TOWN PLANNING

(P.G. DEGREE STANDARD)

SUBJECT CODE:326

UNIT – I: INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING – SCOPE AND CONTENT

Planning System in India, Introduction to Master Plan, Structure Plan, Detailed
Development Plans, City Corporate Plan and Smart City Plan. New Town
concepts, case studies in India & U.K. – Concept of Region, Types of Region,
Regionalization – Evolution of Regional Planning. Institutional framework for
Regional Planning – Regional disparities, Resources in Regional development.
Multi-level Planning – Regional Planning in India, Regional Plan case Studies,
USA, U.K., Japan.

UNIT – II: PLANNING THEORY AND TECHNIQUES

Process of evolution of human settlement planning - Principles in Planning –
Rationality in Planning, Blueprint and Process mode, Disjointed Incremental
mode of Planning, Normative versus Functional mode of Planning – Type of
planning surveys, data identification for various plan preparation. Delphi, Trade
off-game, Simulation models, Gravity analysis, Lowry model, Threshold analysis,
Multivariate analysis – Optimization and economic analysis methods in project
formulation and implementation, PBBS – URDPFI Guidelines.

UNIT – III: URBAN SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS, GEOGRPAHY: THEORIES

AND APPLICATIONS
Socio-economic groups, structures and Institutions as related to urban and rural
communities - Ecological processes and structures in Indian Cities - Social
Change & Economic Development - Agglomeration economics- Economics of
scale, Multiplier effect concept, scope, limitation - Basic and non-basic activities
of economics base, methods of base identification - Land-use determinants,
Locational Dynamics of urban Land-use - Spatial organization of Urban
settlements - City-region, Urban Sprawl and Fringe - Urbanization in India and
Tamil Nadu with reference to settlements and population distribution.
UNIT – IV: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO PLANNING

Components of Environment – Classification of Environmental Resources -

Purpose and Objectives in Environmental Protection - Institutional and Legal
Support in management of the Environment – Environmental Policies, and issues
-Environmental Impact Assessment Practice in India - Types, Conceptual
Approach and Phases of EIA – Impact Identification - Public Participation in the
Process of Environmental Decision Making Process - Environmental Concepts –
Sustainable Planning – Eco Cities, Compact Cities, Smart growth.

UNIT – V: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE NET WORK PLANNING ISSUES

Obligatory and Discretionary Services, Implication of Urban Form and Size on

Services, Norms and Standards, National Building Code, 2016. National and
Local guidelines – Demand Strategy, Issues and Tasks, Operation and
Management Aspects of each Service - Water Supply, Sewerage / Drainage,
Solid Waste Management, Roads and Street Lighting - Priority, Placement
Network Options, Effective System Analysis – Private and Public partnership and
innovative concepts and practices in Infrastructure Development.

UNIT – VI: PROJECT FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Types of Project, Project Cycle, Identification, Selection, Preparation - Capital

Investment Programme, Internal Rate of Return, Net present Value - Cost-
Benefit & Analysis, Social Cost Benefit analysis, Budgeting, Tender procedures -
Appraisal techniques – Project Proposal and objectives, Current base line
conditions, Financial and Economical Appraisal, Socio cultural assessment -
Process Monitoring – Key issues, Monitoring Schedule, Data collection, Design,
strategy, CPM, PERT - Framework, Impact Evaluation – Approaches, Key
issues, Alternative to large scale qualitative Evaluation designs.
UNIT – VII: PLANNING LEGISLATION AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
The concept of law, Indian Constitution. Rights of Ownership and development of
property. Statutory control as a positive tool in plan preparation and
implementation - Evolution, scope and Significance of Planning Legislation.
History and survey of development of planning legislation in India - Panchayat
Act, Municipality Act, Corporation Act, TNULB Act, Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act,2013. Provisions in the above acts related to
functions, powers, role and responsibilities of local bodies including elected
representatives and officers - 73rd and 74th CAA and their implications on
planning and development. Local Body finance, revenue, expenditure and
resource mobilization - T & C Planning Act of Tamil Nadu 1971, Urban
Development Act - Implications of Land ceiling, betterment levy and development
charges .Concept of arbitration. The Tamil Nadu Real Estate (Regulation and
Development) Act, 2016.

UNIT – VIII: ISSUES IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Highway classification - Traffic characteristics – Horizontal and Vertical
alignment, Land use & Transportation relationships - Sight distance – Cross-
sectional elements – at grade and Grade separated intersections - Volume Count
– Origin and Destination – Parking and Public Transport - Surveys – Inventory of
Transport facilities – Methods of Survey – Different modes – Capacities –
Limitations – Planning Aspects - Coordination – Para Transit modes – Private
transport – Urban Transportation Planning Process – Trip Generation – Trip
Distribution – Modal Split – Trip Assignment, Transit Oriented Development, Bus
Rapid Transit System.

UNIT – IX: REMOTE SENSING AND G.I.S., IN PLANNING

Basics of Remote Sensing and GIS. - Classification of spatial and non-spatial
data application of spatial data in urban and regional planning - Identification of
required spatial data layers, Applications of GPS - Coding schemes – digitization
of spatial data – editing spatial data usable for the given planning problem – Land
use Suitability Analysis, Land use Modeling, Existing Land use Preparation using
Mobiles, Use of Satellites, Aerial Photographs, Drones in Physical Planning.
UNIT – X: CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN PLANNING

Concepts of sustainable urban development, sustainable Transportation, E –

Governance – City Development Plans - Business Plans, JNNURM, AMRUT,
National Rural Health Mission, Public private partnership, local bodies and urban
finance. Land Pooling concept, Transfer of Development Right, Accommodation
Reservation, Formulation of Re-development and Urban Expansion Plans - Local
Area Plans, Town Planning Schemes - Special Economic Zone, Value Capture
Finance Policy Framework – Swiss Challenge Model.
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Dated: 28.11.2017