Annex II - BPlng-Detailed Syllabus - AC II

Annexure: II
Proposed Detailed Syllabus for

Four Year Under Graduate Programme in Planning
Leading to the Award of B. Planning/B.Tech (Plng)*
(As approved by the Board of Governors at its Xth Meeting

held on 05 Aug, 2011
and
Academic Council at its IInd Meeting
held on July 29-30, 2011
and
Board of Studies in Planning at its meetings
held on October 29 & 30 and December 15, 2010)
* The terminology of the Degree to be awarded shall be applicable as per relevant approvals.
SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 19

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First Semester
10210101 Planning & Design Lab – I (Graphics & Presentation Techniques)
Number of Credits 12 Subject Category CL
Lecture Periods/Week -- Internal Assessment 100

Tutorials/Week -- End Evaluation --
Practicals /Lab/Workshop Periods/Week 12 External Jury 100
Total Periods/Week 12 Total Marks 200
Subject Objective: To inculcate the knowledge of basic technical drawing skills, visualization, presentation and
representation techniques.
Unit 1: Drawing materials and equipment
Introduction to drawing equipment - drawing boards, set squares, types of pencils, drawing pens, T-
square, pro circles, French curves, parallel squares, types of brushes, water colours, crayons; paper -
sizes, types, card boards, etc.; folding of drawing sheets; importance of graphics and visual
presentations.
Unit 2: Fundamental elements of drawing
Principles of composition; points, lines - types of lines, line thicknesses, line styles and intensities;
polygons; dimensioning, lettering, standard symbols, colour-coding, legend, drawing formats, colour
wheel, types and mixing of colours, tints, tones, etc.; representation of human figures, trees, hedges,
vehicles, etc.
Unit 3: Geometric shapes and forms
Geometric patterns; shapes and forms: concept of positive and negative spaces; principles of planar
geometry, sections of solids; simple and complex solids; sketching of geometric built forms.
Unit 4: 3D Views and projections
Orthographic projections, isometric, axonometric, oblique and perspective views – one point and two
point.
Unit 5: Scale and measured drawing
Scale (numeric and graphic) and proportion in drawings; measured drawing: site plan indicating the
footprint of building, open spaces, roads and other related objects; plans, elevations and sections.
Note: All the tasks/drawings to be undertaken manually

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10210102 Computer Applications – I
Number of Credits 1 Subject Category NT

Practicals /Lab/Workshop Periods/Week 3 External Jury --
Subject Objective: To develop expertise in the use of basic software and application in planning.
Unit 1: Working with word processing and spreadsheet packages
Making simple and long documents, presentations, working on tables, importing and exporting
graphics, creating drawing objects, importing scanned images. Editing of the documents and data; use
of formulae, advanced tools of word processing; advanced analysis in spreadsheets.
Unit 2: Graphics and DTP packages
Introductory exercises in graphics and the use of DTP packages.
Unit 3: Data base management
Introduction to data structures, flow diagrams and database management systems.
Unit 4: Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting & Design (CADD) software
Need for automated design and drafting; tools for automated designs and drafting; elements of spatial
data in CADD; basic commands in CADD - lines, rectangles, polylines, points, circles, donuts, layers,
grids, snaps and object snaps, etc.
Unit 5: Editing and controlling display in CADD
Move, scale, copy, offset, change, trim, extend, mirror, divide, measure, array, break, hatch, block,
zoom, regen, view, pan, fonts, etc; Common errors in scaling, printing and exporting and importing
drawings.

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10210103 Quantitative Methods - I
Lecture Periods/Week 2 Internal Assessment 50

Tutorials/Week -- End Evaluation 50
Practicals/Lab/Workshop Periods/Week -- External Jury --
Subject Objective: To acquire basic proficiency in statistical techniques
Unit 1: Introduction
Statistical data and methods; collection, tabulation and presentation of data; questionnaire design,
sampling, data coding and validation; Graphical presentation of statistical data.
Unit 2: Statistical Methods
Frequency distribution; measures of central tendency and dispersal; correlation; partial correlation;
and multiple correlation analysis.
Unit 3: Probability and sampling distributions
Introduction to probability; discrete random variables and probability distribution; sampling

distributions – T and F distribution.
Unit 4: Tests of hypothesis
Tests of hypothesis; type I & II errors; one-tailed and two tailed tests; chi-square test 4.
Unit 5: Regression analysis
Least square method; BLUE; two stage regression analysis; confidence limits and tests of
significance.
Note: Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit.

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10210104 Evolution of Human Society, Culture & Settlements
Number of Credits 3 Subject Category CT

Subject Objective: To gain insights into the evolution of human settlements in relation to cultural and socio-
economic aspects and its impact on modern planning of settlements
History of human settlements through civilisations – prehistoric, Indus valley, Mohanjedaro,

Harappan, Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Baroque, Renaissance, industrial and contemporary
settlements.
Unit 2: Ancient settlement planning of towns and cities
Ancient planning principles from Manasara: case-studies of Hindu planned towns like Srirangam,
Thanajavur, Varanasi, Chidambaram and Madurai; planning of Islamic towns; Greek and Roman
cities; European medieval towns and cities; Euclidean zoning of cities; Vitruvius, Andrea Palladio and
Alberti’s views on towns and cities.
Unit 3: Space, time and urban structure
City Beautiful movement by Daniel Burnham, F.L. Wright`s Broad-Acre city, Clarence Perry’s
neighbourhood unit formula; Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City, Le Ville Radiase and Contemporary
City of Le Corbusier; Lewis Mumford`s views on new social order, Dynapolis concept of Doxiadis;
Patrick Geddes’ contributions to evolution of planning thought and his work in India. Radburn, Jane
Jacobs and Rem Koolhaas’ theories.
Unit 4: Modern cities and towns
Concept of ring towns, satellite towns, counter magnets, urban patterns, urban sprawl, National
Capital Region (NCR); Special Economic Zones (SEZ), technology oriented towns, eco-towns,
compact cities, global cities, network cities, smart growth, transit oriented development. Case studies
of American towns and cities: French towns in India; New town developments in India, etc.
Unit 5: Values and Ethics in Profession
The value-crisis in the contemporary Indian Society; The nature of values: the value spectrum for a
good life; The Indian system of values; Values in planning profession, research and education.
Psychological values, Societal values, Aesthetic values, Spiritual values, Relative and absolute values,
human values; Canons of ethics; ethics of virtue; ethics of duty; ethics of responsibility; Work ethics;
Professional ethics; Ethics in planning profession, research and education.
Note: 1) Seminars may be conducted for appropriate units/topics. 2) History as a knowledge base to understand
the problem solving approach rather than mere documentation. 3) To bring an holistic and pragmatic
dimension to the course, the five core underlying parameters of a) Sustainability, b) Equity, c) Efficiency, d)
Harmony, and e) Safety, are to be incorporated in the instruction strategies through case studies and examples,
wherever applicable.

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10210105 Building Materials, Construction & Structures

Tutorials/Week 2 End Evaluation 50
Subject Objective: To understand the basic building materials, construction methods and structures
Unit 1: Introduction to building materials and finishes
Sand, stones, brick, cement, concrete, mortars, lime, glass, paints and varnishes, plastics, metals,
plywood and laminates, tiles, terracotta - source, types, properties and application; timber -
characteristics, defects, preservation and application; innovative building materials like fly-ash bricks,
ferrocement slabs, tanks, hollow blocks, compressed mud blocks and laterite blocks, prefab materials,
etc.
Unit 2: Principles of construction - I
Foundations, footings, external wall section indicating flooring, wall, sill, lintel, roofing, damp and
waterproofing, parapet, coping, pointing, plastering, cladding, etc.
Unit 3: Principles of construction - II
Expansion joints; staircase construction; retaining walls, centering, temporary structures such as
shoring, strutting, formwork, scaffolding etc; implements used for construction; fixing of doors and
windows.
Unit 4: Principles of design

Forces of compression and tension, concept of equilibrium of forces and conditions of equilibrium,
concepts of elasticity and plasticity, Hooke’s law, stress-strain relationship of tension and
compression; types of load; shear force and bending moment diagrams.
Unit 5: Introduction to structures

Basic principles of design of beams, columns and load bearing walls; introduction to IS codes; basic
PCC, RCC, steel and composite structures; different types of bridges, dams, causeways and culverts,
etc.
Note: Numerical exercises may be undertaken along with theoretical lectures.

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10210106 Introduction to Urban & Regional Planning

Tutorials/Week 2 End Evaluation --
Subject Objective: As an introduction to the B.Tech (Plng) program, the student is introduced to basic
concepts and processes.
Unit 1: Introduction to planning
Definition and a general understanding of planning; planning as a problem solving and solution
oriented exercises, resource optimization expertise; planning process; components of planning; goals
and objectives of planning; components of planning; benefits of planning; arguments for and against
planning; brief overview of the course outline.
Unit 2: Levels of planning
Classical approaches to planning; various levels of planning; comparative understanding of the

process vis-à-vis objectives and strategies; sustainability and rationality in planning; planning
knowledge – scope, sources and forms; reasoning and its various forms in planning; space, place and
location.
Unit 3: Urban & Regional planning
Urban, rural and regional entities – definitions, attributes, distinct challenges and comprehensive
planning approaches; urban planning and regional planning attributes; definition of landuse, social
and physical infrastructure; economic base, housing, transportation and socio-cultural parameters;
key issues and challenges.
Unit 4: Instruments of planning
Definition of Development plan; types of Development plans: Master plan, Structure plan, District
plan, Action Area plan, subject plan, Town Planning Scheme, Regional plan, Sub-regional plan;
Planning Advisory Group report and UDPFI guidelines; Sector plans and spatial plans; defining
development and development control regulations, LULU and NIMBY.
Unit 5: Governance in Planning

Local government in India; ULBs and RLBs - roles and responsibilities; urban basic services –
challenges; District Planning Committees and Metropolitan Planning Committees; introduction to
internationalization and globalization of planning.
Note: To bring an holistic and pragmatic dimension to the course, the five core underlying parameters of a)
Sustainability, b) Equity, c) Efficiency, d) Harmony, and e) Safety, are to be incorporated in the instruction
strategies through case studies and examples, wherever applicable.

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10210107 Surveying & Photogrammetry

Subject Objective: To acquire proficiency in basics of Geoinformatics covering the topics related to
surveying, remote sensing, photography, photogrammetry and GPS technologies.
Unit 1: Basics of surveying

Basic principles of surveying; classifications of measurements and units, concepts of scales, maps,
plans and the use of conventional symbols; application of various survey instruments - chain survey,
compass survey, plane table survey; transferring buildings and roads onto a drawing sheet and
preparation of maps using traditional surveying methods.
Unit 2: Levelling and contouring

Definition, principle, methods and application of levelling; instruments used and the principles of
their work; application of dumpy level, theodolite contouring, characteristics and interpretation of
contour lines.
Unit 3: Automated surveying instruments and application

Introduction to the use of digital and automated technologies like auto level, electronic theodolites,
digital planimeter, total station, etc; transfer of plans and maps from the drawings to the site in various
ground conditions.
Unit 4: Introduction to Remote Sensing Techniques

Principles of conventional photography, black /white and colour photography, aerial cameras, kinds of
aerial cameras, geometry of vertical aerial photograph, sources of aerial photography, use of satellite
images in planning, elements of image interpretation, image interpretation keys, image scale
calculation; basic instruments, stereo pair, pocket and mirror stereoscopes, parallax bars, principles of
stereoscopic of vision, use of pocket stereoscopes.
Unit 5: Introduction to Global Positioning Systems

GPS, concepts of geodesy- horizontal and vertical datum, WHS 84 and Indian geodetic system,
applications of GPS, GPS accuracy, point positioning, relative positioning, differential GPS, GPS
survey planning.

