निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा कथन, सर्वाधिक तर्कसंगत और विवेकपूर्ण निष्कर्ष को सर्वोत्तम रूप से दर्शाता है, जिसे उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद से प्रतिपादित किया जा सकता है?

Correct Option: (a) Curriculum for urban planning courses should have diverse and interdisciplinary approach.

The passage explains that iconic cities like New York, London, and Paris achieved success due to a 'systems approach' to planning, which translates social, spatial, and cultural aspirations into mathematical models using tools like computing, statistics, and optimization. This was made possible because western universities absorbed these diverse subjects, alongside social sciences, geography, and architecture, into their planning curriculum. It also notes that planning education in India differs. The clear logical inference is that urban planning requires an interdisciplinary and diverse curriculum (integrating math, computing, and social sciences) to be highly effective. Other options discuss bureaucracy, local funding, or population density, which are completely absent from the text. Thus, statement (a) is the most logical inference.