QUIZ 6 - Develop or Control
- Landscape Practice Class
- Apr 27, 2020
- 6 min read
In-class Session 6 quiz
04/03/2020
Q1. Information from a tree survey should be utilized for developing site planning and proposals on tree preservation and removal. Proposals to retain or transplant trees should be properly planned and implemented to ensure that there is sufficient space to accommodate existing trees and their future growth and that adequate time for preparation of transplanting is available throughout the planning and construction stages. The proposals should reflect a balancing act taking into consideration which of the following factors?
Select one or more:
a. environmental factors such as changes in water table and water sources, change in exposure (excessive shading or wind load caused by structures or increased exposure).
b. functional requirements of the project such as site formation or excavation, availability of space for tree protection zone and vertical and horizontal tree growth in the future
c. engineering considerations such as feasibility and transport limitations especially for ex-situ transplanting
d. financial consideration in the interest of the community such as cost-effectiveness of a transplanting operation
e. cultural factors such as historical and cultural (e.g. fung shui) significance of a tree or tree group to the community
f. Intrinsic tree factors such as health and structure of the trees, conservation status amenity value and suitability for transplanting
Q2. After graduation, a client asks you to submit a TPRA for their new "high end" housing development. You need to discuss which of the following issues?
Select one or more:
a. How much will you pay me?
b. Who owns the land?
c. Are there any trees on the site?
d. When will work start?
e. Is there a tree clause in the lease conditions?
f. Do they have a Landscape Architect engaged on the project?
g. Have any planning submissions been made yet?
h. Decline, as you are not a Landscape Architect yet.
i. All of the above questions?
j. None of the above questions.
Q3. Your Client asks you to obtain an approval for a TPRA for the highway widening project they are working on. Their Land Surveyor has done a tree survey and assessed the trees, some of which will need to be removed for the project to go ahead. Your Client wants you to use the information of the tree survey to prepare the TPRA and then propose some new landscape works for the new road scheme.
What should you do?
Select one or more :
a. Tell him you are not yet qualified to submit TPRA.
b. Ask who is the Project Proponent ?
c. Say you can do it, and ask for the related documents to be supplied.
d. Say you need to do your own tree survey and can't use the one supplied.
e. Ask if the new design is already fixed or can changes still be made?
Q4. “SIMAR slopes” refers to the man-made slopes registered in the SIMAR database set up by the Lands Department (LandsD) to identify the maintenance responsibility of every sizeable man-made slope registered in the 'Catalogue of Slopes'.
“SIMAR” refers to the study called the “Systematic Identification of Maintenance Responsibility of Man-made Slopes in Hong Kong” completed by Civil Engineering & Development Department in 1998.
Technical information on slopes, extracted from the 'Catalogue of Slopes', is contained in both the Slope Information System (SIS) and the Slope Maintenance Responsibility System (SMRIS).
Select:
True
False
Q5. Match the correct government maintenance department to the landscape area.
ArchSD , DSD, HyD, PLanD, AFCD, TD, EPD, BD, WSD, LCSD, CEDD, HD, HAD, LandsD, FSD
Select one or more:
a. Vegetation on unleased and unallocated government land within 10 metres (m) from kerb of public roads
b. Vegetation on unleased and unallocated government land
c. Vegetation on landscaped deck / noise enclosure of public roads without pedestrian or vehicular access
d. Vegetation along non-expressway public roads outside country park
e. Vegetation on public road-structures with pedestrian or vehicular access (e.g. planting on the roof or inside of footbridges, covered walkways, landscaped deck or noise enclosure cum open space)
f. Vegetation in Public Housing Area
g. Vegetation along footpaths within village environs and access roads
h. Vegetation within the boundary of expressways
i. Vegetation along non-expressway public roads within country park
j. Vegetation along stormwater drainage systems and facilities
Q6. Match the following definitions of technical terms
1. Regional Open Space
2. Passive Open Space
3. Open Space
4. Amenity Ares
5. Local Open Space
Select one:
a. A statutory land use zone for the provision of open space and recreation facilities for the enjoyment of the general public
b. Recreation open space which contains outdoor recreation facilities, mainly for the core activities including games facilities
c. A term used for sites at the urban edge areas which have potential for a wider scope of recreation development within a landscape setting
d. A non-statutory land use zone for recreation open space. Large sites (at least 5ha) provided at prominent locations in the urban areas, at the urban fringe areas or in proximity to major transport interchanges
e. A non-statutory land use zone for areas of incidental gree space which are landscaped for amenity, visual or buffer purposes, but have no potential for recreational use
f. A non-statutory land use zone for recreation open space. Smaller sites (where possible at least 500m2 in the urban areas) which are more passive in nature
g. Recreation open space which is landscaped as parks, gardens, sitting-out areas, waterfront promenades, paved areas for informal games, children's playgrounds, jogging & fitness circuits etc, where people can enjoy the surroundings in a leisurely manner
h. The prime function of this type of open space is for conservation of the environment and for amenity and visual purposes. It is not countable toward as open space
Q7. What is the function of the following designated areas?
