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Urban Planning Theory and Practice - M.pratap Rao Contents
Urban Planning Theory and Practice - M.pratap Rao Contents
Urban Planning Theory and Practice - M.pratap Rao Contents
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CONTENTS
Preface
About the Book (/books/book) List of Figures
I. INTRODUCTION
II. ANCIENT URBAN PLANNING
Ancient Cities - Egyptian Cities - Greek Cities - Roman Cities - Medieval Cities - Renaissance Cities
III. ANCIENT URBAN PLANNING IN INDIA :
Ancient Indian Cities - Ancient Urban Planning Rules in India - Indian Cities During Mughal Period
IV. MODERN URBAN PLANNING :
Industrial Revolution and its Impact - Modern Urban Planning Initiatives - Modern urban Planning Concepts - Case Study 1 : Radburn Layout in USA - Case Study 2 : Greater London Plan - Case
Study 3 : Brasilia - Modern urban Planning in India- Case Study 1: Chandigarh - Case Study 2: Gandhi (/books/gandhi) Nagar - Case Study 3: NALCO Township
V. URBAN PLANNING LEGISLATION :
Evolution - Important Committees - IDSMT Scheme - Important Sections of Land Acquisition Act - Case Study 1 : Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act - Cast Study 2 : Town and Country
Planning Act of U.K. - Existing Urban Planning Acts in India
VII. DEVELOPMENT PLAN :
The need - Goals and Objectives - Score and Contents - Procedure for Preparation - Plan Implementation - Public Participation - General Guidelines of Development Plan -Important Measures in
Development Plan - Zoning Regulations - Density of Population - Sub-Division Regulations - Floor area ratio (FAR) - Factors to be Considered in Development Plan - Case Study : Master Plan for
Delhi Perspective-2001 - Urban Landuse Classification - Graphic Expression
VII. HOUSING :
Importance of Housing - Housing Problems in India - National Housing Policy - Housing Agencies - Housing Finance (/books/finance) Institutions - National Housing Bank - HUDCO (/books/hudco) LIC - HDFC - Commercial Banks - Housing co-operatives - Neighbourhood Concept - The Concept - Case Study : Layout of a Sector in Gandhi Nagar - Residential Layout Planning - Slum Housing What is a slum -Case Study 1 : Calcutta Bustee Improvement Programme - Case Study 2 : Chennai Slum Clearance Scheme - Case Study 3 : New Delhi Jhuggi-Jhonpri Scheme - Case - Study 4 :
Mumbai Slum Improvement Scheme
VIII. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION :
Importance of Transportation - National Transportation Policy - Important Transport Components - Characteristics of Traffic - Transportation Planning Process - Survey Analysis and Model Building
- Forecasting - Evaluation - Surveys of Transportation Planning - Traffic Control at Junctions - Parking - Case Study : Hyderabad Traffic and Transportation study 1988
IX. LANDSCAPE DESIGN :
Importance of Landscape Design - National Building Code of India 1983 Guidelines - Greenbelts and Landscaping -Norms for Planting of Shrubs and trees - Landscape Design Process - Data
Collection - Preliminary Design - Final Design - Post Design - Case Study : Landscape Design of Chandigarh
X. URBAN CONSERVATION :
Pro-conservative Arguments-Anti-Conservation Arguments - Identification of heritage Buildings - Cast Study : Hyderabad Urban Conservation Study 1984
XI. PLANNING STANDARDS :
The Basic Framework - Distribution of Landuse - Developed area Average Densities - Work force - Proposed Landuse Structure of urban Centres in Plain Areas - Proposed Landuse Structure in hill
towns - Infrastructure - Physical Infrastructure - Water Supply - Water Requirement for Institutional Buildings - Water Requirement for Industrial units - Sewerage - Drainage - Electricity - Solid
waste Disposal - Social Infrastructure - Education Facilities -Health care Facilities - Socio-Cultural Facilities - Distribution Services - Police - Fire - Commercial Activity - Hierarchy of Commercial
Centres - Areas of Commercial Centres - Distribution of shops by type - Norms for Informal Sector Activities - Variations in norms and Standards by size of Settlement - Small Towns - Medium size
towns - Large and Metro Cities
XII. URBAN PLANNING TERMINOLOGY :
Apartment - Bench Mark - Building - Building bye-laws - Building Height - Building line - Building Setback - City -Contour - Coverage - Cul-de-sac - Development -Development area - Detached
Building - Dwelling - Dwelling unit - Elevation - Facade - Green belt - Habitable room - Infrastructure - Master Plan - Metropolitan city - Non-Conforming use - Obsolescence - Open space - Plinth
area - Primate city - Region - Real Estate - Right-of-way - Row Buildings - Ribbon Development - Semi-detached Building - Sewerage - Storey -Town - Urbanisation - Urban Agglomeration - Urban
Renewal - Urban Sprawl - Zone
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