitation behavior?
2. Classify the distinct categories and characteristics of municipal solid waste. Critically analyze
the effectiveness of policy measures and statutory rules in promoting scientific waste
management.
3. Examine the primary forms of industrial pollution emanating from urban clusters. Discuss
their long-term socioeconomic costs, particularly focusing on public health and the
environment.
4. Define the urban informal economy. Assess its contribution to urban employment
generation, and discuss the structural challenges faced by informal workers regarding social
security.
5. ‘Urban security extends beyond policing to regional governance’. Discuss how integrated
regional urban governance can mitigate systemic vulnerabilities and enhance urban
security

MEDS 042 (January 2026 - July 2026) - HINDI

असाइनमेंट - 2

शहरी विकास का परिचय

पाठ्यक्रम कोड: MEDS-42

अधिकतम अंक: 100

सभी प्रश्नों के उत्तर दें। प्रत्येक प्रश्न 20 अंकों का है।

1. शहरी क्षेत्रों में जल निकायों के महत्व और विभिन्न कार्यों का वर्णन कीजिए। जल निकायों के क्षरण के लिए जिम्मेदार कारकों को स्पष्ट कीजिए और शहरी जल निकायों के पुनरुद्धार के उपाय सुझाइए।

2. "शहरी विरोधाभास" से आपका क्या तात्पर्य है? शहरी अपराध और स्वास्थ्य समस्याओं के परिप्रेक्ष्य से इस अवधारणा को उदाहरण सहित समझाइए।

3. शहरी विकास पर शहरी औद्योगिकीकरण की भूमिका पर चर्चा कीजिए। शहरी औद्योगिकीकरण पर प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश (एफडीआई) के महत्व को स्पष्ट कीजिए।

4. शहरी अनौपचारिक क्षेत्र और अनौपचारिक बस्तियों में अंतर स्पष्ट कीजिए। शहरी क्षेत्रों में अनौपचारिक बस्तियों के निर्माण के क्या कारण हैं?

5. शहरी आवास का वर्गीकरण कीजिए। शहरी क्षेत्रों में आवास विकास की प्रक्रिया का वर्णन कीजिए।

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