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Introduction to Urban Planning
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Overview

Boost your career by mastering concepts to Urban Planning

Duration

8 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Credential

Certificate

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Introduction to Urban Planning
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Course details

More about this course
  • The course is meant primarily for Under graduate students to familiarize with the urban planning issues, objectives, framework, process, techniques and component
  • 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

Introduction to Urban Planning
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NPTEL 
Curriculum

Introduction

Need and Objective of Planning

Evolution of Planning

Characteristics of settlements

Types of Plan and planning process

Problems and Issues of Urban areas

Land Use Communication System

Slums

Sporadic growth and Conurbation

Planning Framework and process for various development plan

Planning process, components and techniques

Concept of Master Plan; its elements, preparation and implementation Perspective Plan, Perspective plan, Zonal plan

Participatory and inclusive planning

Planning Legislation

Legislation as tools of plan implementation and development

Review of Planning

Legislation in India

Complaint and redress mechanism

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Introduction to Urban Planning
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Faculty details

Dr Harshit Sosan Lakra
Dr Harshit Sosan Lakra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Planning. She is trained as an Architect and has done Environmental Planning from Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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Other: Urban planning is too important with massive infrastructure projects going around in india and other countries. This course gives best regard to urban planning and other basic information.
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