2. • Introduction
• Concept of a Region
• Concept of Regional Planning
• Need for Regional Planning
• Conclusion
• Reference
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3. • Regional Plans are
prepared for a regions
balanced development.
• Region includes urban
as well as its influencing
rural area.
• To bring EQUITY,
balanced development
and to rectifying the
disparity.
• To decentralise the
development.
• To conserve resources.
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4. • Coined by Patrick Geddes
• It is a Region
• Comprising number of
cities, other towns and
other urban areas.
• Through physical
expansion.
• Because of Population
growth.
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5. • Area of land having common features
• These features may Artificial or Natural
• Artificial : Language, Religion, Culture, etc.
• Natural : Forest, wild life, geography, river and
sea.
• Regions are also the areas which includes
Urban and the surrounding Countries in order to
achieve a balanced development.
• Area which includes urban areas and its cause
areas.
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11. • In general regional plans objective is like
• Decentralisation
• Balanced Development
• Conservation of Resources
• Creating equal opportunities and facilities
• DTCP : Through balanced and coordinated development
of Industrial and Agricultural economy in each region, The
entire country can attain a higher standard of living.
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12. • Efficient placement of Land Use.
• Efficient placement of Infrastructure.
• Growth across larger area.
• Providing equal opportunities and facilities throughout the
region.
• Protecting and conserving.
• In the scenario of metropolitan region:
“Curing the cause of the urban issues than
providing solution for the issues”
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13. • Protect the Resources
• Forest
• Minerals
• Wild life
• Control Pollution
• River pollution
• Sea Pollution
• Rapid Urbanisation
• Control migration
• Providing opportunities
• Decentralization
• Remove the Disparity
• Facilities
• Opportunities
• Equity
• Development of the Region
• Social and physical
• Economic
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14. 14Concept and Need for Regional Planning Source: Census report 2011, Census of India
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Source: Census report 2011, Census of India
“Annual Survey Report 2014 -2015”,
Department of Economics and
Statistics,
Tamil Nadu Government.
Concept and Need for Regional Planning
16. • Balanced development is only possible by Regional
Planning.
• Regional planning will settle the resource sharing
disputes between countries or states.
• Regional planning helps in protecting and conserving
resources.
• Regional Planning cures the cause of Urban ailment's.
• Large area harmoniously developed by regional planning
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17. 1. “URDPFI Guidelines 2015”, Town and Country Planning
organisation, Government of India, Volume 1, pp 7 – 9.”
2. “Regional Planning and Development”, United Nations
Center for Regional Development, Part 1.
3. John Glasson and Tim Marshall, “Regional Planning”,
The Natural and Built Environment Series, edition 1, pp 64
– 106.
4. Smita Dubey and Varsha Millah,“Migration Causes and
Effects”, The Business and Management Review, Volume
5, Number 4, pp 228 – 231.
5. “Annual Survey Report 2014 -2015”, Department of
Economics and Statistics, Tamil Nadu Government, pp 235
– 269. 17/15Concept and Need for Regional Planning