1. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING
CONTENTS
• Definition of Town Planning
• Goals and Objectives of Town Planning
• Principle of town planning
• Necessity of Town planning
• Relationship of Town planning with other professions
• Town planning as a multidisciplinary approach
• Planning process
2. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING
Definition of Town Planning
“The art and science of ordering the use of land and siting of
buildings and communication routes so as to secure the
maximum practicable degree of economy, convenience, and
beauty.”
Its an art of shaping and guiding the physical growth of the town
creating buildings and environments to meet the various needs
such as social, cultural, economic and recreational etc. and to
provide healthy conditions for both rich and poor to live, to
work, and to play or relax, thus bringing about the social and
economic wellbeing for the majority of mankind.
Town Planning involves both control of existing and new
development, and "strategic planning“ to ensure our resources are
carefully managed to match our future needs and expectations.
3. CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING
Goals and Objectives of Town Planning
There are four essential objectives of TP
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7. Architect
• provides a three-dimensional
perspective to two-dimensional
plans
• assist in this process to ensure
better design outcomes.
• is involved in the design,
construction and organization of
major building complexes such
as hospitals and universities.
• conservation of historic buildings
is an important planning task and
the architects can perform a key
role to this end.
• develops aesthetically attractive
finishes and appearances of
buildings
• assist planner in creating a lively
and pleasant image of urban
spaces.
• Foresee the town by creating
animated video
Economist
• Feasibility study of town
• Ensures optimum delivery of
resources and amenities at the
minimum cost
• All projects and programs must
be appraised. There are standard
techniques for appraisal including
cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit,
financial appraisal etc. Assisting
planners in carrying out appraisal
of projects and programs is
another task of economist
• Ensures rational allocation of
resources
• Economists play a very important
role in designing the monitoring
and evaluation framework, and in
measuring and judging impact of
economic policies of
development plans.
Geographer
• Understanding the topography:
• Analyzing the land use patterns
including economic activities,
residential areas, open spaces,
and transportation networks. This
information can help in designing
a town that caters to the needs of
its residents and visitors.
• Identifying environmental risks:.
• Considering social and cultural
factors
• Planning for sustainable
development by considering the
impacts of urbanization on the
environment and identifying ways
to minimize those impacts.
• helps planners understand the
demographics of a region,
including the population size and
distribution
• Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) are powerful tools for
visualizing and analyzing data.
These systems are used to
create detailed maps and 3D
models, which can be used to
inform the planning process.
8. Environmen
talist
•Environment Impact Assessment
(EIA): Impact Forecasting,
Evaluation, and development of
alternatives for the project, etc
•Disaster Management Plans:
Analysis of current scenario, mapping
of previous disasters, impact
identification, future modeling, and
forecasting, etc.
•Energy planning: Alternative energy
uses, energy budget analysis, etc.
•Landscape management: Storm
water control, flood plain
management, wetland conservation,
etc.
•Land-use Planning: population
forecasting, Allocating future land for
different land-uses, Calculating
carrying capacity, land suitability, etc.
•Public health Planning
•Designing Solid waste management
Plans
•City Sanitation Plans
Civil
Engineer
•Land Inspection: Soil, weather,
climate etc.
•Designing Transportation
Systems: Roads, Railways,
Airports
•Water and Sanitation Systems:
design and implement water supply
systems, wastewater treatment
plants, storm water management
systems, and sewage networks
•Structural Engineering: Civil
engineers specialising in structural
engineering analyse the behaviour of
materials, design structural systems,
and ensure compliance with safety
codes and regulations.
•Cost estimation
•Quantity Surveying
•Designing Solid waste management
structures: Landfills etc.
•Environmental Sustainability
•Urban Revitalization: Civil
engineers are instrumental in
revitalizing ageing or deteriorating
urban areas. As cities continue to
grow and face various challenges,
the expertise and contributions of civil
engineers become indispensable.
Sociologist
•Urban planning consists of two
components such as physical
planning and socioeconomic
planning. Physical planning involves
morphological aspects like land use,
architecture, transportation and
energy, whereas socioeconomic
component involves social or human
ecological processes, which have to
be taken into consideration during
urban planning. A sociologist is a
better-equipped person in
understanding the human ecological
processes like segregation, culture
and social order.
•shape the morphological pattern of
the city influenced by ethnic,
religious, linguistic and politico-
historical factors.
•Analyze shifting and sorting of people
•Plans for solving complex urban area
problems (involving crime, housing,
taxes, transportation, health, utilities
and welfare
