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Epm 242: Resource Use Planning  Question Paper

Epm 242: Resource Use Planning  

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Planning And Management

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2012



DATE:
Monday 2nd April 2012


TIME:
8.00a.m – 10.00a.m
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question 1 and any other two
1. a)
Explain the following concepts as used in resource planning:
i)
Resource
ii)
Intergraded Natural Resource Management
iii)
Adaptive management




[15marks]
b)
Discus the ‘Tragedy of the commons,’ relation it to resource use planning.










[15marks]
2. Discuss:
a) The problems typical to urban land use in Kenya.


[10marks]
b) Any two mechanisms used to regulate urban land use in Kenya.
[10marks]

3. Discuss:
c) The impacts of energy resource use on land in Kenya.
d) The impacts of wildlife resource use on land in Kenya.

[20marks]

4. Explain the following in relation to pattern of resource utilization:
a) Common property regime





[10mark]
b) Measures proposed/used to address problems arising from common property regimes.










[10marks]
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5. Ecosystem based management is an important consideration in resource use planning, In
view of this:
a) Explain what you understand by the term Ecosystem Based Management. [4marks]
b) Outline issues that should be described and addressed in an Ecosystem Management
Plan.








[16marks]



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