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10210108 Applied Geology & Hydrology

Subject Objective: To inculcate basic knowledge and develop framework for application of geological and
hydrological aspects in planning.
Unit 1: Introduction to earth science
The solar system, earth as a planet, movement of the earth, composition of the earth, rock cycle,
atmosphere and its composition, properties of minerals and rocks, geological time scale, Indian
stratigraphy, application of earth science in town planning.
Unit 2: Structural and geomorphological processes
Description and classification of folds, faults, joints and unconformities, weathering – physical and
chemical, erosion, transportation and deposition, erosional and depositional land forms of fluvial,
glacial, eolian and marine environments.
Unit 3: Geological and hydrological attributes of natural disasters
Natural disasters and their impact on town planning; description, cause and origin of volcanoes, cities
near volcanoes; earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis and related damages; resistant structures.
Unit 4: Engineering geology
Physical and engineering properties of stones – buildings and roads – geological investigations;
tunnels – site investigations; dams and reservoirs – site selection, coastal erosion and preventive
measures.
Unit 5: Groundwater
Hydrologic cycle, hydro-geological properties – porosity, permeability, transmissivity, storativity,
specific yield and specific retention; vertical distribution of groundwater, aquifers – confined,
unconfined, perched and leaky aquifers; confining layers – aquiclude, aquitard and aquifuge;
sedimentary rocks, igneous and metamorphic rocks; artificial recharge, impact of groundwater on
town planning with reference to rock terrains.

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10210109 Introduction to Communication Skills

Tutorials/Week -- End Examination --
Subject Objective: To develop adequate presentation skills for professional communications.
Unit 1: The Techniques of communication, presentation of facts, ideas, observations. Structuring of

preamble, contents, bibliography, technical papers, seminars.
Unit 2: Procedures for writing technical papers, writing a bibliography, chapterisation, footnotes, end
notes, appendices. Style and format for the presentation of the seminar papers, technical reports and
dissertations.
Unit 3: Types of presentations covering computer adaptive presentations, slide shows, manual charts,
using the overhead projector etc.
Unit 4: Orientation for improving the skills of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary in English
focussed primarily on developing communication and presentation skills.
Unit 5: Relevance and significance of report components like – preface, acknowledgements, contents,
indexing, referencing, appendixing, abbreviations, styles, formatting, etc. Knowledge of library
indexing and web based library search; book review & report writing, every student is expected to
individually present a comprehensive review of a book allotted to him/her by faculty.

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Second Semester
10210201 Planning & Design Lab – II (Base Map Preparation)
Lecture Periods/Week - Internal Assessment 150

Tutorials/Week - End Evaluation --
Practicals/Lab/Workshop Periods/Week 12 External Jury 150
Subject Objective: To develop proficiency in preparation of base maps and thematic maps.
Unit 1: Introduction to maps
Types and contents of maps – topographic, cadastral, landuse, administrative maps, etc.
Unit 2: Base mapping protocols
Choice of appropriate scale (graphic and numeric); orientation of maps; title of sheet and lettering;
techniques of reducing and enlarging maps, legends items, notations, use of monochrome and colour.
Unit 3: Techniques of base map preparation
Tracing the topographic sheets manually by identifying the regional/district boundaries, city and
municipal ward boundaries, existing settlement boundaries, major water bodies, reserve forests, rocky
formations, ecologically sensitive areas, major roads, major electric power lines, historical
monuments of national importance, and protected defence establishments; using of appropriate legend
items, standard patterns, symbols and notations.
Unit 4: Map analysis
Superimposition of the cadastral map to identify the revenue boundaries; ground verification of the
region/area for updation and modification; land suitability analysis; layering exercises; techniques and
application
Unit 5: Preparation of thematic maps
Appreciation studies of land use classification of residential, commercial, institutional, transportation,

recreation areas in small urban and/ or rural settlements; tabulation and graphic presentation of
statistical data; use of monochrome and colour coding, black and white as presentation techniques by
using internationally accepted hatching patterns.
Note: All the tasks/drawings to be undertaken manually.

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10210202 Computer Applications – II
Number of Credits 1 Subject Category NL

Practicals/Lab/Workshop Periods/Week 2 External Jury --
Subject Objective: To develop advanced skills in the use of CADD for preparation of digital maps, digital
terrain modelling and 3D mapping, for various application in planning.
Unit 1: Digitisation of maps and data.

Concepts of raster images, inserting a raster image, hiding and unloading a raster image, overview of
importing, overview of exporting, exporting closed polylines with object data; on screen digitisation
of paper maps and preparation of thematic maps using demographic and economic data.
Unit 2: Thematic mapping
Comprehensive project of preparation of basemap, terrain maps and thematic maps; utility map that
depicts all infrastructure planning, design and management activities like transportation, land
development and water; create, manage, analyse and design, GIS, and asset data.
Unit 3: Digital terrain modelling

Understanding of contours, digitisation of contours and development of 3D surfaces/terrain from
contours. Introduction to 3D conversion of 2D plans development of 3D surfaces of a terrain and
integrating with the automated surveying instruments.
Unit 4: Mapping in third dimension

Review of 3D user interface, overview of attribute data, basic concepts of attribute data, creating an
object data table, attaching object data records, attaching a database, concepts of coordinate systems,
assigning and verifying coordinate systems, geodetic distance, overview of queries, simple location,
data, SQL queries, creating a survey data store and project, network topology analysis concepts,
shortest path trace, effects of flow direction and resistance.
Unit 5: Print and plot preparation

Creating non-printed output, exporting to dwf, pdf, jpeg, sending electronic transmittal sets,
exporting a model to a 3D dwf; print and plot concepts, setting a layout viewport scale,
controlling viewports display, printing the drawing, common errors in scaling and printing.

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10210203 Quantitative Methods - II

Subject Objective: To acquire proficiency in advanced statistical techniques.
Unit 1: Linear programming
Formulation of linear programming models; transportation problem; graphical solution, algebraic

solution, simplex method.
Unit 2: Elementary combinatorics
Permutations and combinations.
Unit 3: Graph theory
Graph theory; trees, directed graphs; matrchings and colourings; traversability and pairings.
Unit 4: Decision making & queuing theory
Decision making; decision trees; payoff matrix and introduction to queuing theory; queuing
applications; single channel queuing theory; Monte Carlo approach to queuing.
Unit 5: Transportation methods
Vogel’s approximation method; stepping stone method using the north-west corner rule.
Note: Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit

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10210204 Demography, Urbanisation & Settlement Geography

Practical’s /Lab/Workshop Periods/Week -- External Jury --
Subject Objective: To understand the relationships of various attributes of demography, urbanization and
settlement geography.
Unit 1: Study of demography

Definition of demography; need for demographic studies; evolution of population study; contribution
of Malthus; demographic variables - fertility, mortality; types, trends, biological and social factors,
measures of fertility, crude birth rate; migration - types, trends, causes and consequences of migration,
theories of migration.
Unit 2: Demographic analysis and projection models

Source of demographic data; population structure and composition – age sex composition, sex ratio,
dependency ratio, child-woman ratio; measures of age–sex structure, age–sex pyramid, population
composition, marital status, caste, religion, literacy level, etc; life table techniques; basic cohorts
survival model, inter regional cohorts survival model.
Unit 3: Study of settlement geography

Need for the study of settlement geography; definition of settlement; settlement morphology, theories
of settlement systems, ranking of towns; settlements in regional context; spatial models of location,
size and spacing of settlements; gravity model.
Unit 4: Regional and urban settlements
Types of regions, delineation of regions, city region, structure of city region, area of influence and
dominance, shadow regions, trickledown effect, rural-urban fringe and its structure and growth; city
structure, theories of urban structure, classification of land uses in an urban area; analysis of location,
structure and models of growth patterns of CBD, industrial areas and residential areas; intra-urban and
inter-urban inequalities.
Unit 5: Urbanisation
Definition of urbanisation; concepts of urbanism and urbanisation; factors inducing urbanisation; brief
history of urbanisation in India; census definition of urban towns, cities, town groups, urban
agglomeration, standard urban area metropolis, megalopolis; functional classification of urban places;
urbanisation policies; salient features of the ‘National Commission on Urbanisation’ report.

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10210205 Specifications, Quantity Surveying and Estimation

Subject Objective: To understand specifications applicable to planning projects and how to work out
quantity surveying and estimation.
Unit 1: Introduction to specifications
What is specification and why it is needed for planners; definition and contents; different types of
specifications; elements and attributes of specifications; standard units
Unit 2: Specification writing
Significance and methods of writing specifications; issues related to housing, infrastructure, pumping,
etc; general specifications for housing, city level infrastructure like water supply network, pumping
stations, sewerage network, power supply, road network, street lighting, etc.
Unit 3: Quantity surveying
Measurement of different quantities – buildings, roads, earth, water supply, sewer systems, etc.
Unit 4: Estimation
Purpose of estimation, methods of estimation, types of estimates – approximate estimates, definite

estimate; levels of detailed estimate; determination of rates of works involved in the infrastructure
services (roads, water supply, sewer systems, etc.)
Unit 5: Project
Project case-study - land development cost; how to estimate development fees; costing procedure; raw
land for different land use categories, development works, interest on investment, and phasing;
preparation of detailed development costs of a planning scheme for an approximate population of
5,000 as per norms and standards considering one element of infrastructure; building management
software like BIM may be introduced in the project.

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10210206 Ecology & Environment

Subject Objective: To gain proficiency in basic concepts in ecology and environment.
Meaning and scope of ecology; evolution of ecology; man, environment and ecosystem; components
of nature and basic concepts and processes of ecology; flow of material water energy, invasion,
succession, predation, regulatory forces, adaptation, tropic levels, food chain, food web, ecological
pyramids.
Unit 2: Ecosystem and its relevance to environment

Resources and human settlements impact of advanced agricultural methods, urbanization and
industrialization on nature; urban ecosystem approach, evolution and significance; soil, water, land
vegetation and energy resources; resources development and management.
Unit 3: Quantitative ecology

Introduction to quantitative ecology, identification of ecological parameters for planning at different
levels; site planning, settlement planning and regional planning; data needs and format for data
collection; types of analysis required to evolve ecological parameters.
Unit 4: Environment impact assessment studies

EIA- meaning, significance and framework; methodologies -checklist, matrices, network and social
cost-benefit analysis; sources and acquisition of environmental information; environmental land use
classification; environment impact studies of development projects.
Unit 5: Environmental problems and planning interventions

Global environmental problems; global and national policies on environment; Five Year plans in
relation to environmental aspects; legal measures for protection of environment; environmental
awareness and education in India; agencies involved in environment protection; public participation;
role of planners in shaping the future environment.

