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The rule

Follow the order of the recording. Predict answer types from context.

Keep in mind

  • Answers come in order
  • Watch word limits carefully

Part 1 · Questions 31–35

  1. Urban planners now treat the 31______ as a central consideration rather than an afterthought.
  2. The best planning studies begin with 32______, the foundation of any credible plan.
  3. The key technical term is 33______ — spatial, demographic, traffic-flow.
  4. The main cause of failure in 20th-century urban renewal was 34.
  5. The running 35______ is Curitiba — its bus rapid transit system is the textbook model.

Part 2 · Questions 36–40

  1. The central consequence for residents of bad planning is 36______ — physical, social, economic.
  2. Every dissertation worth reading makes a careful 37______ between cities, eras, or interventions.
  3. The main contrast is between piecemeal approaches and a 38______ approach.
  4. The long-term 39______ of good planning compounds; so does the impact of bad planning.
  5. Good urban planning is the continual pursuit of 40______ — not perfection.

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