Question Bank

Subject: PT&P

1. What do you understand by region?

2. Give a brief note on regionalism with an illustrated examples.
3. Write a note on Urban- Rural planning concerns
4. What is Aerial Photography?
5. Write a descriptive note on interpreting the data collected by Aerial Photography and
remote sensing techniques for effective planning.
6. Write a critical note on delineation technique for a region?
7. Write short note on types of Aerial Photography.
8. How Aerial Photography is helpful in disaster Mitigation.
9. What do you understand by urbanism?
 Walkability

– Most things are within a 10-minute walk from home and work.

– Pedestrian (streets; parking lots; street parking; hidden parking; garage in the back corridor; narrow,
slow streets) are designed in a friendly way.

– Pedestrian streets free of cars in special cases.

 Connectivity

– The network of interconnected street network disperses traffic and facilitates walking.

– A hierarchy of narrow streets, boulevards and alleys.

– A high quality pedestrian and public network makes walking enjoyable.

 Mixed-Use & Diversity

– A mix of shops, offices, apartments and homes on site. Mixed use within neighborhoods, indoor
and outdoor.
– Variation of people – of ages, income levels, cultures, and races.
 Mixed Housing
An extent of types, sizes and prices in closer proximity.

 Quality Architecture & Urban Design

Emphasis on beauty, human comfort and the creation of a sense of place; a special situation for
civil uses and sites within the community. Architecture within the human range and beautiful surroundings nourish the
human soul.

 Traditional Neighborhood Structure

– Clear center and edge.

– Public space at center.

– The importance of the quality of the public domain. Open

public space designed as a civil art.

-Contains a range of uses and densities within 10-minute

walk

– Transit planning: the highest intensity in the city center; gradually less intensity towards the edge. This system is an
analytical system that depicts elements that promote each other, creating a series of specific natural habitats and / or
urban lifestyle settings. Transect integrates an environmental methodology for habitat assessment with a zoning
methodology for community design. Professional boundaries disappear between natural and man-made, enabling
ecologists to evaluate
 Design of human and urban habitat to support the viability of nature. This cross-hierarchy to rural areas contains different
types of buildings and streets suitable for each area along the chain.

 Increased Density

– More buildings, residences, shops and services are close to each other to facilitate walking, to enable more efficient use
of services and resources, and to create a more comfortable and enjoyable place to live.

– The new urban design principles are applied in a full range of density from small cities to large cities.

 Green Transportation
– A network of high quality trains connecting cities, towns, and neighborhoods
together.
– The pedestrian design encourages greater use of bicycles, skis, scooters, and
walking as a daily means of transportation.
 Sustainability
– Minimum environmental impact of development and its processes.
– Environmentally friendly technologies, respect for ecology and the value of natural
systems.
– Energy efficiency.
– Less use of non-renewable fuels.
– More local production.
– More walking, less driving.
 Quality of Life
These combined add up to a high quality of life worthy of living, creating places that enrich, elevate, and inspire the human
soul.
Benefits of urbanism

 Benefits to residents

 High quality of life.

 Better places to live, work and play.
 Higher and more stable property values.
 Reduce traffic congestion and lack of driving.
 A healthier lifestyle with more walking, less stress.
 Close to the retail street and the main services.
 Close to cycling trails, parks and nature.
 Pedestrian communities offer more opportunities to get to know others in the neighborhood and the city,
leading to meaningful relationships with a larger number of people, and a friendly town.
 More freedom and independence for children, the elderly and the poor in the ability to access jobs,
entertainment and services without the need for a car or someone to lead.
 Large savings for residents and school boards in reducing transportation costs from children who can walk or
bicycling to neighborhood schools.
 More diversity, smaller shops and unique services with local owners involved in the community.
 Significant savings by driving less and owning fewer cars.
 Less ugly, crowded congestion to deal with every day; better sense of place and identity of the community in a
more unique structure.
 More open space to enjoy; more efficient use of tax funds with less spending on the deployment of facilities and
roads.
 

 Benefits to businesses
 Increased sales due to increased traffic and people spending less on cars and gas.
 Earn more revenue because you spend less on ads and big tags.
 A better lifestyle by living above a store in live work units – provides a stressful and costly transition.
 Economies of scale in marketing because of their closeness and cooperation with other local companies.
 Small spaces encourage the incubation of small local businesses.
 Lower rentals due to smaller spaces and small car parking. Lifestyle is healthier because of more walking and
proximity to healthy restaurants.
 More community participation than being part of the community and knowing the population.
 

 Benefits to developers
 More potential income from high-density mixed-use projects because of more rentable square footage, more
sales per square foot, higher real estate values and sales prices.
 Approvals are faster in societies that have adopted smart growth principles resulting in cost / timesaving.
 Cost savings in parking facilities in multi-use properties due to shared spaces throughout the day and night,
resulting in reduced duplication in the provision of parking.
 Less need for parking facilities due to mix of residences and commercial uses within walking distance of each
other.
 Less impact on roads / traffic, which may result in lower impact fees; lower utility costs due to the compact
nature of the new urban design.
 Selling faster because of increased consumer acceptance of a broader product group that resulted in a larger
market share.
 

 Benefits to municipalities

 Stable, in aspect of a tax base.

 Less spending on the individual in the infrastructure and facilities than typical in the suburbs because of the
nature of high-density small enterprises.
 Increased tax base due to increased buildings in a narrow area; reduced traffic congestion due to design ability.
 Less resistance than society.
 A better public image of society and sense of place.
 Less incentive to extend when the central urban area is desirable.
 Easy to install jumper in place where it is not, and improve it in place.
 Increasing the civic participation of the population leads to improved governance.
 

10. Write a critical note on types of region.

11. Write a critical note on
NITI Aayog
Planning Commission
Objectives of five year plans
12. Explain any two five year plan and their impact on urban development.