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10210207 Elements of Economics

Subject Objective: To provide basic knowledge of economics.
Unit 1: Definition and scope of economics

Definition of economics; terms used in economics related to urban development; central problems of
economics; basics of micro and macroeconomics; use of economics in planning.
Unit 2: Theory of need, demand and supply

Definition of need, demand, and supply; law of demand and supply, types of demand; theory of
demand and utility; elasticity of demand and supply, its use in planning; application of supply and
demand in relation to housing and infrastructure services; perfect and imperfect market types, market
demand and supply; pricing under different market conditions and the market mechanism,
applications of theory in provisions of urban services.
Unit 3: Theory of labour, firm production and consumption

Labour, division of labour; labour market; theory of production; factors of production, costs, scale of
production and economies of scale; consumption: theories of consumption.
Unit 4: Concept of income, money, employment

Theory of income, money and employment: types of unemployment, national income (GNP and
NNP), fiscal policy and inflation; types of inflation; multipliers, Indian financial institutions.
Unit 5: Investment and development

Investment demand; policies on investment (FDI and free trade), budgetary aspects and deficit;
housing investments; classical and modern approaches, growth and development indicators; defining
development and under development; imperfection of competition and economic role of government.
Note: 1) Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit. 2)To bring an holistic and pragmatic

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10210208 Elements of Sociology

Subject Objective: To make the students understand the main concepts and perspectives of sociology and its
related issues in the Indian context.
Unit 1: Introduction to sociology
Definition and scope of sociology; levels of social organisation and evolution of social institutions;
expressions of different scales of social organisations in built form - urban sociology - social
anthropology.
Unit 2: Sociological perspectives and organising social life
Functionalist perspective, conflict perspective, Internationalist perspective; culture of space and

cultural ecology; social structure and social control; stratification and social inequality; social
mobility and social defiance
Unit 3: Social institutions
Family, kinship pattern and authority; religion and social work and significance in planning; voluntary
associations (identifying NGOs and involving them as partners of development, operational issues);
groups (primary, secondary and reference groups)
Unit 4: Sociology of India
Basic features of Indian society and culture - language, religion, caste and tribes; rural community and
its relationship with urban community; social division of urban and rural poor
Unit 5: Planning in the context of social problems

Social problems due to urban–rural migration, resettlement and rehabilitation, industrialisation; social
problems of urban community and other issues – gender bias, crime delinquency, violence, etc.; role
of planning in addressing social issues with case examples.
Note: 1) Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit. 2) To bring an holistic and pragmatic

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Third Semester
10210301 Planning and Design Lab – III (Site Planning and Built Environment)

Subject Objective: To understand the site planning process and components related to built environment.
Unit 1: Introduction to site planning
Site planning process – site and user analysis including built environment and the quality of life.
Unit 2: Site analysis
Site analysis – inventory, topography – understanding contours, cut and fill, geomorphic approach to
site development, soils, slopes natural drainage systems, implications in planning and development of
the site. General principles and factors to be considered in planning and development of service
networks, zones, and location of activities and buildings.
Unit 3: Study of built environment
Factors and concepts related to built environment – climate, site characteristics, landform, visual
elements, behavioural factors and space utilisation.
Unit 4: Study of existing layouts
Study and documentation of a planned housing layout; blocks, building mass and void analysis, built
form and open space relationships, three dimensional relationship of spaces, density, footprints, layout
regulations, infrastructure components, circulation, landscape elements, etc. study of residential,
commercial, institutional or industrial neighbourhoods.
Unit 5: Project
Preparation of a layout - residential, commercial, institutional or industrial uses; selection of
appropriate case studies, data collection - primary and secondary data as applicable; analysis,
evaluation of standards, formulation of alternative strategies and final proposal.

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10210302 Geo-informatics – I

Subject Objective: Introduce the fundamental concepts of geoinformatics, the associated scientific tools, and
their relevance and applicability in urban planning.
Unit 1: Introduction to Geoinformatics
Definitions of geoinformatics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS); the concept of earth
surface projections and geoids; limitations of DBMS, engineering drawings and CADD packages –
the need for GIS.
Unit 2: Planning Information Systems (PIS)
Systems approach to planning as basis for PIS; value of information; information – hierarchy, types,
flows, loops, limitations; information systems; information security and inter-operability; components
of a PIS and data needs; PIS in India – NNRMS, NUIS, NSDI, National Urban Observatory, etc.
Unit 3: Details of GIS
Components of a GIS; understanding spatial and attribute data as part of GIS; input and output; spatial
data entry; data structure for GIS; vector and raster data structures.
Unit 4: Working with geoinformatics
Digitisation of cadastral maps and digital imageries; understanding and formation of attribute types
and data; linking and extracting of attribute data; image interpretation; rectification of digitised data;
geo-coding; using layers of spatial and non-spatial data; thematic mapping.
Unit 5: Applications in urban planning

Case studies of the use of GIS for land management, cadastral purposes, environmental monitoring;
practical assignment where students develop a GIS database of an area on a particular theme on both
spatial and aspatial aspects with basic analysis and outputs in the form of thematic maps.

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10210303 Planning Techniques

Subject Objective: To develop proficiency in applying suitable techniques of analysis in planning exercises.
Unit 1: Population models
Parameters for study of population characteristics; techniques of population projections including

cohort survival method; population accounting.
Unit 2: Employment analysis
Employment mobility and analysis of distribution vis-a-vis place of residence; basic and secondary
employment, multiplier analysis.
Unit 3: Input-Output analysis

Multi-sector input-output modelling; formulation of contingency tables; input and output factors
analysis.
Unit 4: Cost-Benefit analysis
Identification of direct and indirect costs and benefits; social costs and benefits; present value, future
worth; discount and compound factors using formulas and standard tables; introduction to IRR, NPV.
Unit 5: Delineation techniques

Gravity model, centrographic technique, distance functions.

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10210304 Planning Theory – I

Subject Objective: Introduction to basic and traditional theoretical frameworks establishing the rationale of
planning as a profession, the role of planners, and the process of planning.
Unit 1: Introduction to planning theory
Understanding the concept of theory in general; differentiating between theories of planning and
theories in planning and theories about planning; significance of planning theory; definitions of
planning and their critical evaluation; understanding a paradigm and its stages of development.
Unit 2: Rationality in planning: exploring SITAR theories of planning
Understanding rationality in planning in general; introduction to categories of rationality and

associated paradigms; introduction to synoptic, incremental, transactive, advocacy and radical theories
of planning; relating SITAR with purpose and process of planning; reasoning and its various forms in
planning - space, place and location.
Unit 3: Process of planning: instrumentality and communicative
Instrumental rationality and its associated schools of planning processes; means-ends planning;
systems theory of planning; the emergence of communicative rationality and its associated schools of
planning processes; participatory planning and action planning; deductive and inductive methods;
prescriptive vs inclusive planning.
Unit 4: Theories of urban growth and agglomeration
Forms of cities in the developed and developing world; compact cities, global cities, hierarchy in
global cities; agglomerations of scale, economies of scale and urban agglomeration; location theories,
concentric zone theory, bid rent theory, sector theory; cross border regions (CBRs).
Unit 5: Sustainability and globalisation in Planning

Sustainable urban development – evolution of the concept, components and processes; weak and
strong sustainability; millennium development goals; equity in planning; globalisation and cities;
networked cities.

Annexure: II
10210305 Introduction to Infrastructure for Human Settlements

Subject Objective: To inculcate basic understanding of the infrastructure network design.
Unit 1: Introduction, basic concepts and theories
Role of physical planner in planning of utilities and services; objectives of utilities and services
planning and implications for public health and environmental protection; urban water cycle; flood
frequencies, flood protection.
Unit 2: Water supply system
Water supply distribution system, measurement of pressure and velocity, pressure requirement and
number of storeys of buildings; water requirement for different landuses, fire fighting; factors
affecting water demand, per capita requirement, variation of water consumption; distribution and
storage; operating storage of pumping; pumps; types, efficiency, head, head loss system, flow
conservation of energy and total energy; hydraulically equivalent pipes, pipe network analysis, Hardy
Cross method; ‘Loop’ and ‘Branch’ computer simulation for water supply design.
Unit 3: Storm water system
Estimating storm run-off, run-off co-efficient, rainfall intensity, time of concentration; gravity flow,
hydraulic gradient line, Manning’s formula and nomographs, full flow and partial flow; layout and
design of storm water system; general considerations, inlets, self-cleansing velocity, non-scouring
velocity, physical layout-design principles, data requirement; hydraulic design of storm water system;
computation procedure; rain water harvesting.
Unit 4: Sanitation and sewer system
On-site detention, design procedure for on-site detention; low cost appropriate technologies for
sanitation; sanitary sewer system, sewer network, materials used; sewer system location and layout,
data needs and procedure of planning; quantity of sewage, standards for Indian cities, sewer
appurtenances; sewer pumping and forced main manholes.
Unit 5: Solid waste disposal

Solid waste management for Indian cities, issues and data base, quantity of solid waste and its
character, collection and transportation, disposal of solid waste, land filling and composting, pre and
post treatment; Indore and Bangalore methods, incineration, pyrolysis and recycling park.

Annexure: II
10210306 Traffic and Transport Planning -- I

Subject Objective: To inculcate basic knowledge of traffic surveys, infrastructure design and concepts of
planning.
Unit 1: Role and significance of transport planning
Various systems of transport its characteristics and role in development of a nation; economic,
political and social significance and transport development; transport policies and programmes before
and after independence; current trends in road development; traffic and transport problems at national,
regional and urban level.
Unit 2: Traffic surveys and data collection
Vehicle types, capacity, design of survey formats and questioners; classified volume count, origin
destination, spot speed studies, parking, pedestrian volume studies, collection of travel data from
household surveys, traffic assessment; traffic density, traffic flow and speed; traffic, travel and
network characteristics and their significance in planning and design of transport infrastructure.
Unit 3: Road transport infrastructure
Road hierarchies, classification, capacity and level of service; space standards for road design,
intersection types; uncontrolled, controlled; space sharing and time sharing junctions; design
considerations; design in built-up areas, cycling and pedestrian systems, design considerations and
guidelines; terminals, depots, bus bays, bus stops, fuel stations, etc.
Unit 4: Geometric design of road and intersections
Vehicle characteristics and road characteristics; components of geometric design horizontal and
vertical alignment, network alignment planning, sight distance, cross-section, alignment check, lateral
and vertical clearance, control of axis; design guidelines for transport infrastructure.
Unit 5: Traffic management
Objectives, principles and approaches for traffic management, traffic signs and signals: types location
and maintenance, advantages and disadvantages; capacity measures: one-way systems, banned turns,
tidal flow, HOV lanes; incident detection, variable message signs, route direction signing, route
guidance and driver information systems; restraint measures: concepts of congestion pricing, road
pricing systems, parking control measures.

