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The rule
Follow the order of the recording. Predict answer types from context.
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- Answers come in order
- Watch word limits carefully
Part 1 · Questions 31–35
- Urban planners now treat the 31______ as a central consideration rather than an afterthought.
- The best planning studies begin with 32______, the foundation of any credible plan.
- The key technical term is 33______ — spatial, demographic, traffic-flow.
- The main cause of failure in 20th-century urban renewal was 34.
- The running 35______ is Curitiba — its bus rapid transit system is the textbook model.
Part 2 · Questions 36–40
- The central consequence for residents of bad planning is 36______ — physical, social, economic.
- Every dissertation worth reading makes a careful 37______ between cities, eras, or interventions.
- The main contrast is between piecemeal approaches and a 38______ approach.
- The long-term 39______ of good planning compounds; so does the impact of bad planning.
- Good urban planning is the continual pursuit of 40______ — not perfection.
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