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Introduction to Urban Planning
Prof. Harshit Sosan Lakra · IIT Roorkee
About
The course is meant primarily for Under graduate students to familiarize with the urban planning issues, objectives, framework, process, techniques and components. The subject also exposes the students about various planning legislation and norms. This subject is comprehensive subject which makes students learn about urban agendas and tools in very succinct manner and this subject is particularly useful for the students to prepare for the GATE Exam.
Intended audience: Any interested LearnerSUPPORTED INDUSTRIES : Institute of Town Planning , All Planning Organizations and consultants, Government Planning Department Like Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Town and Country Planning Departments
Lectures
Week 1
- Conceptual Understanding of the Urban Areas
- Urbanization and Sustainable Development
- Urban Planning and 73-74 Constitution Amendment Acts
- Types and Level of Plans
- Regional Plan
Week 2
Week 3
- Local Area Plan (Urban Redevelopment Plan)
- Special Purpose Plan (AMRUT)
- Special Purpose Plan (City HRIDAY Plan)
- Special Purpose Plan (Smart City Plan)
- Perspective Plan (Agenda 2030 SDGs)
Week 4
- Contextualizing Cities (Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Indus Valley Civilization)
- Contextualizing Cities (Vedic Period)
- Contextualizing Cities (Greek and Roman)
- Contextualizing Cities (Industrial Revolution)
- Contextualizing Cities (1900-1939)
Week 5
- Contextualizing Cities (1940-1979)
- Contextualizing Cities (1980-2021)
- Public Health and Urban Planning - I
- Public Health and Urban Planning - II
- Public Health and Urban Planning - III
Week 6
- Public Health and Urban Planning - IV
- Housing Issues in India
- Culture and Planning of Cities
- Urbanization and Environmental Problems
- Urbanization and Slums
Week 7
- Introduction to Planning Legislation
- Evolution and Growth of Planning Legislation - I (UK)
- Evolution and Growth of Planning Legislation - II (USA)
- Evolution and Growth of Planning Legislation - III (India)
- Land Acquisition Act
Week 8
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Roorkee
- Department
- Architecture
- Teacher
- Prof. Harshit Sosan Lakra
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Art, architecture and design
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
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