Annexure: II
10210307 Urban Economics & Sociology

Subject Objective: To develop a basic understanding of all the economic and sociological parameters in the
context of planning and development of human settlements.
Unit 1: Urban areas

Nature of urban areas; scale economies; agglomeration economies; urban size limits vis-à-vis
transportation systems; trends in sizes and structure of urban areas; suburbanization; theory of land
rent and land use; welfare and ethical aspects of land rent.
Unit 2: Analysis of urban structure

Urban area with a single industry; households in an urban spatial context; several urban sectors;
realistic urban location patterns and urban simulation models; variations in rent, wages and density
predictions; rural-urban boundary; criteria for economic performance; conditions for economic
efficiency; externalities in an urban context; simplified model of urban structure.
Unit 3: Urban challenges

The problem of poverty; measures and demography of poverty; policies and programmes for reducing
poverty; housing – quantity and price measure for housing; cost of capital; market for housing; cash
flow, inflation and housing finance; housing problems associated with slums and squatters.
Unit 4: Urbanisation and sociology

Urbanisation and urbanism in the context of the sociological dynamics in urban areas; study of the
historical patterns of urbanisation as a process influenced by socio-cultural, political, economic and
administrative factors; culture, language, religion, caste, rural and urban community and its
relationship with urban community, social stratification of the urban and rural poor.
Unit 5: Urban and industrial sociology

Urbanisation and urbanism; social aspects of urban-rural migration; concepts of industrial society;
social aspects of industrialisation; social organisation and space in the city; urban space and
segregation; suburbanization and gentrification, changing inequalities; Louis Wirth and the urban
way of life; metropolitan culture, the culture of modernity; urban culture and post modernity.
Note: 1) Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit. 2) To bring an holistic and pragmatic

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Fourth Semester
10210401 Planning & Design Lab –IV (Transportation Planning)

Subject Objective: To inculcate knowledge related to traffic surveys, and their analysis and interpretation in
real urban traffic and transportation problems.
Part A (Unit 1 and Unit 2): Basic surveys
Conduct, analyse, interpret, and produce reports on various traffic and transport planning surveys;
road and intersection inventory, traffic volume counts, origin destination, spot speed, speed and delay,
parking, pedestrian, public transport surveys, etc.
Part B (Unit 3, Unit 4 and Unit 5): Transport planning project
Two comprehensive field-based studio assignments spread over the semester, which shall cover the
following:
- Understanding of traffic and transportation related problems at the local / sub-city level and
developing appropriate plans (using tools like traffic impact assessment for change of land use,
appraisal of local transport projects, area level traffic management, and circulation plans, etc.)
- City level appraisal of traffic and transportation issues and different transportation systems,
interrelation of traffic problems with development issues; traffic impact assessment proposals for
given site conditions; interpretation of data, working on various strategies, suggesting transport
systems and policy based proposals for the problems and constraints of a particular settlement.

Annexure: II
10210402 Geo-informatics – II

Subject Objective: Introduce advanced concepts of geo-informatics; integration and analysis using GIS, RS
and GPS; applications in planning.
Unit 1: Introduction to satellite imageries
Understanding Remote Sensing – aerial and satellite RS; geostationary and geo-synchronous
satellites; principles of resolution; principles of electromagnetic radiations; introduction to Digital
Image Processing (DIP).
Unit 2: Digital Image Processing (DIP)
Satellite imagery interpretation; qualitative and quantitative elements of photo interpretation; salient
features of popular Remote Sensing satellites; applications in planning; laboratory exercises.
Unit 3: Modelling in GIS
Overlay functions in GIS; using attribute over spatial data in modelling; case study based land
suitability analysis; modelling service area for social infrastructure; impact analysis; analysis using
SQL.
Unit 4: Applications in Urban Planning - II
Advanced case studies of the use of GIS for advanced spatial econometric analysis; lab-based
practical assignment on existing spatial datasets for aerial interpretation and analysis.
Unit 5: Emerging technologies
Dynamic GIS; integration of GIS and DIP; integration of GIS and GPS through lab-based exercises.

Annexure: II
10210403 Planning Practice - I

Subject Objective: Developing understanding of planning institutions at various scales, planning tools and
models of collaborative implementation mechanisms; professional scope and ethics.
Unit 1: Institutional arrangements
Types, functions and spatial jurisdictions of development agencies - from national planning
commission and urban development ministry to urban local bodies; hierarchy of plans in India – from
national Five Year Plans to Local Area Plans; mandated roles of municipal bodies and urban
development authorities; role of civil societies, market and citizen.
Unit 2: Implementation tools and models
Understanding of operating models like BOD, PPP, BOTA; land pooling techniques; Transfer of
Development Rights; land banking; incentives and penalties, zoning regulations; land use control,
development control; building byelaws; government orders; town planning schemes, special area
development plans; floor area ratio and ground coverage.
Unit 3: Scope of professional practice
Scope of services for different scales of planning like Master plan for a city, Zonal/District plan,
sector/neighbourhood plan, layout or group housing schemes, commercial centres, industrial estates;
consultancy charges, nature of engagements, agreements and safeguards, completion and copyrights.
Unit 4: Multi-stakeholder planning
Stakeholders involved in planning; role of power and multi stakeholder interests in planning;
livelihoods analysis and generation as planning objective; planning for the marginal; aspect of
coordination and objectivity in planning; grassroots based planning; enforcement and monitoring of
development control.
Unit 5: Planning debate
Conduct of seminar/debate on focussed themes on planning issues.

Annexure: II
10210404 Planning Theory – II

Subject Objective: Introduction to alternative development theories; application of theories to contemporary

planning practice; introduction of the state of the art in planning theory.
Unit 1: Systems approach to planning: rational comprehensive planning
Understanding systems theory in general; main characteristics of Rational Comprehensive Planning;

components of systems based planning; understanding systematic change; key disadvantages with
systems view of planning.
Unit 2: Incremental, Transactive, Advocacy and Radical planning
Introduction to alternative development paradigms; incremental planning and disjointed

incrementalism; transactive planning and mixed scanning; main components and features of advocacy
planning; ladders of citizens’ participation and the art of muddling through; radical planning
approaches – equity, social mobilisation and social change.
Unit 3: Participatory planning
Public interest and its forms, history and significance of public participation; the role of market in
planning; the hurdles in systems theory of planning; conditions of effective communication and
discourse for planning; public participation and empowerment; fundamentals of communicative
rationality in planning; models of communicative and collaborative planning.
Unit 4: Uncertainty in planning and the role of planners
Matrix of uncertainity; agreed goals and known tools; disagreed goals and unknown tools;
leapfrogged decision making – premature programming and premature consensus; implications of
uncertainity; risk reduction; role of planners.
Unit 5: Political economy and cities: New Public Management (NPM) theories
Role of market in development; economic planning vs physical planning; models of NPM; efficiency
and efficacy in planning, transparency, accountability, collaboration and innovation.

Annexure: II
10210405 Utilities and Network Planning

Subject Objective: Developing skills to design utility networks and alignment plans in the context of a new
or existing area taking into consideration the local needs and limitations.
Unit 1: Components of typical utility networks in an urban area
Appraisal and critical evaluation of an existing road network, water supply situation, drainage and
sewerage system, and solid waste management situation in a given urban context; understanding the
nature of the problem in utilities and services; understanding relations between land use change,
demographic change and development pattern with utility services demand.
Unit 2: Water supply plans
Calculating the demand of water supply based on population projections and land use type; designing
layout and alignment of new water supply lines in a typical residential site; augmenting plans of an
existing water supply line.
Unit 3: Storm water drainage
Calculation of generation of Dry Weather Flow (DWF) and Storm Weather Flow (SWF) from an area
based on population projections and soil type; designing layout and alignment of new drainage lines;
natural drainage channels based on natural gravity; catchment of drainage channels; utility of open
and covered drains; developing augmenting plans of an existing drainage line.
Unit 4: Other infrastructure
Power, gas, telecommunication lines; locating all infrastructure lines within the ROW in efficient road
cross sections; planning the local circulation pattern in relation to adjoining land use and on street
activities; integration of underground infrastructure planning with local circulation planning and
design.
Unit 5: Financial and institutional aspects of utilities planning
Estimates of projects of laying infrastructure lines in residential neighbourhoods; role of line agencies
in municipal areas; jurisdiction and scope of work of line agencies; cost recovery methods of
infrastructure planning and development projects.

Annexure: II
10210406 Traffic and Transport Planning -- II

Practicals /Lab/Workshop Periods/Week -- External Jury --
Subject Objective: To inculcate knowledge of Urban Transport planning process, modelling, safety and
appraisal of the projects.
Unit 1: Introduction to urban transport planning process

Study area definitions, sampling of travel methods, survey techniques; programming and scheduling,
processing of travel data, analysis and interpretation of traffic studies; introduction to transport
planning process, trip generation, trip distribution, trip assignment, modal split, introduction to
TRIPS, CUBE, TRANSYT, ARCADY, etc.; freight transport characteristics.
Unit 2: Public transport

The roles and characteristics of public transport modes, understanding and estimating public transport
demand, designing and operating public transport systems, logistics and supply chain management,
vehicle utilisation, vehicle routing, passenger information systems, public transport costs, fares and
investment appraisal, application of intelligent transport systems, local authorities and transport
executives.
Unit 3: Transport safety

Indian and international accident patterns; accident data sources, identification of hazards and
diagnosis of safety problems, interpretation of safety information; human factors in road accidents;
vehicle factors in accidents and injury prevention measures; infrastructure problems and solutions;
system safety and safety audit; safety education; safety modelling; vulnerable road users; planning for
target group – children, adults, handicapped and women.
Unit 4: Transport and environment

Introduction to urban pollution issues and policy, transport noise screening tools, vehicle emissions
and trends, air quality management, exploratory analysis of urban air quality data, dispersion
modelling approaches, norms and guidelines for highway landscape, energy and environmental
implications in transport, standards and design considerations.
Unit 5: Financial and economic appraisal of transport projects

Estimates of quantities, unit rates, cost escalation, revenues, financial viability, economic project
cost; approaches for economic evaluation, project cost and scheduling, savings in fuel consumptions,
travel time savings, savings in VOC, determination of EIRR and sensitivity analysis.

