Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PA4013 : Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning { 3-1-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Nabanita Saha
Syllabus
Module I - Introduction to the basics of planning concepts:
Understanding urban areas, definition of urban area, Census classification of urban settlement, urban-rural continuum, urbanisation, urbanism, role of planners, understanding regions and types of regions, approaches to planning.
Tutorial – Collection and representation of time series and cross-sectional data
Module II - Classification and hierarchy of settlement:
Classification of urban settlements based on different criteria, metropolitan concept, concept of primacy, primate cities, Zipf’s Rank Size Rule hierarchy of settlement
Tutorial – Experiment in Zipf’s Rank Size Rule
Module III - Land use and Zoning:
Land-use, zoning, development control land use theories – Concentric zone theory, Sector theory, Multiple nuclei theory, and others, National Land Utilisation Policy, land reforms in India, zoning and land use classification
Tutorial – Land use comparison of cities
Module IV - Urban Infrastructure:
Housing: definitions related to housing, housing policies in India, traffic and transportation, social Infrastructure, physical infrastructure, population projection
Tutorial – Calculation of social and physical infrastructure, basic population projection
Module IV - Emerging concepts in planning:
Neighbourhood planning, sustainable development goals, green urbanism, inclusive city transit-oriented development, smart cities.
Module V - Data in planning process
Types of data and data collection, sampling techniques, central tendency, Pearson correlation
Course Objectives
- To introduce planning as a discipline for organization of human habitat.
Course Outcomes
Ability to understand fundamental concepts of planning and its various dimensions <br />Ability to understand complexity, conflicts, and multi-disciplinary aspects of planning <br />Ability to appreciate existing theories, solutions and to develop professional ethics <br />Ability to understand and incorporate the need of various stakeholders <br />Ability to understand strategies and policies
Essential Reading
- M P Rao, Urban Planning Theory and Practice, CBS Publisher
- Sumita Ghosh, Introduction to Settlement Geography, Orient Blackswan
Supplementary Reading
- Jayasri Ray Chaudhuri, An Introduction to Development and Regional Planning, Orient Longman
- P Hall, M Tewdwr-Jones, Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge