URBAN PLANNING

ASSIGNMENT 2 - URBANIZATION AND ISSUES

NAME – MRUNMAYEE PANDE & SAKSHI GAWATE

SEMESTER – VII
PIADS , NAGPUR.
 SMART CITY
WHAT IS A SMART CITY ?
• THE SMART CITY CONCEPT INTEGRATES INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT), AND VARIOUS PHYSICAL
DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE IOT (INTERNET OF THINGS)
NETWORK TO OPTIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF CITY OPERATIONS
AND SERVICES AND CONNECT TO CITIZENS.
• SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS CITY OFFICIALS TO INTERACT
DIRECTLY WITH BOTH COMMUNITY AND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TO MONITOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND HOW
THE CITY IS EVOLVING.
• ICT IS USED TO ENHANCE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND
INTERACTIVITY OF URBAN SERVICES, TO REDUCE COSTS AND
RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND TO INCREASE CONTACT BETWEEN
CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT.
• A SMART CITY MAY THEREFORE BE MORE PREPARED TO RESPOND
TO CHALLENGES THAN ONE WITH A SIMPLE "TRANSACTIONAL"
RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS CITIZENS.
 ONE SUCH EXAMPLE OF A SMART CITY IS
CHANDIGARH CITY.

• IT IS THE GREENEST CITY OF INDIA.

• IT WAS PLANNED BY FRENCH ARCHITECT LE CORBUISER
• IT IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIMENTS IN URBAN PLANNING
AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IN INDIA.
• CHANDIGARH HAS A BELT OF PARKS RUNNING FROM SECTORS.
• IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS GREEN BELTS AND OTHER SPECIAL TOURIST PARK
• THE CITY BEAUTIFUL IS ENVISIONED TO BECOME LEADER IN
LIVEABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, EQUALITY AND INNOVATION.
• SMART CITY MISSION ENVISIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ASPIRATION AND
NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS, DEVELOPING THE ENTIRE URBAN ECOSYSTEM,
WHICH REPRESENTS BY THE FOUR PILLARS OF COMPREHENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT-INSTITUTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING SUCH
COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE INCREMENTALLY ADDING ON
LAYERS OF “SMARTNESS”
 THE CHANDIGARH CITY IS PLANNED
TO HUMAN SCALE.
• HEAD-CAPITOL (PLACE OF POWER)
(SECTOR 1).
• HEART-THE CITY CENTER (SECTOR 17)
• STOMACH-THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
• ARMS-UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONE.
• LUNGS-LEISURE VALLEY & OPEN
SPACES.
• ARTERIES-NETWORK OF ROADS, THE
7VS.
ROADS.
THE ROADS OF THE CITY WERE CLASSIFIED IN
SEVEN CATEGORIES OF 7 VS SYSTEM.
• V-1 FAST ROADS CONNECTING CHANDIGARH
TO VARIOUS OTHER TOWNS
• V-2 ARTERIAL ROADS.
• V-3 FAST VEHICULAR ROADS.
• V-4 FREE FLOWING SHOPPING STREETS.
• V-5 SECTOR CIRCULATION ROADS.
• V-6 ACCESS ROADS TO HOUSES.
• V-7 FOOTPATHS AND CYCLE TRACKS.
SOME OF THE LATEST PROJECT TO MAKE CHANDIGARH AS
SMART CITY ARE :

TO PROVIDE 24*7 WATER SUPPLY PILOT PROJECT FOR PAN – CITY

CHANDIGARH.
ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE URBAN RESIDENTS
AND LACK OF WATER SUPPLY CAN KEEP THE MORTALITY RATES HIGH IN
GENERAL AND AMONG THE POOR IN PARTICULAR SMART CITIES SHOULD
THEREFORE HAVE AN AVAILABILITY OF 24X7 PIPED WATER SUPPLY THAT
ALSO MEETS BENCHMARKS OF WATER QUALITY, PRESSURE, ETC. ACROSS
THE CITY.
PROJECT COMPONENTS :
• CONSTRUCTION OF NEW UGRS FOR RAW WATER AND CLEAR WATER
STORAGE.
• INSTALLATION & UPGRADATION OF EXISTING PUMPING MACHINERY TO
VARIABLE FREQUENCY DERIVE PUMPS (VFDS) FOR 24X7 WATER SUPPLY.
• RETROFITTING OF EXISTING PIPELINE NETWORK.
100% AMR READY WATER METERING AT ALL THE CONSUMER ENDS.
• INSTALLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCADA SYSTEM
IMPACT OF THE PROJECT :

• PUBLIC HEALTH – PRESSURIZED NETWORK PREVENTS WATER CONTAMINATION

AND REDUCES WATER BORNE DISEASES.