Annexure: II
10210407 Planning and Management of Informal Sector

Subject Objective: To understand the issues involved in the planning and management of informal sector.
Unit 1: Understanding informality
Characteristics of informal economic activities, other types of informality; informal sector vis-à-vis
poverty; dimensions of urban poverty, magnitude of problem, urban poverty alleviation programmes,
impact of macro-economic structural adjustment policies on poor urban households.
Unit 2: Informality in commercial sector
Formal and informal economy at the local scale; types and categories of informal sector service
providers; advantages and disadvantages in the Indian context; statistics related to employment and
turnover of informal sector market; examples of integration between formal and informal sector
market entities; dependency factors of local economy on formal sector
Unit 3: Basic needs and alternative approaches for delivery of basic services
Development of the concept of basic needs; identification of basic needs and their provision for
various target groups and informal sectors; standards for basic needs, NGO’s and voluntary
organizations associated with provision of basic needs, community planning approach, low cost
alternatives and institutional reforms approach.
Unit 4: Migratory impulses and impact on informal sector
Characteristics of migrants and their association with growth of informal sector; socio-economic
deprivation and informal sector; development of informal sector concept.
Unit 5: Dealing with informality
Characteristics and functions of spontaneous growth in urban context, actions for improvement;
appraisal of the role of government, private and voluntary organizations and their existing
organisational set-up and limitations; planning and development of urban settlements in respect of the
spontaneous growth; case studies from India and other developing countries.

Annexure: II
Fifth Semester
10210501 Planning & Design Lab – V (Land Use Planning – Sub-City Level)

Subject Objective: Understand planning and development process at the lowest planning level of a city, i.e.,
the neighbourhood level, with an intention to strategise and plan within the ambit of a
given master plan.
Part A (Unit 1 and Unit 2): Fundamentals of local development and planning
Introduce different approaches to plan making with a focus on local or sub-city level planning and
development of standards. Appraisal of comprehensive development plans, structure plans, zonal
plans and sector plans with an intension to understand its local implications.
Conduct, analyse, and interpret findings of detailed primary surveys on different aspects of built form
- land use and utilisation, building footprints, floor-wise land utilisation, building and population
density, infrastructure needs, etc. Conduct key informant interviews, stakeholder mapping and
profiling, case study interviews and questionnaire based surveys to develop detailed local
development profile covering all spatial and socio-economic aspects of development.
Part B (Unit 3, Unit 4 and Unit 5): Area development planning project
One comprehensive field-based planning studio assignment spread over the semester, which shall lead
to an ‘Area Development Plan’ for parts of a chosen city. The area development plan to be prepared
shall analyse and strategise on aspects of land and building use, local development regulations,
planning standards, building bye-laws, local circulation and transportation aspects, building
footprints, utilities, local economic base, local environmental conditions, conservation and urban
design, and other aspects deemed contextually relevant. Analysis is to be detailed at the plot level.
The project shall essentially be group work with each group focussing holistically on one case
neighbourhood. Two or three neighbourhoods may be taken up for analysis simultaneously in the
same city. Area development planning exercise is to be contextually relevant to the framework of the
existing city-level statutory plans. The area development planning exercise is also to be sensitive to
the local stakeholders’ needs, issues, potential and priorities and be aligned to the role of the local
market players.

Annexure: II
10210502 Seminar - I

Subject Objective: To critically appraise individual student’s training experience in a civil society
organisation, already conducted.
Each student will be required to undertake minimum four weeks of compulsory training in a social
services / civil society organisation during the summer vacation between the fourth and fifth semester.
Part A (Unit 1, 2 & 3): Representation of compulsory training experience in a social services/
civil society organisation
Individuals to present the work / project done as a part of their practical training in a civil society
organisation during the summer break after fourth semester. Students shall also present an
organisational analysis of the NGO where they worked. Each project and civil society is to be
understood and critically appraised in terms of their role and significance in the context of a region’s
development. This unit will comprise minimum of 60% weightage of the overall marks in the subject.
Part B (Unit 4): Profile of a town/city
Individuals to study the development and growth pattern of their home-towns or nearest town from
home from secondary sourced data and reports and reproduce the same with critical evaluation.
Primary focus on the history of growth/expansion of settlement part and associated planning
initiatives to be maintained with a secondary focus on basic projections of certain parameters of
development. No two students to study a same town. Towns to be decided in consultation with faculty
in charge. Towns studied in previous five years not to be taken up.
Part C (Unit 5): Development of a term paper
Individuals shall select a particular sector/issue or topic within the fields of physical and social
development of human settlements and conduct limited research on the same. Topic may be selected
keeping in mind the training experience in social services / civil society organisation in consultation
with the faculty in charge. Research is to be based on secondary sourced articles and published data.
The outcome shall be a short research paper (about 5-6 pages) or a presentation, which showcases the
researcher’s viewpoint presented with a scientific argument.

Annexure: II
10210503 Landscape Planning and Design

Subject Objective: To introduce landscape as a critical element of value and design in planning. To impart
landscape planning and design methodologies through case study site planning.
Unit 1: Landscape elements
Landscape as an outcome of natural processes; principles and techniques of design with landform,
water and vegetation; the role of surface materials, outdoor fittings and structures; man-made
landscapes in history; a comparative study of the major traditions of landscape design in the east and
west in relation to concepts of space and the use of landscape elements.
Unit 2: Urban landscape
Characteristics and components of open space patterns in towns and cities (traditional and
contemporary) basic types; streets, squares, plazas, gardens, ghats and maidan, public parks at district ,
local and neighbourhood levels; park systems; landscape design related to land-use, circulation
networks and activity; street furniture as a component of urban landscape.
Unit 3: Landscape aspects of site planning – I
Principles of understanding and evaluating an existing landscape; development as a response to

constraints and opportunities offered by the site; land suitability analysis as concept for landscape
planning; the landscape concept and open space structure as a basic component of the site plan.
Unit 4: Landscape aspects of site planning – II
The role of vegetation: environmental benefits, functional requirements, aesthetic considerations;

typical situations and criteria for design with plants and selection of species; grading; in relation to
existing contours, plinth levels, road alignment and storm water drainage; principles of cut and fill.
Unit 5: Elements of landscape planning
The rural landscape; characteristics, components and change related to agriculture, forestry and
development; western experience of landscape planning; landscape assessment techniques; the
concept of landscape quality; landscape planning as a component of regional development proposals;
environmental conservation, tourism, etc.; landscape planning in new towns.

Annexure: II
10210504 Urban Design and Conservation

Subject Objective: To introduce understanding of urban design as an integral component of planning and
design of traditional and new towns. Introduce aspects of heritage, values and urban
conservation in terms of traditions and built form.
Unit 1: Introduction to urban design theory
Relationship between architecture, urban design and planning; city as a three dimensional entity; study
of volumes and open spaces at all levels; a brief historic review of the development of the urban
design discipline and principles.
Unit 2: Elements of urban design
Urban form as determined by inter-play of masses, voids, building typology; Scale, harmony,
symmetry, colour, texture, light and shade; dominance, height, urban signage and graphics;
organization of spaces and their articulation in the form of squares, streets, vistas and focal point;
image of the city and its components such as edges, paths, landmarks , street features, sky-line, etc.;
urban transportation.
Unit 3: Physical and non-physical determinants of urban forms
Activity and the morphology of places; form, size and structure of cities and the related geometry co-
related with their determinants; case studies of urban design characteristics of cities in India and
abroad related issues for public intervention; urban infrastructure, services and its relation with urban
landscape; introduction to regulatory aspects of architecture, planning and urban design; interface
between planning and urban design.
Unit 4: Basic principles of conservation
Overview and introduction of the basic concepts of conservation valves, attitudes and principles for
judging the conservation importance of sites, areas and related typology; scope and basic technique of
urban conservation; integrated conservation concepts.
Unit 5: Aspects of urban conservation
Legal and administrative aspects, archaeological acts/charters pertaining to conservation, development

and conservation; case studies of proposals for urban conservation of sites/areas in India and abroad;
UNESCO regulations and norms for the conservation of heritage sites and monuments.

Annexure: II
10210505 Development Planning & Management

Subject Objective: Introduction to major concepts in political economy and types of economies vis-a-vis
as alternative frameworks for understanding development.
Unit 1: Developed, developing and under-developed economics
Concepts and definition of development, indicators of development, factors influencing development;

efficiency versus equality; broad introduction to theories of development and under development;
characteristics, indicators, phases; obstacles to and levels of development; business cycles; relevance
of economic development in physical planning; dependency, imperialism as an hegemonic influence;
dichotomy of North-South, rich-poor in relation to development; surplus generation of primary sector
and its influence on development; development as implied in Indian planning programmes.
Unit 2: Models of development
Balanced vs. unbalanced – dualistic approach in development; derived development; Lewis model;
Harrod-Domar model; Sean’s model, etc; development models in Indian planning – first to eight five
year plan; effectiveness of the models in Indian planning, theories of development (trickle down,
bottoms up); settlements systems / secondary cities; sectoral shifts – spatial implications of economic
change.
Unit 3: Issues in growth and development
Conditions for economic growth; planning in India - goals and objectives; targets and achievements
impact, types of planning-regional disparities, population and poverty, unemployment, savings,
balance of trade and payments, resource transfers and regional development, sectional priorities and
development; structural reform and its impact on growth; financing five year plans; introduction to
Matrix theories of development.
Unit 4: Liberalisation and globalisation
Aspects of structural adjustments in economic policies; impacts of free trade trade, foreign direct
investment, capital flows, migration, technology transfer on socio-economic factors; concepts of
global cities, hierarchy of networked global cities.
Unit 5: Regional science
Export base theory, neo-classical theory, cumulative causative theory of Myrdal – Kaldor,
econometric model, input – output model, multi-sector development planning model; location theory
– agglomeration economics – transport sector – growth poles – cities and regional growth. Review of
Indian economics through history.
Note: Theories to be preferably put in the context of the history of urbanisation of Indian cities.

Annexure: II
10210506 Environmental Planning & Management

Subject Objective: Introduce environmental consciousness in planning and methods to assess

implications of planning and development on natural resource base.
Unit 1: Environmental resources
Environmental resources: meaning and conservation; Environmental parameters for planning at site,
settlement and regional levels; Sources of energy; solar, biomass, biogas, wind, hydro and their
usefulness; Settlement planning with energy conservation.
Unit 2: Planning for environmentally sensitive areas
Environmental zones; Environmental parameters for planning of tourism, environmentally sensitive

areas, preservation and improvement of human habitat; Effects of soils, vegetation and drainage on
spatial planning; Land refill and reclamation Effects of soils, vegetation and drainage on spatial
planning; Land refill and reclamation .
Unit 3: Environmental policies and law
Global and National policies on environment; Environment in Five Year Plans; Legal tools available
for protection of Environment, Various laws and acts applicable at village, town and regional levels;
International efforts for protection of environment; Environmental awareness and education in India;
Agencies involved in environment protection; Public participation; Role of planners in shaping the
future environment; introduction to climate change.
Unit 4: Environmental impact assessment
EIA – meaning, significance and framework; methodologies – checklist, matrices, network and social
cost-benefit analysis; sources and acquisition of environmental information; Environmental land use
classification; Environment impact studies of development projects.
Unit 5: Environmental design
Case studies and exercises in planning design at a area/ zone/ small town/ regional level.

