During academic research, a student has compiled these notes:Marcus Rodriguez works as an urban planner focused on environmentally sustainable develop...
GMAT Expression of Ideas : (Expression) Questions
During academic research, a student has compiled these notes:
- Marcus Rodriguez works as an urban planner focused on environmentally sustainable development.
- Municipalities across the Southwest have adopted his project designs.
- Green infrastructure integration frequently takes priority in his planning approach.
- The Riverside District initiative (2020) featured rooftop gardens and permeable walkways.
- The Downtown Corridor initiative (2022) featured vertical gardens and water-collection surfaces.
The student aims to highlight a shared design philosophy between these two initiatives.
Which option most effectively utilizes pertinent information from the notes to achieve this objective?
Rodriguez finished the Riverside District initiative in 2020 and completed the Downtown Corridor initiative in 2022.
Aligned with Rodriguez's methodology, both the Riverside District and Downtown Corridor initiatives exemplify green infrastructure integration: Riverside incorporates rooftop gardens, while Downtown features vertical gardens.
The Riverside District initiative includes rooftop gardens and permeable walkways; the Downtown Corridor initiative, in contrast, incorporates vertical gardens and water-collection surfaces.
Rodriguez's initiatives, which frequently emphasize green infrastructure integration, have been adopted across the Southwest.
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| 'Marcus Rodriguez works as an urban planner focused on environmentally sustainable development.' |
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| 'Municipalities across the Southwest have adopted his project designs.' |
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| 'Green infrastructure integration frequently takes priority in his planning approach.' |
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| 'The Riverside District initiative (2020) featured rooftop gardens and permeable walkways.' |
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| 'The Downtown Corridor initiative (2022) featured vertical gardens and water-collection surfaces.' |
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Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Marcus Rodriguez is a successful urban planner whose work consistently prioritizes green infrastructure integration across different projects.
Argument Flow: The notes establish Rodriguez's credentials and regional impact, then identify his core design philosophy (green infrastructure integration), and finally provide two concrete examples that demonstrate this philosophy in action through specific environmentally-focused features.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The correct choice must explicitly identify what philosophy the two projects share
- From our analysis, both the Riverside District and Downtown Corridor initiatives demonstrate Rodriguez's priority of green infrastructure integration - that's the shared philosophy
- The right answer should name this shared approach and show how both projects exemplify it
Rodriguez finished the Riverside District initiative in 2020 and completed the Downtown Corridor initiative in 2022.
- Simply provides timeline information about when each project was completed
- Completely ignores the student's goal of highlighting shared design philosophy
Aligned with Rodriguez's methodology, both the Riverside District and Downtown Corridor initiatives exemplify green infrastructure integration: Riverside incorporates rooftop gardens, while Downtown features vertical gardens.
- Explicitly identifies green infrastructure integration as Rodriguez's methodology that both projects exemplify
- Directly addresses the shared philosophy by showing both initiatives demonstrate the same approach
- Provides specific examples from each project while maintaining focus on their shared principle
The Riverside District initiative includes rooftop gardens and permeable walkways; the Downtown Corridor initiative, in contrast, incorporates vertical gardens and water-collection surfaces.
- Lists features from both projects but uses language to emphasize their differences
- Works against the student's goal by highlighting what's different rather than what's shared
Rodriguez's initiatives, which frequently emphasize green infrastructure integration, have been adopted across the Southwest.
- Mentions Rodriguez's emphasis on green infrastructure integration but doesn't connect it specifically to these two initiatives
- Focuses on regional adoption rather than the relationship between the Riverside and Downtown projects