Development control rules, Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, Land acquisition act, Village planning: Necessity and principles, Rural developments- Growth centre approach, Area Development approach, Integrated rural development approach.

1. Transportation Engineering – II (Town Planning)
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Course Learning Outcomes:
• At the end of this session, the student will be able to explain
necessity of village planning
Village Settlements

2. Prof. (Dr.) Sachin Kishor Patil
B.E. Civil, M.E. Civil Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. (IIT, Bombay)
❑ Professor & Head of Department
❑ Department of Civil Engineering
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3. Necessity of Village Planning
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 Census (2011) :Out of the 121 crore Indians, 83.3 crore
live in rural areas while 37.7 crore stay in urban areas.
(70:30)
 Migration from rural to urban zones
 Same time, Villages are developing unplanned manner
 Current practice: development plans more urban centric
 Living conditions in rural area

4. Comparison of rural and urban area
 Rural
 Rural life develops in
natural surroundings
 Size: 5-50 Sq.KM
 Density: 50-100 p/Ha
 Agriculture based
 Homogenous community
 Neighborhood spirit
 Categorization based on
caste, trade, occupation,
income
 Urban
 Urban life flourishes in
man made surroundings
 Size - Big
 Density: 200-400 p/Ha
 Trade and processing
 Heterogeneous
 Occasional
 Mixed culture
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5. Village types :Rural Settlements
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 Nucleated (clustered) settlement
 Linear settlement
 Scattered (dispersed) settlement
 Nucleated (clustered) settlement
 Most houses centered around common place (e.g. temple)
 Growth happens in concentric rings
 Seen around plain areas

6. Village types :Rural Settlements
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 Linear settlement
 Same as ribbon development in
urban areas.
 Mostly in coastal areas
 Scattered (dispersed) settlement
 Number of separate households
scattered throughout the area

7. Principles of village planning
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 Most principles of urban planning can be applied except specialized
constraint
 Ideal Location- Cultivable land and water
 Communication
 Arterial road should not cross through
 Approach road should link arterial road
 Proper roads to nearby villages and towns- Accessibilty
 Village Centre
 Hub, Gram-panchayat, temple, market
 Accessible
 Neighborhood unit planning

8. Village development
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 Replan
 Master Plan
 Conflict resolutions