Annexure: II
10210507 Planning Legislations

Subject Objective: Introduce planning laws, legislations, acts and regulations at different jurisdiction.
Unit 1: Concept of law
Sources of law (custom, legislation and precedent); meaning of the term of law, legislation, ordinance,
bill act, regulations and bye-laws; doctrine of separation of powers; judiciary, legislature and
executive – rule of law – significance of law and its relationship to urban planning; provisions
regarding property rights; legislative competence of state and central governments to enact town
planning, legislation, benefits of statutory backing for planning schemes; eminent domain and police
powers; Indian Constitution, provisions regarding property rights; evolution of planning legislation
and overview of legal tools; model town planning laws.
Unit 2: Legislation related to use and control of land
Concept of eminent domain; introduction to Land Acquisition Act, 1894; case studies related to Land
Acquisition Act highlighting nature of contention, parties in dispute and the decisions in specific
planning disputes; betterment charges and compensation provisions in planning laws; judicial
precedents; legislation controlling use of land parcels like non-agricultural permissions; NOC,
building permission, building bye-laws, etc.; significance of land development control; ULCRA and
its significance.
Unit 3: Town and country planning laws
Model bills on town and country planning, urban development corporations, etc., status of the
Institute of Town Planners, India and overview of framework of rules and provisions made in the ITPI
chapter; legislations relating to urban conservation and restoration, historical movements,
archaeological sites and remains of national importance; 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act
of India.
Unit 4: Environmental legislations
Evolution of environmental laws in India; Law of Torts, the first environmental law; National
Environmental Policy Act – Pollution Control Acts – Air, Water and EP Acts (a critical appraisal).
Seminar on Forest and Wildlife Act; other important international environmental laws.
Unit 5: Other laws and tools pertaining to built environment
Rent control legislation – variations over the states and important provision, problems; housing co-
operatives related legislation and other forms like non-trading corporations; slums-related legislation
– variations over the states, important sections, their implications, etc., problems with actual use;
legislation on related to property transactions (Transfer of Property Act, Income Tax related, etc.);
PILs and writs as a tool of check.

Annexure: II
Sixth Semester
10210601 Planning & Design Lab – VI (Urban Development Planning – City Level)

Subject Objective: Impart techniques, tools and methods for the preparation of a comprehensive
development plan for a small town/city.
Part A (Unit 1 and 2): Regional setting and vision formulation
The studio exercise shall focus on the preparation of a city-level development plan for an urban
settlement. The exercise may carry a predetermined focus such as planning for tourism, energy
conservation, heritage, transit oriented development, etc. as deemed necessary for the chosen
city/town.
The first part shall involve study of the regional setting and existing statutory plans within which the
settlement functions. The second part shall be formulating vision and goals for the settlement as a
whole and sectors in detail. Appraisal of sector plans with an intension to understand different
components of a city development plan and their inter-linkages shall be done. This is to be followed
by a detailed field based survey exercise.
Part B (Unit 3, Unit 4 and Unit 5): Development planning project
Students shall form smaller groups to analyse and go into the depths of different sectors (land-use,
housing, traffic and transport, economy, environment, infrastructure, etc.). The development plan to
be prepared shall analyse and evolve detailed strategies on all aspects of development with a sectoral
approach.
Any one of the sector or area may be detailed in depth depending on the context and need of the city.
There shall be periodic integration and debate exercises for cross-sectoral synergy. The city
development planning exercise is to be sensitive to the local stakeholders’ needs, issues, potential and
priorities.
Note: To bring an holistic and pragmatic dimension to the studio, the five core underlying parameters of a)
strategies in the analysis of the case studies, wherever applicable.

Annexure: II
10210602 Seminar – II

Subject Objective: To introduce fundamentals of academic and applied research and basics of technical
writing.
A pool of research topics and themes will be identified for each of the five core underlying parameters
of applicability of the B.Tech (Plng) course, i.e., a) sustainability, b) equity, c) efficiency, d) harmony,
and e) safety. Each student will select two topics from any two of these five themes and aim at
developing a research paper on the theme.
The research shall be completely based on analysis of secondary sourced data and prior published
work. The outcome shall be two detailed research papers (about 5000 words) written in a format of
technical publication. The paper shall showcase individual viewpoints presented in a scientific
argument supported by references and facts. The paper shall be developed over the semester in
periodic consultation with a faculty coordinator and presented in a series of seminars.

Annexure: II
10210603 Planning Practice - II

Subject Objective: To equip with the basic tools and framework for professional planning practise.
Unit 1: Role of planner

Planner’s input as professional at various levels and organizations, his role in decision making
processes, relevant issues; generalists vs. specialists, professionals vs. technocrats, planner as decision
maker vs. advisor to decision maker, relationship with client, developers, institutions and contractors;
relationship with other experts such as engineers, architects, sociologists, economist, lawyers, etc. For
specialized studies related to planning.
Unit 2: Organization, scope and scale of charges

Aims and objectives of professional institutes, sister bodies; professional roles and responsibilities of
planning consultants; professional ethics; responsibilities towards clients, fellow professionals and
general public; Scope of services for different projects like master plan for urban area, zonal/ district
plan, sector/ neighbourhood; layout, group housing schemes, commercial centers, industrial estates,
etc.; Consultancy agreements and safeguards; Fees and scales of professional charges, competitions
and copyrights.
Unit 3: Valuation & methods of real property valuation

Fundamentals of valuation, ownership of land, compound interest theory, calculating of present value,
concepts of economic rents and social rents, property taxes, sinking fund, annuity, depreciation,
valuation tables; Legislative framework-rent control, land acquisition, easements and their effects on
properties; income capitalization methods, land and building method and other methods of valuation;
purpose of valuation for wealth tax, income tax, capital gains tax, property tax, gift tax, etc.
Unit 4: Planning consultancy

Formation of planning consultancy organisations, registration of company, society, institute, etc.
Unit 5: Contract documents

Tenders, contracts, arbitration, schedule of rates for construction; Materials, labour and equipment for
land development, unit and mode of measurements, rate analysis; Formulations of project proposals
and outline; Preparation of and response to Notice Inviting Tenders, Expression of Interest, Terms
of Reference, Penalty clauses, etc.

Annexure: II
10210604 Regional Science & Planning

Subject Objective: To enable an understanding of the settlements as an integral and within the contextual
framework of the Regions and the approach to planning them.
Unit 1: Regions
The nature of a region – functional regions and formal regions, regional specialisation, development
and growth of regions; regionalisation - inter-regional trade and factor movements; settlements,
pattern, hierarchy; rural and urban, role of cities in regional development.
Unit 2: Regional economics
Individual location decisions, transfer costs, locational patterns, markets, existence, conditions and
size, market locations and regional development – inter and intra regional economic analysis
Unit 3: Regional analysis
Techniques of delineation of regions; centrographic analysis; input-output analysis – income and

expenditure multipliers; inter and intra regional economic analysis - multivariate analysis of
industrial groupings – principal components and factor analysis – sectoral shift analysis – rank size
rule.
Unit 4: Regional planning & development
Regional development; balanced and unbalanced development; under development; models of

regional development; regional planning processes; identification of plan objectives; collection,
classification and analysis of data; norms and standards for regional planning; role of district planning
committees (DPC) and metropolitan planning committees (MPC); settlement pattern, population and
resource allocation/distribution; infrastructure; environmental concerns and protection; alternative
strategies; implementation and financing strategies.
Unit 5: Case studies
Selected case studies from across the country.

Annexure: II
10210615 Facilities Management (Elective)

Subject Objective:
To be added.

Annexure: II
10210625 Real Estate Planning and Management (Elective)

Practicals /Lab/Workshop Periods/Week 0 Examination 50
Subject Objective:
Unit 1: Land
Economic concepts of land, objectives and scope of land economics; relevance for spatial planning;
economic principles of land uses; economic rent, land use and land values, market mechanism and
land use pattern.
Unit 2: Developments of land and real property
Process, cost of development, source of finance, and financial calculation for real estate developer.
Unit 3: Real property markets
Heterogeneity and imperfections, valuation of real property – principles and practices; private
ownership and social control of land; disposal of land; land development charges and betterment levy;
land use restrictions, compensation and requisition taxation of capital gain on land versus public
ownership, economic aspects of land policies at various levels of decision making.
Unit 4: Factors influencing locational decisions
Analysis of location of specific uses like residential, industrial, commercial and institutional in the
light of location theories in intra-regional and inter-regional context; Techniques of cost benefit
analysis of urban development programme; housing affordability as a function of real estate market’s
interaction with the regulatory environment.
Unit 5: Other forms of real estate development
Case studies of real estate development in public, private, partnership sectors; Real estate s facilitator
of development; Development of real estate as a tool for controlling land and property prices;
Transaction and renting of real estate, Lease deeds/ sale deeds, sale documents, registration; Mortgage
and pledging.

Annexure: II
10210606 Housing

Subject Objective: Introduce aspects of housing a basic need as well as living environment.
Significance of housing in National Human Development goals; equity and efficiency parameters of
housing; housing as a basic entitlement; core issues of housing.
Unit 2: Assessing housing
Existing housing statistics, definitions, urban and rural housing statistics, estimating housing shortage,
housing need, quantitative and qualitative aspects of housing; housing demand, current methods of
demand assessment, data sources, their use and interpretation, limitations of existing methods of
assessments; typologies of housing.
Unit 3: Community and tenure-ship
Understanding a community, its characteristics, its basic entitlements, strengths and weaknesses;
housing tenure, aspects of informal tenure, rights and justice with respect to tenure; socio-economic
implications behind formation of slums, critical characteristics of slums, improvements of slums, sites
and services schemes, squatter upgrading.
Unit 4: Housing development process
Factors affecting residential location; theoretical knowledge of ecological, neo-classical, institutional

approaches to housing; housing subsystems and their characteristics; formal and non-formal housing;
public and private sector housing development process; inner city housing, slums, squatters,
unauthorised housing; role of different stakeholders in housing.
Unit 5: Housing standards and housing policy analysis
Factors determining residential densities; cost and development control regulations; housing design
parameters; housing design and climate; evaluation of housing policy and programmes in India and
UN-Habitat policies, policy framework for urban and rural housing, management and financing of
housing projects, investment in housing in public and private sectors.

Annexure: II
10210607 Project Formulation & Appraisal

Subject Objective: Introduce aspects of project planning, management, implementation and appraisal.
Unit 1: Project formulation / planning
Methodology for project identification and formulation; detailed project report, and feasibility studies,
techniques of financial appraisal, pay-back period, internal rate of return (IRR), DCF, net present
value (NPV), cost benefit ratio (CBR), financial cost-benefit analysis, economic cost benefit analysis.
Unit 2: Pre-implementation planning phase
Work break down structure; network analysis; CPM, PERT; resource levelling and allocation; time-
cost trade off aspects.
Unit 3: Project management
Importance of project management; reasons for shortfall in performances; scientific management; life
cycle of project; planning and control, human aspects, development of project network, critical path,
PERT & CPM; project organization, contracting, procurement and recruitment budget; fund flow
statement and stabilization; organization of project, matrix organization, task forces, project teams;
monitor and control of project; tools and techniques for project management, classical persuasive and
non-persuasive strategies and techniques; new techniques of management by objective (MBO);
integrated reporting system, flow diagrams, bar, charts, milestone charts; techniques of monitoring of
development works - standard oriented costs control, turnkey system, vertical production method,
inventory cost control techniques, and unified status, index techniques.
Unit 4: Project appraisal and financing techniques
Technical/Financial/Organisational criteria, appraisal criteria (NPV/ B/C. Ratio/ I.R.R.) – financial

analysis, SWOT analysis; capital costs, financing plans, operation costs, projections of costs and
revenues, financial viability, debt servicing, income and expenditure statement, project balance sheets,
rate of returns; social cost benefits analysis – rationale for SCBA, UNIDO approach.
Unit 5: Project implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Project implementation, stages of implementation; actors in projects implementation; project

monitoring; meaning objectives and significance; monitoring techniques; integrated reporting,
milestones, time and cost over-run and under runs, unit index techniques; project evaluation; life of a
project; techniques of project evaluation; input analysis, financial cost-benefit analysis, social-cost
benefit analysis; case studies in urban and regional development projects.

