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Piter Biswas
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Introduction to Planning Discipline
Urban – An urban area is characterized by higher population
density and vast human features in comparison to areas
surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations,
but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as
villages and hamlets.
Region
On the basis of the elemental factor of space, a region is a
geographic or areal unit with certain limits and bounds. The unit
may consist of a few villages or a number of countries. A region
may, therefore, be thought of as an areal or spatial organization
of varying dimensions.
Any portion of earth’s surface where physical conditions are
homogeneous can be considered as a Region in geographic
sense, ranging from a single feature region to compage,
depending on the criteria used for delineation.
In practice a prefix is added to highlight the attributes on which
the region has been defined, for example, agriculture region,
resource region, city region, planning region,
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Introduction to Planning Discipline
All the daily activities of human beings are carried out on
land. Proper organization of these activities i.e. planning
will help the human being in leading a richer and fuller life
in liveable surroundings or environment.
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Introduction to Planning Discipline
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Introduction to Planning Discipline
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Definitions and Bases of Planning
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Definitions and Bases of Planning
Social and economic aims town planning
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Definitions and Bases of Planning
Promotion of accessibility
Employment of resources as economically as possible
Separation of incompatible land uses from each other
and association of compatible or mutually helpful
uses.
Carrying out of all developments in a visually pleasant
and practical manner
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Urban Planning Basics
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Urban Planning Basics
a) Physical environment - A city's physical environment includes
its location, its climate and its proximity to sources of food and
water.
b) Social environment - The social environment includes the
groups to which a city's residents belong, the neighborhoods in
which they live, the organization of its workplaces. One of the
biggest issues in most cities is the inequitable distribution of
resources.
c) Economic environment - Primary employers, such as
manufacturing as well as research and development companies,
retail businesses, universities, federal labs, local government,
cultural institutions, and departments of tourism all play strong
roles in a city's economy.
Planners work with local authorities to make sure residents are not
excluded from the benefits of urbanization as a result of physical, social or
economic barriers.
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Urban Planning Basics
All the daily activities of human beings are carried out on land.
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Land Use Planning
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Land Use Planning
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Land Use Planning
General Principles
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Land Use Planning
General Principles
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Urban Land Use Planning
Land use planning should aim at integrated and
comprehensive planning
Integrated development of residence, work and recreation
areas
Geddesian Triangle
Folk (organism)
Work Place
(Function) (Environment)
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Urban Land Use Planning
Comprehensive Planning
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Definitions
Accessibility – Available means of communication i.e. roads,
rail etc.
Base map – map serving as the foundation for subsequent
planning showing all physical features and existing land-
use/built-up area of the area/city .
Density of Population – population divided by the areas
occupied by houses
Gross density – population divided by the area layout including
roads and open spaces.
Net density – population divided by the plots, excluding roads
and open spaces.
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Definitions
Recreation areas – an area designated for recreational
activities – open spaces, play grounds, parks, botanical
gardens, golf course etc.
Water bodies – River, lakes, ponds, nallah (open drain)
Ring road – a circular road on all side of the proposed
development/settlement
Bye pass – a road designed to carry heavy vehicular traffic to
operate without entering the built up area of the city.
O D Survey – Origin and Destination survey conducted to count
vehicles coming from and going to another area/city.
Nazul land – the land vested with the government
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Definitions
Khasra map – official map of a village record indicating
boundaries of all properties, dimensions, property numbers,
ownership, and identify of property and its details.
Residential land-use – the land category in a development or
layout plan devoted to residential activity which may be further
sub-divided into zones/clusters by nature (e.g. Primary
residential, mixed residential, informal residential), intensity
(e.g. high, medium or law density), type (plotted or flatted),
ownership (individual or group housing).
Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Public-semi-public
(utilities/services), Transportation
Topo-sheet – map prepared by Survey of India for entire
country, indicating every details, e.g. road, rail, forest, river,
canal, built-up area etc.
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Definitions
Catchment area or drainage basin - area drained by a
stream /river or other body of water (the area and population
from which a facility or region attracts visitors or customers)
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Thank You
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