Housing Policy & Planning

Lecture 19: Housing Infrastructure and Services

(Transport and Roads)
Dr. Uttam K. Roy
Department of Architecture and Planning

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Recap

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Gross Land use and Net Landuse

Residential Plots
Plots for School Education
Commercial & Clinics
Play ground/area & tot lots
Water bodies
Local and collector Roads
 HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURES

Creating basic Infrastructures

Providing facilities and amenities
Delivering accountable service
 Dimensions of housing
1. Multiple units
2. Community
3. Services
4. Livelihood
5. Affordability
6. Individuality

To fulfill all dimensions in a housing design it is required to

differentiate its classification, systems and subsystems
Human Need and Housing

 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

 What is Infrastructure?
• Why Infrastructures are important in overall
planning and development ?
• What is the expectations from a planner in
Infrastructure Planning?
• What are the key competencies required for a
Planners to deal with Infrastructure?
• Who are the other contributors in Infrastructure
Planning?
 Why services are required ?
• To perform daily basic human physiological activity. i.e drinking
water, cooking food, disposing garbage, having sanitation
• To have basic elements to perform living activity-shops, health
facility
• To ensure the safety and security- CCTV systems, security system,
mixed landuse, barrier free design
• To have a space for social need- playing, fiends, parks, community
space/rooms
• To have physical comforts and easiness for self and family-home
delivery, doctor on call, intercom, generator backup etc.
 Basic terms
• Infrastructures: Road and access, treatment plants,
drainage systems etc
• Services (Basic): Water supply, electric supply, garbage
disposal, cleaning of drains etc
• Facilities: Playground, parks, security systems, water
body, community hall, shops, dispensary etc.
• Amenities: 24x7 hot-cold water, generator backup,
Hierarchy:
Neighbourhood->Cluster/Lot->Block->Unit->Room
 Urban Infrastructure
Physical Social/Facilities
1. Education
1. Roads and Transport 2. Health facilities
2. Water Supply 3. Recreational facility
3. Sewerage 4. Post and telegraph
4. Drainage 5. Police station
5. Electricity 6. Fire station
6. Solid Waste Management
7. Telephone 7. Petrol pump
8. Gas Supply etc. 8. Burning ghat/burial ground
9. Play ground etc.
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 Road Hierarchy
• National roads
• Regional/state roads
• Major Urban Roads
– Arterial roads
– Sub-arterial roads
• Other urban roads
– Collector roads
– Local roads
• Rural roads
 Basic elements of a road sections
• Carriage way
• Median
• Divider
• Footpath
• Cycle tracks
• Service roads
• Intersection
 Radial and
Ring

Linear

Grid Iron
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Radial
 Category of Urban Roads
Road type Avg width Purpose Interval between Interface with slow Loading
(range) Junctions traffic unloading/plot
access

Arterial 60 (10) To comnnect city zones More than 1 km Through service Through service
road only road only

Sub- arterial 35 (10) Same Not less than 400 m Same Same
To connect arterial road
with collector road

Collector 20 (5) To collect local traffic and Not less than 200 m Yes Yes
connect with Sub arterial

Local 10 (5) To serve local/NH/sector Not less than 50 m Yes Yes

traffic

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New Town
Kolkata
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
Residential areas are physically planned as different blocks of population 25,000
Each block consists four neighborhood each having population about 6,250
Each neighborhood consists four clusters each having population about 1600

TYPICAL LAYOUT OF A SECTOR

 Norms and standards
• URDPFI Guidelines, Government of India
• NBC India
• Electrical code
• CPHEEO manual
• Local rules and regulations
Next ….
Lecture 20: Infrastructure and Services-2
Drainage, Sanitation and Electricity
Dr. Uttam K. Roy
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

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Thank you

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