NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 30 Local Area Planning

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NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 30 Local Area Planning

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Local Area Planning

Chapter: 30

GEOGRAPHY

TEXTUAL QUESTION & ANSWER

INTEXT QUESTION 30.1

Q.1. Define local area planning.

Ans. Local area is a location site specific issue, commodity or community. It presents what physical as well as cultural landscape, local products like handicrafts and specialities of the locality such as folk dances, art artefacts etc. Local area reflects strong bonds and association with the location and people.

Planning: planning is an effort to devise ways and means to solve the problem faced by the people and places. It also aims at improving the local environment and quality of human life.

Q.2. What are various levels of planning in India?

Ans. Various levels of planning in India are: local area planning, block or micro level planning, district level planning, state level planning and national level planning.

Q.3. Enumerate three challenges to planning of an area.

Ans. Three challenges for the planning of an area are:

(a) Environmental.

(b) Poverty and malnutrition.

(c) Unemployment.

Q.4. What are the basic expectations of the people from planning?

Ans. Basic expectations of people from planning are:

(a) Provision of basic services and amenities.

(b) Development projects like irrigation, industries for increased agricultural and industrial production.

(c) Job generation and market to sell their products.

Q.5. What are the basic requirements of planning?

Ans. Basic requirements of planning are:

(a) Formation of goals.

(b) Fixing targets and priorities.

(c) Mobilisation of resources.

(d) Creation of social groups.

(e) Evaluation and monitoring of the progress.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 30.2

Q.1. Give two examples of eco-friendly planning.

Ans. Two examples of eco-friendly planning are:

(i) Taming the rivers for irrigation and flood control.

(ii) Plantation.

Q.2. What is the net for maintaining balance between resources and human requirements?

Ans. There is an apparent need for maintaining a balance between the availability of resources and human requirement because resources have limitations of renewability and depletion. Hence, utilisation of resources has to be judicious to meet the human requirements.

Q.3. What baby should be adopted for designing tree plantations in a local area?

Ans. The designing of tree plantations in a local area should be based on the following:

(a) Relief.

(b) Climatic conditions.

(c) Pedological conditions.

(d) Natural Vegetation.

Q.4. Give two examples of each of basic and higher needs.

Ans. (a) Basic needs: 

(i) Safe drinking water.

(ii) Basic education and health.

(b) Higher needs: 

(i) Technical education.

(ii) Advanced transport system.

Q.5. Enlist two effects each of the technology innovations and institutional support.

Ans. Two effects of technological innovations and institutional support are as follow:

(a) Technological innovations:

(i) Agricultural development.

(ii) Information revolution.

(b) Institution support:

(i) Education for all.

(ii) Public transport system.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 30.3

Q.1. What is the role of local people in area planning?

Ans. Local people play significant role in area planning through their experiences in designing schemes of development, participation in the implementation and execution of planning schemes and cooperation in maintaining the projects planned.

Q.2. What very special emphasis of development during first and second five years plans?

Ans. The special emphasis of development during:

(a) Forts five year plan was on developing irrigation network.

(b) second five year plan was on self reliance on industrial development.

Q.3. What are the aims of tenth five year plan?

Ans. The aim of tenth five year plan are cleaning of major rivers, rainwater harvesting, interlinking of rivers, public delivery system literacy mission, health for all.

Q.4. Match the plans shown in column I with the local area planning recommended in column II.

Ans.