CE-504 (A) · Urban & Town Planning/Official Syllabus
Urban & Town Planning (CE-504 (A)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Urban Areas & Planning Process
- Definition and classification of urban areas
- Trend of urbanization
- Planning process - Various stages of the planning process - Surveys in planning
- Plans - Delineation of planning areas
- utility of spaces, future growth etc.
- Role of “Urban Planner ”in planning and designing in relation with spatial organization, utility, demand of the area and supply
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Unit 2
Plan Implementation & Sustainable Development
- Plan implementation- Urban Planning agencies and their functions
- Financing- Public, private, Nongovernmental organizations- Public participation in Planning
- Development control regulations
- sustainability and rationality in planning, Components of sustainable urban and regional development
- Emerging Concepts: Global City, inclusive city, Safe city, etc. City of the future, future of the city
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Unit 3
Acts, Bye-Laws & Elements of City Planning
- Town and country planning act- Building bye-laws
- Elements of City Planning, Zoning and land use, Housing
- Introduction to landscaping, importance , objectives, principles, elements
- Urban Planning standards Urban renewal for quality of life and livability
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Unit 4
Traffic Transportation Systems & Legal Issues
- Traffic transportation systems: urban road, hierarchy, traffic management, Intelligent Transport Systems
- Legal Issues in Planning and Professional Practice, Concepts and contents related to planning provision regarding property rights, Concept of Arbitration, State and Central government to deal with various matters concerning Town and Country Planning
- mechanism for preparation of DP: Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013
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Unit 5
Types of Development Plans & Planning Agencies
- Types of Development plans: Master Plan, City Development Plan, Structure Plan ,housing, land use, Water Supply & sanitation, etc.
- Planning agencies for various levels of planning. Their organization and purpose (CIDCO-MHADA-MIDC, MMRDA/ PMRDA etc)
Reference Books
- Transportation Demand Analysis — Adib Kanafani — Mc Graw Hill Series in Transportation, Berkeley — 1983
- Principles of Urban Transport Systems Planning — Hutchinson, B.G. — Mc Graw Hill Book Company, New York — 1974
- Metropolitan Transportation Planning — John W.Dickey — Mc Graw Hill Book Company, New York — 1975
- Transportation Engineering and Planning — Papacostas, C.S., Prevedouros, P.D. — Prentice - Hall of India Pvt Ltd. — 3rd Edition, 2002
- Transportation Engineering - An Introduction — Khisty C.J. — Prentice Hall, India — 2002
- Priniciples of Pavement Design — Yoder, Witczak — John Wiley and Sons
- Pavement Analysis and Design — Yang. H. Huang — Prentice Hall Inc. — Second Edition
- Pavement Engineering – Principles and Practice — Rajib B. Mallick, Tahar El-Korchi — CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group)
- Modern Pavement Management — W.Ronald Hudson, Ralph Haas, Zeniswki — Mc Graw Hill and Co
- Relevant IRC Codes
- Introduction to transportation planning — Bruton M J — Hutchinson of London — 1981
- Metropolitan Transportation Planning — Dickey J W — Tata McGraw Hill — 1980
- Principles of Transportation Engineering — P. Chakraborty, A. Das
- Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering — C.S. Papacoastas
- Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning — L.R. Kadyal
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