Personal Statement and Essays

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Personal Statement and Essays
Respond to either one of the questions below (400 words)*
- Please describe a key experience/moment from your work experience (you may draw on any volunteer or internship experience as well) and the impact that it has had in motivating you to work on the urban.
- Please respond to any one of the following statements (up to 400 words). In responding, you can choose to agree, disagree, partially agree or partially disagree with the statements. Please explain your position to support it. There is no “right” or “wrong” answer. Feel free to use an image, drawing or sketch as part of your answer if you wish.
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- 1. How can cities be more responsive to environmental challenges such as pollution, urban flooding, drought, heat islands, for example?
- 2. Identify one or two key problems with transport and mobility systems in Indian cities today. How would you suggest these could be improved?
- 3. Identify one core issue related to India’s urbanisation that became evident through the COVID pandemic (for example, precarious livelihoods, inadequate social protection, poor planning, uneven access to infrastructure and services, or any other issue of your choice). Analyse and explain the impact of the pandemic on this issue.
- 4. In its report released in February 2020, the XV Finance Commission has recommended the development of eight new greenfield cities. In the context of this, reflect on if and how this recommendation can create more inclusive development pathways for urban residents?
- 5. Reflect on how cities can enable and provide spaces for social mobilization around questions of identity. Use one specific case to illustrate your response.
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