• PRODUCTIVITY OF CITIZENS – AVAILABILITY OF WATER TO ALL REDUCE THE

COPING COST AND RESULT IN TO HIGHER PRODUCTIVE HOURS FOR CITIZENS

• AFFORDABLE WATER SUPPLY – PIPED WATER IS CHEAPEST MODE OF WATER SUPPLY

COMPARE TO TANKER OR BOTTLED SUPPLY AND 24X7 SUPPLY REDUCE THE
STORAGE AND TREATMENT COST TO CITIZEN

• WATER CONSERVATION– 24X7 WATER SUPPLY CAN ONLY BE RESULT OF SUPPLY SIDE
EFFICIENCY (SOURCE TO CONSUMER) AND DEMAND SIDE EFFICIENCY (REDUCED
CONSUMPTION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND TARIFF)

• IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE LEVEL FOR WS –ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES OF THE

PROJECT ARE CITIZENS OF CITY WITH BETTER WATER SUPPLY SERVICES AT
OPTIMUM COST

• THERE ARE SOME MORE UPCOMING PROJECTS SUCH AS SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
AN INTEGRATED PLANNING APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED ENCOMPASSING VARIOUS
FACTS OF THE CITY’S DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE FOLLOWING:--

• SENSITIVE SITE SELECTION AND ECO-SENSITIVE.

• E SENSITIVE PLANNING.
• CHANDIGARH TO BE DECLARED SOLAR CITY
• ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF CITY LEVEL SERVICES-
• CONCEPTS OF REDUCE, RECYCLE AND REUSE OF WATER, SOLID
WASTE, SEWERAGE,
• CREATING SELF SUSTAINING NEIGHBORHOOD UNITS IN TERMS OF
POWER, WATER AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL,
• CITY’S GREEN -- HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LAND DEDICATED TO OPEN
SPACES, CITY GREENS AND WATER BODIES,
• INCREASING THE GREEN COVER BY MANDATORY PLANTATION,
• EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
• ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITHIN SITES.
• PROMOTE BICYCLE AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY,
• CONSTRUCTION OF GREEN BUILDINGS/CAMPUSES.
• ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN & AROUND THE CITY SENSITIVE TO ITS ENVIRONMENT.
ADOPTION OF GREEN BUILDING CONCEPTS IN THE
BUILDING DESIGNS OF THE CITY SUCH AS:

• SENSITIVE SITE SELECTION.

• ORIENTATION.
• REDUCTION OF PAVING ON THE UN-BUILT SITE
AREA.
• GREEN ROOF CONCEPTS.
• MANDATING RAIN WATER HARVESTING.
• ZERO DRAINAGE OF STORM WATER FOR LARGE CHANDIGARH
DEVELOPMENT SITES
• ADAPTATION OF LOW ENERGY ,LOCALLY
ADAPTIVE MATERIALS, LABOUR & TECHNOLOGY.

• AND SOME OTHER MEASURES ARE -

• ENERGY AUDIT OF BUILDINGS.
• PROPOSED ROAD MAP TO MAKE ECBC MANDATORY
IN CHANDIGARH
• ANNUAL WASTE AUDIT REPORT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING
• PROMOTE ECO PARK CONCEPTS ACROSS THE CITY .
• BAN ON BURNING OF LEAVES,
• CHANDIGARH AS A SMOKE FREE CITY
• CONTROLLING NOISE POLLUTION
RECCOMENDATIONS

MAKING CITIES SMART IS AN ENORMOUS, COMPLEX AND LONG DRAWN TASK

REQUIRING SUSTAINED EFFORTS ON THE PART OF PARASTATAL AGENCIES AND
ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITIES.

HOWEVER, SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THEM SMART WILL HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC AND

FOUND LOCALLY AND NOT IMPORTED OR COPIED FROM OUTSIDE.

FURTHER, THE SOLUTIONS HAVE TO BE SIMPLE AND CONTEXTUAL, WHICH CAN BE

IMPLEMENTED EASILY WITHIN MINIMUM TIMEFRAME AND WITH MINIMUM COST,
BENEFITTING LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS.

TULIP ENVISIONS TO CREATE SYNERGIES BETWEEN

ADVANCING FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
IN STUDENTS AND HARNESSING
THEIR ENERGY AND IDEAS TO
CO-CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITIES

THE URBAN LEARNING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• POLICY HAS TO BE, DOING MORE WITH LESS.

• CHANDIGARH, BEING ONE OF THE BEST PLANNED CITIES, OFFERS MOST APPROPRIATE CASE-STUDY, AS
TO HOW TO MAKE CITIES SMART.

• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SHOULD LEVERAGE THE STRENGTH OF CHANDIGARH PLANNING,

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, AS THE ROLE MODEL TO SHOWCASE HOW TO MAKE SMART CITIES
IN THE COUNTRY.

• HOWEVER, CHANDIGARH STILL REQUIRES LARGE NUMBER OF ACTIONS ON THE PART OF

ADMINISTRATION, INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS FOR MAKING IT SMART.

• CHANDIGARH NEEDS TO CHANGE ITS BASIC CHARACTER FROM A GOVERNMENT CITY TO CITY OF
PEOPLE, BY CHANGING THE FOCUS FROM ADMINISTRATION TO PEOPLE.

• CITY MUST PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY RATHER THAN FOCUSSING ON MOBILITY.

IT MUST SHIFT ITS EMPHASIS FROM PLANNING FOR VEHICLES TO PLANNING FOR PEOPLE.

• ADOPTING THIS AGENDA WILL HELP CHANDIGARH IN MAKING A SMART CITY IN TRUE SENSE OF THE
WORD.