1. Green Belt (GB)
2. Coastal Protection Area (CPA)
3. Conservation Area (CA)
Select one:
a. To conserve and protect rare of particular species of fauna and flora and their habitats or areas of geological, ecological or botanical/biological interest.
b. To protect and retain the existing natural landscape, ecological or topographical features of the area fro education and research purposes
c. To reflect a country park or special area as designated under the Country Parks Ordinance (Cap 208), where all uses and developments require consent from the country and Marine Parks Authority
d. To conserve, protect and retain areas which serve as natural protection areas sheltering nearby developments aginst the effects of coastal erosion, with a general presumption against development.
e. To primarily conserve the existing natural environment amid the built-up areas/ at the urban fringe and to safeguard it from encroachment by urban type developments
Q8. You Client is going to prepare an EIA for a major new development. They invite you to submit a quote for carrying out the LVIA section of the Report. What should your scope include?
Select one or more:
a. all of the above
b. identification of the potential ecological impacts and prediction of their nature, magnitude of change and potential significance, before and after the mitigation measures.
c. recommendation of appropriate mitigation measures and associated implementation programmes
d. an assessment of the acceptability or otherwise of the predicted residual impacts, according to the five criteria set out in Annex 10 of the EIAO-TM
e. identification of potential sources of landscape and visual impact during construction and operation of the Project
f. a baseline study providing a comprehensive and accurate description and identification of the sensitivity of the baseline landscape resources, landscape character areas, and visual sensitive receivers (VSRs);
g. identification of the potential drainage impacts and prediction of their nature, magnitude of change and potential significance, before and after the mitigation measures
h. identification of the potential landscape and visual impacts and prediction of their nature, magnitude of change and potential significance, before and after the mitigation measures
i. a review of the relevant planning and development control framework
j. a definition of the scope and contents of the study, including a description of the assessment methodology
Q9. From time to time, Section 16 planning applications or Section 12A applications for amendments of statutory plans or compliance with approval conditions under the Town Planning Ordinance (the Ordinance) may involve submission of Visual Impact Assessment (VIA). The primary town planning consideration of visual impact is not so much on the architectural design, façade treatment, colour, texture, materials and finishes of a building per se, which are matters for the individual architects. The emphasis is on the impact of the overall site layout, development scale, form, massing, disposition and character of the development and its spatial relationship with the overall townscape or surrounding landscape.
Select:
True
False
Q10. Which facts are true about the processing of Landscape Submissions under JPN3 for private land?
Select one:
a. You need to be a Landscape Architect (RLA) registered under the Landscape Architects Registration Ordinance to prepare the Landscape Proposal (LP)
b. Upon completion of the approved landscape works an RLA must self-certify compliance with planning conditions.
c. You need to be a Landscape Architect (RLA) registered under the Landscape Architects Registration Ordinance to prepare the Landscape Master Plan (LMP).
d. PlanD will be responsible for processing and vetting of LMP where landscape requirements are imposed as a lease condition only.
e. Registered Landscape Architects can select whether to make submissions in either the form of a Landscape Master Plan (LMP) or simplified Landscape Proposal (LP), in support of planning applications.
f. LMP should show all hard and soft landscape proposals in coloured plan form with conceptual layout plans, sections and perspectives of the development to demonstrate the intention and feasibility of the landscape proposal.
g. Landscape submissions will only be required to existing planning permissions or lease conditions where new landscape features are required to fulfill planning objectives/ conditions and/ or landscape treatments are necessary to mitigate any adverse landscape/visual impacts created by the proposed development.
h. Upon obtaining planning approval of the LMP, separate submission to satisfy the landscape requirements under landscaping clause of the lease, if any, is not necessary
i. Apart from the LMP, landscape requirements under lease may also cover different kinds of submissions regarding landscape proposals, which may be required under a variety of landscape clauses in the lease.
j. LandsD will be responsible for processing and vetting of the LMP submitted in connection with Section 16 planning applications including compliance with planning conditions
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