The document outlines the importance and methodology of civic or socio-economic surveys conducted for urban planning initiatives, including redevelopment and slum improvement schemes. It details various survey types, such as physical, social, and economic surveys, which gather crucial data on demographics, housing, land use, and community needs to inform town planning. Overall, these surveys serve as foundational tools for diagnosing urban issues and developing effective planning strategies.

1. Civic Surveys

2. Civic or Socio-economic Survey
• This is local level small scale survey conducted
for redevelopment scheme, slum
improvement scheme and master plan
development. The socio-economic survey is
the foundation stone of planning structure.
Because it is the detailed house to house
survey which helps a town planner to
diagnose the core problems & issues to
develop its remedies through planning.

3. Aspects to be covered in Civic Surveys:
• Physical Features
• Communication
• Traffic Problems
• Open Spaces
• Industrial Survey
• Housing Survey
• Population Survey
• Health Conditions
• Landscape Survey
• Cultivated Land
• Public Services

4. The socioeconomic survey is the key survey
and foundation stone of Town Planning, in
which a Town is divided into union councils or
wards & blocks, and then each block further
subdivided into streets and each street has
number of houses. This survey is conducted
through a survey Performa or questionnaire.

5. Sample Questionnaire for Civic Surveys

6. Other important surveys….
• Town or City Survey
• Regional Survey
• National Survey

7. Town Survey
These surveys are conducted to prepare a
base map for the Town planning scheme.
Basically these surveys are of three types;
i.e.
i) Physical survey
ii) Social survey and
iii) Economic survey

8. Physical Survey
These are conducted in two ways i.e. through land
survey and aerial survey. In physical survey four types of
information or data are collected.
i) Natural Features survey i.e. location in respect to
existing towns & region, topography & soil conditions,
climatology etc.
ii) Land Use survey i.e. use of land for residential,
commercial, or social purposes, public & semi public
spaces, open spaces, transportation networks,
agriculture, water elements, vacant lands & other uses.

9. • iii) Building Conditions survey i.e. buildings
are in very good, good, poor, or in bad
condition?
iv) Communications survey i.e. highways,
roads and its network & railway junctions and
its network, availability of parking facilities in
the city, origin & destination (O&D) survey,
accidents survey; and future trends of traffic
surveys etc.

10. Social Survey
• These are of three kinds, i.e. I) Population II) Housing and III)
Community Facilities
•
i) Population: Trends in population growth for last 50 years, present
population characteristics, future population growth by considering
survival, urban Migration & development of new industries.
Demographic survey i.e. classification of population & town density.
ii) Housing: Housing stock, per annum need, current housing
conditions, accommodation density, building height, material use &
tenancy status, rented or owned.
iii) Community facilities: Education, health & recreation

11. Economic Surveys
• Occupational conditions, survey of industries,
survey of commerce, financial position of local
authorities, utility services.