The document discusses alternate paradigms for urban planning. It proposes a participatory approach where communities design plans from the neighborhood level up rather than experts imposing top-down plans. It involves subdividing neighborhoods into small areas to conduct inclusive planning that identifies local issues, aspirations, and strategic solutions developed by residents. The goal is for communities to build cities through devolving power, involvement, and learning by doing rather than outsiders confirming preconceived plans.

1. URBAN PLANNING
ALTERNATE PARADIGMS

2. Why Urban Planning
• Set (good governance) rules to provide a level
playing field
• Protect individuals from arbitrary actions of
Governments
• Protect Society from greedy actions of
individuals
• An essential basis for Urban Management

3. Dominant Paradigm
– Designed By Outsiders
– Focus on New/Extensions
– Top down (Nesting)
Structure Plan
Master Plan
District Plan
Neighbourhood Plan
– Compliance by Enforcement

4. Alternate Paradigm
– Participatory: Designed By Citizens
– Focus on Existing Areas
– Centered on their own living place
Neighbourhood Plan
Structure Plan
District
PlanMaster Plan
– Compliance through Appreciation

5. Communities Build Cities
Based on:
– Subsidiarity: Devolution of Power
– Involvement and Engagement
– Occupy to Build Not Build to Occupy
Learning
By
Doing
By
Learning
– Inform and Transform Not Confirm and Conform

6. Community By Community
Process:
– Set up Community framework - Identify Pilot Communities
– Set up local decision-making and management and implementation
structure
– Set up open-access interactive information systems

7. Mohalla Bazee
– Set up Community framework - Identify Pilot Communities
– Set up local decision-making and management and implementation
structure
– Set up open-access interactive information systems

8. Mohalla Bazee
– Subdivide Mohallas into “Kucha”
– Organise inclusive, participatory kucha-based in-situ
planning to identify aspirations, problems, resources

9. Mohalla Bazee
ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES
1 Access Identify existing and potential pedestrian routes
2 Access Identify Streets and Roads; traffic bottlenecks; parking nuisance
3 Encroachments Identify locations, owners
4 Environment Identify areas, extent and frequency of flooding
5 Environment Identify poor drainage flows
6 Environment Identify areas for landscaping, protection
7 Environment Identify hazards; ownership; causes
8 Environment Identify fragile environments
9 Housing Match housing availability/affordability to population needs, abilities
10 Income Identify space, services, access needs for income-generating activities
11 Income Match opportunities to population
12 Open Space Formal, Informal, Social space needs: Youth, Children, Women, Elderly
13 Conservation Identify protection and preservation needs
14 Residents Identify aspirations, expectations, resources, concerns
15 Residents Quantify, qualify into demand groups for socio-economic facilties
16 Schools Match existing provision to future populations
17 Spatial Identify areas/needs of potential/excessive development
18 Spatial Map, ownership, use, availability of spaces

10. Mohalla Bazee
• In-situ planning to identify/locate areas of concern
• Set Now-Soon-Later Priorities for intervention
• Qualify interventions by Can-Could-Might-Can’t
• Develop Action Plans

11. Mohalla Bazee
ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES
1 Access Provide footpaths; eliminate nooks and cul-de-sacs; street-lighting
2 Access One-Way streets; car-parking (reduce need to travel for work)
3 Encroachments Relocate off public areas; more effective/instant monitoring
4 Environment Build channels; create catchment areas in parks
5 Environment Unblock drains; add more drains
6 Environment Encourage urban agriculture
7 Environment Isolate areas; educate people
8 Environment Educate; protect
9 Housing Create more plots by changing size, density; Slow-rise development
10 Income Modify planning regulations; encourage micro-finance
11 Income Encourage more local-local trade, manufacturing, enterprise
12 Open Space Involve groups in planning and managing spaces; give ownership
13 Conservation Identify, protect and preservation
14 Residents Engage in planning and implementation; engage in conversations
15 Residents Support provision of services; facilities
16 Schools Facilitate establishment of community-based schools
17 Spatial Identify areas of potential/excessive development
18 Spatial Use land-swapping; market-based strategies to free up land