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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 3135

  1. The opening frame is the 31______ — both subject and measure of urban-design success.
  2. What separates strong design from weak is 32______ from fieldwork, surveys and monitoring.
  3. The key term is 33______, which turns raw data into design decisions.
  4. The single biggest driver of design choices is 34______ — the dominant real-world constraint.
  5. The running 35______ is a mid-sized European city that redesigned its central district.

Part 2 · Questions 3640

  1. One of the most difficult practical consequences of redesign is 36.
  2. A methodological detail is 37______ between before and after, or between two versions of a plan.
  3. A city is not a collection of buildings but a 38______ of transport, utilities, governance and people.
  4. Planners care about measurable 39______ on air, health and economic activity.
  5. The final conclusion is 40______ between cost and benefit, tradition and innovation.

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