10 October 2015

GATE Architecture/Planning 2016

Question:

Territoriality refers to a behavioural setting or space that
            P.  A person will personalize, mark, own and defend
            Q. Moves with the person
            R. Oscar Newman conceptualized as Defensible Space
            S. Deals with encroachment

(A)       P, Q, R                                                 (B)       P, R, S
(C)       Q, R, S                                                 (D)       P, Q, S

Answer: (A)     P, Q, R
According to author Julia T. Wood, "men go into women's spaces more than women enter men's spaces’’ (Wood 2007, p. 144). With this in mind, we can understand that men typically have a stronger sense of ownership and are more likely to challenge others' boundaries. People respond to invasion of ’territory in different ways depending on what their comfort norms are. Wood (2007) presents three common responses:
1.       When someone moves too close for comfort, you might step away, giving up your territory. This reaction is typical of feminine people.
2.       When people have to fit into close spaces, they often look down as a submissive way of showing that they are not trying to invade others' territories.
3.       When someone moves too close’ you might refuse to give up your territory. This reaction is typical of masculine people.

The term stimulated Edward T. Hall to create the word proxemics, which refers to how people use space, but not necessarily how people communicate ownership.

source: GATE Arch/Planning by B K Das ,available on amazon.in 

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