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    23 JULY 2018

    INTRODUCTION TO TOWN
    PLANNING
    AR15F07500

    LECTURE - 1 Ar. RAGHUTEJA VEMANA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE REVA UNIVERSITY


    ARCHITECTURE

    URBAN DESIGN

    URBAN PLANNING
    URBAN DESIGN

    Art of Making Places for People


    Human Interaction with the environment
    Involves places such as Squares, Piazza, Streets, Pedestrian
    Precinct
    URBAN PLANNING

    Layout of
    Neighbourhoods,
    Cities and
    Regions

    • Fulfilling needs of
    Community &
    Economy
    URBAN
    PLANNING

    URBAN
    DESIGN

    ARCHITECTURE
    ARCHITECTURE URBAN URBAN
    DESIGN PLANNING
    SCALE Individual Buildings Spaces between Buildings Whole Neighbourhood,
    Parks, Streetscapes, Transits Districts, Cities

    TIME FRAME No definite time Short Term < 5 years Long Term
    frame > 5 years – 20 years

    SPACE 2D & 3D 2D & 3D 2D Mostly


    PERSCEPTION

    Aesthetics and Aesthetics and Function


    INCLINATION
    Functionality Functionality
    Urban designers work with the physical form of cities.
    For example, an urban designer can any day be working on designing street-scapes and major
    Transportation corridors;
    Parks, open spaces, waterfronts, and plazas;

    Urban Planners work with policy that shapes urban development.


    For example, an urban planner can write policy recommendations for mass transit
    infrastructure,
    Business development strategies for economic development &
    Land use plans for transit-oriented development.
    WHAT DO PLANNERS DO?
    • Devise land use
    • Address transportation and infrastructure
    requirements
    • Planning social and community services
    • Creating economic capacity in local communities
    • Working internationally

    Involves:
    Politicians, Developers, Architects, Engineers, Citizens
    Urban Planning
    Devices

    • Development plans

    • Zoning regulations

    • Building regulations

    • Environmental protection

    laws

    • Conservation areas
    • National level
    1. Policy making
    2. Strategic objectives

    • Regional level
    1. Land act
    2. Regional plans, Transportation

    • Municipal level
    1. Land development plan
    2. Land use plan
    3. Master plan
    COURSE OBJECTIVES
    •To give an understanding on ancient planning methodologies adopted by the ancient

    civilizations until the concept of New Towns.

    •To understand the importance of planning at a City level.

    •To understand various aspects in planning like Landuse, Infrastructure, Transportation,

    Housing, and integrating them at a Town or City level.

    •To understand the Process of Planning and the implementation mechanism.


    UNIT 1

    HISTORY OF TOWN PLANNING

    Development of town planning in the historical perspective –


    Ancient town patterns in India and abroad. Impact of industrialization and
    technology.

    Evolution of modern town planning concepts - model towns, garden cities,


    satellite towns, suburbia, green belts.

    Characteristics of modern towns - classification of towns. Types of towns based on


    functions. Case studies of New Towns.
    UNIT 2

    PLANNING PRINCIPLES

    National planning, regional planning, and town planning.

    Purpose of town planning. Principles of land use planning – Residential, Commercial,


    Industrial, Institutional, and mixed use Planning.

    Principles of environmental planning control of land, water and air pollution.

    Planning for Environmental conservation- Ekistics units and grids.


    UNIT 3

    PLANNING PROCESS and IMPLEMENTATION

    Process of preparation of Master plans and developments and development


    plans –

    Structure plans - survey and analysis of the various criteria involved in town
    planning.
    Causes for urban blight-remedial planning measures.

    Housing- concept of L.I.G/ H.I.G and slum clearance boards.


    UNIT 4

    PLANNING FOR FUTURE

    Urban Renewal, Re- Planning, Urban Conservation, Concept of Decentralization and


    Recentralization.

    CASE STUDIES- Modern Towns in India /Abroad.


    .

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