Annexure: II
Seventh Semester
10210701 Planning & Design Lab – VII (Regional Planning)

Subject Objective: Impart techniques, tools and methods for the preparation of a development plan for a
district or metropolitan area.
Part A (Unit 1 and 2): Fundamentals of regional planning
Preparation of a regional plan for a district or a region with rural as well as urban settlements shall be
the main focus. The first part shall introduce different approaches to regional plan making, role and
relevance of regional planning, regional planning in the context of annual and five-year economic
planning. District planning in the context of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment acts.
Part B (Unit 3, Unit 4 and Unit 5): Regional planning project
The plan making process may include delineation of the region for planning and formulation of
regional level goals in accordance with city and rural level planning goals and shall be based on
different scenarios of projections within different sectors of development.
The regional plan should be able to identify growth patterns, thrust areas, and propose investment
areas, orders of towns and facilities with respect to physical and human development.
Students shall form smaller groups to analyse and go into the depths of different sectors like -
housing, economic base in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of engagement, proximity
and availability of social and physical infrastructure, regional circulation pattern, ecological footprint,
etc. There shall be periodic integration and debate exercises for cross-sectoral synergy.
Details of one sub-regional plan to be made in terms of special action zones and sectors like tribal,
industrial, agro, coastal, eco-sensitive, backward zones, etc.
Note: To bring an holistic and pragmatic dimension to the studio, the five core underlying parameters of a)
strategies in the analysis of the case studies, wherever applicable.

Annexure: II
10210702 Training Seminars

Subject Objective: To expose students to live planning projects and working environment at planning offices
and enable them to critically appraise professional practice.
Each student will be required to undertake minimum 6 weeks of compulsory professional training in
an approved private or public planning office during the summer vacation between sixth and seventh
semester. The place of training is to be determined in consultation with the training supervisor
(internal faculty-in-charge).
Students are expected to maintain a weekly log book of tasks undertaken and get feedback from
training supervisor within one week of start of training.
The students are expected to submit a report highlighting the profile of the planning office, its
organisation, key work areas, etc, tasks undertaken based on a weekly log during the training and
details of methods employed.
The students will submit relevant drawings / visuals and a report on the training. The students will
also make presentations in the form of a seminar.

Annexure: II
10210703 Urban Finance

Subject Objective:
Unit 1: Multiple finance

Nature and composition of income and expenditure, limitations and need for revenue enhancements;
Expenditure control methods and mechanisms; Budgetary allocation from Central and State
Governments for urban development; Assistance from foreign donors and Multi National agencies;
Non-traditional sources of funding; Marking access; Pool finance and prerequisite conditions for
accessing non-traditional funds.
Unit 2 Additional funding sources

Types of partnership approaches; Privatization of civic services; public private partnership
mechanisms; Types of contracts and ownerships; Emerging cost effect technology interventions; User
charged projects; Pricing of services.
Unit 3: Resources based on achievement of urban reforms

Role of state government and urban local bodies; City’s challenge fund; Urban reforms; Implications
on resources, incentive fund and state level pooled finance development fund.
Unit 4: Institutional capacity enhancement

Better finance management, management process; Accounting and budgeting, asset management,
receivables management, cost centre approach; Computerisation as tool for resource enhancement;
role of Management Information Systems.
Unit 5: Plan forms and indices

Financial operating plan, city corporate plan; Development of urban indicators; Infrastructure pricing
and financing – financing mechanisms in addition to tax and grants; private public partnerships like
BOT, BOOT, BOLT etc.; impact fee, subsidies.

Annexure: II
10210704 Planning Project – I
Number of Credits 3 Subject Category CP

Note: Students need to pass in this subject in order to undertake the subject of ‘Planning Project
– II (code: 10210801)’ offered in the eight semester.
Subject Objective: To initiate the terminal project exercise by enabling students to identify a topic and then
develop a proposal and methodology in detail.
Each student of the B.Tech (Plng) course is required to undertake a terminal project in the eighth
semester which is to be approved by the Faculty in the seventh semester. This course shall enable the
student to identify this individual topic and develop a plan of action for its execution.
Unit 1: Introducing research
Students shall be introduced to basics of academic and applied research and different typologies of
research methods. They shall be introduced to various research topics and associated methods as
examples.
Unit 2: Formulation of research titles (alternatives)
Students shall develop two alternatives of research titles as their ‘terminal project’ within their interest
areas. Each of these two topics need to be substantiated with an abstract write-up. These abstracts
shall be reviewed by the faculty followed by one-to-one consultation meetings.
Unit 3: Development of research background
On finalisation of the project topic, each student shall develop detailed background information on
that topic and for particular case area(s) based on literature review. This shall establish the need for
the project and its scope. The background shall also include basic objectives and limitations of the
project.
Unit 4: Development of detailed methodology and field work plan
A methodology chart of the intended project with details of the types of information required, the
types of survey to be conducted on field shall be presented by the student through visuals /
presentation. The student is expected to conduct the field work for collection of data related to the
thesis during the break between seventh and eighth semester, based on the field work plan developed
in this course.

Annexure: II
10210715 Environmental Impact Assessment (Elective)

Subject Objective: Introduce tools and techniques of EIA
Role of Environmental Impact Assessment in the planning and decision making process; definition
and need, evolution and objectives, tasks and scope.
Unit 2: Methods
Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment; advantages and limitations; case studies from India
and abroad on projects of various types covering different levels of planning.
Unit 3: Impacts on Land Uses and Resources
Assessment of impacts on land use, urban and regional; assessment of impacts on resources (including
air, water, flora and fauna); case studies from India and abroad on projects of various types covering
different levels of planning.
Unit 4: Social and Health Impacts
Assessment of social and health impacts; case studies from India and abroad on projects of various
types covering different levels of planning.
Unit 5: Processes in EIA
Public – private – people’s participation in Environmental Impact Assessments: definition and

concepts, objectives, techniques, advantages and limitation; PRA techniques; case studies from India
and abroad on projects of various types covering different levels of planning; practical exercises on
Environmental Impact Assessments.

Annexure: II
10210715 Metropolitan Planning and Development (Elective)

Subject Objective: Focussed planning theories and tools related to metropolitan planning.
Unit 1: Metropolis and metropolitanisation
Introduction to metropolis and related concepts, growth and scale; complexities: social, economic,
physical and administrative; Metropolitanisation in India: general trends and distribution; Issues and
problems in metropolitan planning and development.
Unit 2: Metropolises and its region
Area of influence, service area of a metropolis; metropolis as a primate city; concept of degree of
primacy; metropolitan region and delineation techniques; metropolitan regional structures:
characteristics, components and spatial pattern; peri-urban areas, role of MPCs.
Unit 3: Forms and concepts
Metropolitan centralization and decentralization processes; concepts of ring and satellite towns,
counter-magnets; forms and concepts for metropolitan planning and development: sheet, galaxy, core,
star, ring and multi-nucleated; merits and demerits; efficient functioning of metropolis.
Unit 4: Metropolitan planning strategy
Metropolitan planning: spatial planning studies and surveys; concepts and techniques of preparation of
metropolitan city plans; metropolitan planning and development strategies at regional and settlement
levels; tools and constraints in the implementation of metropolitan development plan in terms of
administration, legal and financial aspects; role and function of public participation.
Unit 5: Case Studies in metropolitan planning and development
Metropolitan planning and development in India; appraisal of planning and development efforts in
case of some of the metropolises, viz. Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, etc.

Annexure: II
10210706 Planning for Disaster Management

Subject Objective: Introduce the fundamental concepts of Disaster Management and their relevance to the
planning, development and management of human settlements with a focus on how
planning interventions can reduce disaster risk.
Unit 1: Introduction to disaster management framework

Overview of disasters and their impact at global and national level; definitions of disaster
management terminology such as hazard, risk, vulnerability, preparedness, response, mitigation, etc.;
overview of types of hazards including natural hazards, environmental hazards and manmade
disasters.
Unit 2: The disaster cycle

Pre-disaster – risk and vulnerability; preparedness, mitigation; emergency stage – rescue and relief;
emergency shelter; post disaster – damage and needs assessment; reconstruction and rehabilitation;
legal and institutional framework for disaster management.
Unit 3: Planning for disaster mitigation

Vulnerability and resilience from a planning perspective – land use planning, building regulations,
socio-economic considerations for estimating vulnerability; hazard zonation; components of disaster
mitigation – structural mitigation (improvement in design and construction); non-structural mitigation
(land use zoning, development control regulations); integration of disaster mitigation into planning
processes – case studies.
Unit 4: Planning for disaster response

Institutional framework and roles of different stakeholders; early warning systems for natural
disasters; evacuation and safe shelters; maps and databases for effective disaster response; disaster
management plans, hazard risk vulnerability atlas preparation etc.
Unit 5: Planning for post-disaster reconstruction

Typical issues in a post disaster scenario; approaches to post disaster reconstruction; role of planners;
components of reconstruction – housing, physical and social infrastructure, heritage conservation and
restoration, urban renewal, socio-economic rehabilitation.

Annexure: II
10210707 Urban Governance & Management

Subject Objective: Introduce concepts of urban governance and its role in planning.
Unit 1: Introduction to urban governance

Meaning of governance and government; scope of governance, evolution of concept of governance;
theories of local government; history of urban local bodies in India, evolution of modern urban local
governments during British rule; decentralization of local government; recommendations of various
committees; politics and progress of decentralization.
Unit 2: Governance and the government

Government, governing and governance; determinants and indicators of good governance; citizens
charter and other instruments; decision making processes: need for openness and transparency;
people’s participation, collaborative management; local governance.
Unit 3: Urban management

Concepts, planning and management of urban government; issues in urban management, need for
urban local government, evolution of ULBs., organizational structure, functions and management
practices of urban local bodies in India; an overview of Municipal Act – its structure, functions and
delegation of powers to administrators and executives, existing institutional and organizational setting
for urban management in India; distribution of responsibilities and activities among different levels as
government and their special purpose bodies; significance of organizational framework.
Unit 4: Organizations involved in urban management

Local government; types, organization (deliberative and executive wings), powers and functions,
resources, state supervision control and conditions of their working; improvement trust; organizations,
scope of their powers and functions, and their working; city development authorities; organizations,
scope of their powers and functions, resources, and their working; case study of any Town Planning
Department / Development Authority.
Unit 5: Governance and urbanization

Processes of urbanization, developmental conflicts, resource constraints, systems deficiencies; urban
poverty and exclusion from development process; sustainable development; impact of globalization
and economic reforms; social diversities; defects in planning approaches, multiplicity of organizations
and authorities; 74th Constitutional amendments – XII schedule, decentralization of powers and
functions; local and participatory planning, bottom up, decentralized and integrated planning
processes; planning, governance and spatial strategy; best practices of planning and governance.

