Le Corbusier’s Paris

Lutyen’s New Delhi

INTRODUCTION
TO
TOWN PLANNING
Lucio Costa’s Brasilia
AND PLANNING
CONCEPTS
 ROLE OF PLANNERS
• Consider – “human communities are always in
the process of changing”
• Recognize – “the complexity of communities
• Concern – about the future

Growth of the city

AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF TOWN PLANNING
• to create and • social, economic, • To preserve the
promote healthy cultural and individuality of the
conditions and recreational town
environments for amenities etc. • To preserve the
all the people – • Recreational aesthetics in the
• to make right use amenities - open design of all elements
of the land for spaces, parks, of town or city plan,
the right purpose gardens &
by zoning playgrounds, town
• to ensure orderly halls stadiums,
development community centers,
• to avoid cinema houses,
encroachment of and theatres
one zone over the
other

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IDENTIFICATION
PLANNING
&
PROCESS
DEFINING THE
DEFINITION OF
OBJECTIVES
PROBLEM
To regulate growth , to nullify the bad effects of
DATA past growth, to improve the transportation
COLLECTION facilities, to optimize the resources utilization, to
balance population and economic activities, to
Studies & promote social integration among different
categories, to promote a convenient
Surveys comfortable, beautiful and healthy environment.
Identification of trend and direction of
growth, Traffic survey, Study on
demography, Climate, Resources and
DATA In the form of
other potentials FORECAST Demographic projection &
forecasting based on migration,
study maps,
ANALYSI charts, etc and
graphs, ING employment, industrialisation and
urbanisation
S long term & short
term objectives
are identified

FIXING THE Preparation of development plans,

formulation of zones, alteration to the
existing zoning regulations, widening
DESIGN
PRIORITIES of roads etc

Identification of priorities based

on the need, importance and Implementation by
urgency suitable authorities , within
the REVIEW, EVALUATION &
IMPLEMENTATION time & must satisfy all the
required obligations FEEDBACK
Monitoring by periodical inspections,
feedbacks & review reports.
Planning Authorities in India
1.NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ( 5-
YEAR PLANS- ANNUAL PLANS)
2.STATE PLANNING BOARD ( 5-YEAR PLAN-
ANNUAL PLANS)
3.METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMITTEE
4.DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE
5.URBAN SETTLEMENT ( MUNICIPALITY)
6.NAGAR PANCHAYAT
Recommended Planning System
(as per UDPFI guidelines)
 A plan is needed to serve as a guideline to promote development.
Taking into account of urban problems in development of urban areas
of India, the attributes of the desired system should therefore include
 Be basically indigenous fulfilling the needs of people in the country
including urban poor and informal system
 Have the desired attributes
 Evolve out of the legal administrative and political system in the
country
 The recommended urban Development Planning System consist of four
interrelated plans as follows:
1. Perspective Plans- it is long term yrs written document, providing the
state government the goals, policies, strategies , and general programs of
urban local authorities regarding spatio -economic development of city/
urban area. Purpose of this plan is to provide a policy framework for
further detailing and serve as guide for preparation of development plan.
1. Development Plan- it is prepared within the framework of approved
perspective plan (5 yr plan).
Scope of this plan covers assessment of current issues, prospects, priorities
and proposals.
Recommended Planning System
(as per UDPFI guidelines)

3. Annual Plan: the purpose of annual plan is to identify new

schemes or projects, which the authority to undertake for
implementation during the fiscal year.
It should follows the priorities, policies an d proposals approved in
development plan.
This plan provides resource requirement during the year.
The annual plan provides a built-in system of continuous annual
review of the performance action and initiatives of local authority.
4. Plans of Schemes / Projects- conceived within framework of
development plan, schemes/ projects.
 URBAN & RURAL INDIA
Urban Area – Census of India
• all places with a
municipality, corporation,
cantonment board
or notified town area
committee;
• all other places
which has
features as
– a minimum
population of
5000;
– at least 75% of the male working population
engaged in non- agricultural pursuits and
– a density of population of at least
400 persons per sq. km. and predominantly
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS
LAND USE PHYSICAL PLANNING
PLANNING
• Exercise in public policy • It is the planning of an
that designates and area’s physical
regulates the use of land structures or
• Outcome is a plan or infrastructure e.g.
document that outlines: communication and
• Allocation and zoning transportation
of land based on the facilities, municipal
nature of use utilities etc.
• Regulation measures • It is concentrated on
for the intensity of local or regional level.
use • It uses the land use
• Formulation of legal plan as a framework
and administrative for optimal
devices for development of
supporting and physical
implementing the infrastructure in an
plan area
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS
ALLOCATIVE INDICATIVE &
PLANNING IMPERATIVE PLANNING

• It is a kind of regulatory • It is concerned with the

planning. implementation of
• It is concerned with the planning or plans
resolution of conflicts • It lays down general
through evolving guidelines for
policies to ensure implementation
efficiency of an existing • It is advisory in nature
system
• It is concerned with • Also concerned with
coordination among different implementation of plans
components of a system. • It is more guided and
involves specific
directives