The document outlines various aspects of town planning surveys, highlighting the importance of data collection and the principle of 'survey before plan'. It categorizes surveys into town/city, regional, and national types, detailing the components of physical, social, and economic surveys. Additionally, it describes different surveying techniques and methodologies to gather relevant data for effective town planning.

1. Prof. Samirsinh P Parmar
samirddu@gmail.com
Asst. Prof. Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Dharmasinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, INDIA
Civic Surveys
Lecture- 5
CL- 410- Town Planning

2. Surveys
 Collection of info and data
 Geddes- “Survey before plan Principle”/Diagnosis before
treatment”
 Data as evidence
 Cause and need
 Inter relation of units
 Identification of Evils of town development
 Public opinion
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3. Survey types
 Town/City Survey
 Regional Survey
 National Survey
 Civil Survey
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4. A. Town Survey
 Survey done at much small scale/Community
 Physical Survey
 Social Survey
 Economic Survey
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5. A. Town Survey - a. Physical
a)Physical Survey
1. Natural features like topography, physically difficult land, geology, landscape, soil,
Climate data,
2. Land use
3. Physical economic factors like agricultural value of the land, mineral resources
and water gathering lands, areas with public services, transportation linkages
4. Conditions of buildings – Life and structural
5. Communication survey by
1. Highways
2. Traffic at junctions
3. Parking
4. Origin and Destination
5. Accident study
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6. A. Town Survey - b. Social
b) Social survey
 Population
• Trends
• Characteristics
• Migration
• Demographics- Age,
• Education, Variation
• Density
 Housing
Classes
Height
Materials
Rented/Owned
 Community facility
 Education
 Health
 Recreational
 Other amusements
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7. A. Town Survey - C. Social
b) Economic survey
 Occupational- Nature of job
• Cultivation/Agri.
• Trade
• Industry types
• Location
• Raw materials availability
• Workers count
 Survey of commerce
• Turn over
• Goods handled
• Transportation used
 Utility
• Water supply
• Drainage
• Electricity
• Telephone
• Street lighting
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8. B. Regional Survey
• done over a region dealing with
• PHYSICAL FACTORS- like topography. physically difficult land, geology, landscape
etc.
• PHYSICAL ECONOMIC FACTORS- like agricultural value of the land, mineral
resources and water gathering lands. areas with public services, transportation
linkages etc.
• SOCIAL ECONOMIC FACTORS-like areas of influence of towns and villages.
employment, population changes etc.
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C. National Survey

9. D. Civic –Socio-Economic
Local level
• Physical features
• Communication
• Traffic
• Open spaces
• Housing
• Population
• Health
• Landscape
• Cultivation
• Amenities
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10. Surveying techniques
• SELF SURVEYS - mailing questionnaires to the to be surveyed persons
• INTERVIEWS - by asking questions to the people to be surveyed
• DIRECT INSPECTION - when the surveyor himself inspects the situations
concerned
• OBSERVERS PARTICIPATION - when the observer himself participate in
acquiring the data required
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11. Survey Methodologies
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12. Surveying Questionnaire
• NOMINAL where there is no ordering, like asking of sex, age, employment
in any particular service etc.
• ORDINAL where there is a specific order of choices like asking of
priorities, housing conditions, climate etc.
• INTERVAL where an interval of time is given importance like time taken to
shift from Lower Income Group (LIG) housing to MIG housing, time
interval to change from two wheelers to four wheelers etc. this provides an
yardstick of measurements
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13. Survey Design
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Ref: https://www.mymarketresearchmethods.com/survey-design-best-practices/

14. Questions
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15. Additional Reference
 http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/hist
ory/batch1/cork_civic_surveyx.pdf
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