Annexure: II
Eighth Semester
10210801 Planning Project – II
Number of Credits 18 Subject Category CP

Note: As a prerequisite, students need to have passed the subject of Planning Project – I (code:
10210704) in seventh semester, in order to commence this course.
Subject Objective: To conduct independent scientific research in the form of a terminal project on a topic
decided in the last semester.
Each student of the B.Tech. (Plng.) course is required to undertake a terminal project on a subject
concerning urban, rural, or regional development as approved by the Department in the seventh
semester in the course Planning Project – I.
The terminal project will provide an opportunity to the student to synthesise the knowledge and skills
acquired through the learning of various theories and practices during the course and apply it for
strategy formulation for a live planning challenge.
The terminal project shall be monitored continuously and periodically through internal marked
reviews to check the consistency of work, the relevance of the analysis with respect to the data
collected and project scope, and the progress towards logical proposals. The final output shall be
firstly in the form of an extended abstract, which once approved by the department will be followed
by the submission of a detailed report and drawing/visuals for external jury members, in a given
format. The terminal project shall also be presented orally in external jury by each student in the form
of visuals / drawings as necessary for each topic.
Note: To bring an holistic and pragmatic dimension to the terminal project, the five core underlying parameters
of a) Sustainability, b) Equity, c) Efficiency, d) Harmony, and e) Safety, are to be incorporated in the project
through different forms of analysis and strategies, wherever applicable.

Annexure: II
10210802 Planning Workshop and Colloquium

Subject Objective: To introduce skills of public debate, organised discourse and scientific argumentation.
Unit 1 and 2: Workshops
A series of workshops shall be organised towards the first half of the semester each for a maximum of
five days on different contemporary themes. A theme of the workshop shall be selected based on a
contemporary urban or regional issue related to urban development and planning. External experts on
the particular themes shall conduct the workshops with hands-on training and assignments.
Unit 3, 4 and 5: Planning Colloquium
A select panel of planning professionals and/or related practising decision-makers and service
providers shall be invited as speakers to the planning colloquium, to be held at the end of the
semester. Depending on the theme, the external experts may also comprise of the different
stakeholders of the society for a particular topic of concern. Each external expert shall present their
viewpoint on the topic of concern for a particular context or place. This shall be followed be students’
group presentation covering various aspects and viewpoints of the same theme. The final part of the
colloquium shall be formal debates and deliberations between the students and the practicing
professional experts on the way forward for the chosen topic culminating in a valedictory session of
consensus building. The students shall submit a report on the discussion (in groups) after the
colloquium.
Note: To bring an holistic and pragmatic dimension to the workshop, the five core underlying parameters of a)
Sustainability, b) Equity, c) Efficiency, d) Harmony, and e) Safety, are to be incorporated in the discussions
through different forms of analysis and strategies, wherever applicable.

Annexure: II
10210803 Project Documentation

Subject Objective: To introduce different types and formats of project documentation and technical writing.
Unit 1: Types and classification of reports
Types of reports, difference between technical, scientific, legal and other types of communication;
specific characteristics of technical writing.
Unit 2 & 3: Formats of project documentation
Introduction to different components of a project documentation; format and elements of – notice

inviting expression of interests (EoIs), quotation documents, expression of interest (EoI) reporting,
tendering process, technical and financial tender documents, evaluation of bids, requests for detailed
proposals (RFPs), terms of references (ToRs), detailed feasibility reports, compliance reports;
inception reports, closure documents, etc.
Unit 4 & 5: Making a project document
Assignment to make a project document; introducing styles and formats of official communication
and letters; requests for specifications and quotations; bidding process; recording or minutes and
agenda notes for official records.

Annexure: II
10210804 Rural Development and Management

Subject Objective: Introduce planning for rural settlements.
Unit 1 : Introduction to Rural Development
Meaning, nature and scope of development; Nature of rural society in India; Hierarchy of settlements;
Social, economic and ecological constraints for rural development.
Unit 2 : Roots of Rural Development in India
Rural reconstruction and Sarvodaya programme before independence; Impact of voluntary effort and
Sarvodaya Movement on rural development; Constitutional direction, directive principles; Panchayati
Raj – beginning of planning and community development; National extension services.
Unit 3 : Post Independence Rural Development
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee – three tier system of rural local Government; Need and scope for
people’s participation and Panchayati Raj; Ashok Mehta Committee – linkage between Panchayati
Raj, participation and rural development.
Unit 4 : Rural Development Initiatives in Five Year Plans
Five Year Plans and Rural Development; Planning process at National, State, Regional and District
levels; Planning, development, implementing and monitoring organizations and agencies; Urban and
rural interface – integrated approach and local plans; Development initiatives and their convergence;
Special component plan and sub-plan for the weaker section; Micro-eco zones; Data base for local
planning; Need for decentralized planning; Sustainable rural development.
Unit 5 : Post 73rd Amendment Scenario
73rd Constitution (Amendment) Act – XI schedule, devolution of powers, functions and finance;
Panchayati Raj institutions – organizational linkages; Recent changes in rural local planning; Gram
Sabha –revitalized Panchayati Raj; Institutionalization; resource mapping, resource mobilization
including social mobilization; Information Technology and rural planning; Need for further
amendments.

Annexure: II
10210815 Water Sensitive Urban Development (Elective)

Subject Objective: To introduce students to water sensitive urban development and planning.
Unit 1 & 2. Urban hydrology and its components
Definition and concept related to water cycle, various sources of water and its quality, uses of water
and its variation, water supply management.
Unit 3. Waste water
Waste water disposal estimation, collection and disposal, and its subsequent use; storm runoff
management, dry weather flow.
Unit 4. Water demand and supply management
Water demand management, water pricing, water conservation measures.
Unit 5. Aspects of water sensitive layouts
Neighbourhood design of water sensitive layout, water sensitive street design, water rights and its
legal implication

Annexure: II
10210806 Climate Change & Cities

Subject Objective: Introduce students to aspects of climate change and its relation with growth of cities.
Unit 1: Concept and Issues

Changing perspectives in man-environment relationship with focus on issues of population,
urbanization, resource depletion and pollution; limits to growth vis-avis sustainable economy; growth
and environmental imperatives of developing vs. developed countries; definitions, concepts and
parameters in sustainable development with particular reference to Brundtland Commission, Agenda
21, Eco-City approach, etc.
Unit 2: Methods and Techniques

Application of ecological principles in sustainability: energy and resource cycles, food webs,
ecological pyramids and evolution and succession of natural ecosystems; Carrying Capacity based
planning: concept, parameters and indicator measures, models and case studies in urban and regional
development; Environmental Impact and Strategic Environmental Assessment for urban areas:
Ecological Footprint Analysis of cities; Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment and behavioural
modifications at household levels.
Unit 3: Land, Water and Energy Resources in Sustainable Urban Development

Land capacity and suitability analysis in location and planning of urban land uses; implications of
urban form, density, land use pattern and transportation system in land and energy conservation, urban
interference in hydrological cycle, with particular reference to water pollution, water resources,
drainage and natural ecosystems; urban water treatment, recycling and harvesting; use of non-
conventional energy sources in urban development.
Unit 4: Air Quality & Solid Waste Management for Sustainable Urban Development
Sources, types and effects of air pollution and solid waste disposal in cavities, urban industrial
processes and land use and transportation implications in air and solid waste pollution; norms,
standards, laws, organizations and policies in urban air quality control and solid waste management;
examples of best practices.
Unit 5 : Climate Change

Climate Change – the process, Key players outcomes – impact – water resources, energy and waste –
ozone layer depletion – greenhouse effect – carbon footprints – carbon credits and trading. Strategies
for reduction of emission and reduction of carbon footprints.

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(As approved by the Board of Governors at its Xth Meeting

SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 19

Number of Credits 12 Subject Category CL

Lecture Periods/Week -- Internal Assessment 100

Unit 1: Drawing materials and equipment

Unit 2: Fundamental elements of drawing

Unit 3: Geometric shapes and forms

Unit 4: 3D Views and projections

Unit 5: Scale and measured drawing

Note: All the tasks/drawings to be undertaken manually

SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 20

10210102 Computer Applications – I

Number of Credits 1 Subject Category NT

Lecture Periods/Week -- Internal Assessment 100

Unit 1: Working with word processing and spreadsheet packages

Unit 2: Graphics and DTP packages

Introductory exercises in graphics and the use of DTP packages.

Unit 3: Data base management

Introduction to data structures, flow diagrams and database management systems.

Unit 4: Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting & Design (CADD) software

Unit 5: Editing and controlling display in CADD

SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 21

10210103 Quantitative Methods - I

Number of Credits 1 Subject Category NT

Lecture Periods/Week 2 Internal Assessment 50

Subject Objective: To acquire basic proficiency in statistical techniques

Unit 2: Statistical Methods

Unit 3: Probability and sampling distributions

Introduction to probability; discrete random variables and probability distribution; sampling

Unit 4: Tests of hypothesis

Unit 5: Regression analysis

Note: Examples from urban planning may be applied in each unit.

SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 22

10210104 Evolution of Human Society, Culture & Settlements

Number of Credits 3 Subject Category CT

Lecture Periods/Week 3 Internal Assessment 50

History of human settlements through civilisations – prehistoric, Indus valley, Mohanjedaro,

Unit 2: Ancient settlement planning of towns and cities

Unit 3: Space, time and urban structure

Unit 4: Modern cities and towns

Unit 5: Values and Ethics in Profession

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10210105 Building Materials, Construction & Structures

Number of Credits 4 Subject Category CT

Lecture Periods/Week 2 Internal Assessment 50

Unit 1: Introduction to building materials and finishes

Unit 2: Principles of construction - I

Unit 3: Principles of construction - II

Unit 4: Principles of design

Unit 5: Introduction to structures

Note: Numerical exercises may be undertaken along with theoretical lectures.

SPAV-AC II –Detailed Syllabus-B.Plng July 29 - 30, 2011. Page 24

10210106 Introduction to Urban & Regional Planning

Number of Credits 4 Subject Category CT

Lecture Periods/Week 2 Internal Assessment 100

Unit 1: Introduction to planning

Unit 2: Levels of planning

Classical approaches to planning; various levels of planning; comparative understanding of the

Unit 3: Urban & Regional planning

Unit 4: Instruments of planning

Unit 5: Governance in Planning