Neighborhood planning aims to create cohesive communities where residents live in proximity and depend on each other. It involves dividing cities into neighborhoods of 2,000-5,000 people bounded by main roads. Each neighborhood has internal streets, a mix of housing types, centralized facilities like schools and shops within walking distance, and protected green spaces. When Jaipur was established in 1729, it was carefully planned following principles of neighborhood planning, with neighborhoods (mohallas) as the basic urban module. The city's road network and placement of amenities created well-defined and socially interactive neighborhoods.

1. SUBMITTED BY-
KRITI GUPTA
ANSHIKA SINGH
GAURAV TYAGI
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING
JAIPUR CITY

2. o It is an American idea and is based on the simple principle that
one is planning for society and not for aggregate of houses.
o In case of big towns, it sometimes becomes difficult to develop a
sense of neighborliness, mainly for two reasons. They are-
• The neighbours are not dependent on one another’s company and
aid because city life gives a wide field of acquaintance and
entertainment.
• The neighbours may not have a common modes and habit of
living.
o This planning is an attempt to form various physical units of
residential areas in which people belonging to a particular rank
of life settles or stay.
o It is the intention of a town planner to rejuvenate the valuable
idea of neighbourhood which have been lost in busy uncontrolled
city life.
NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLANNING

3. Principles of Neighbourhood planning
 Size
 Boundaries
 Protective Strips
 Internal Streets
 Layout of buildings
 Shopping centres
 Community centres
 Facilities

4. Size
 The town is divided into self contained units or sectors of
10,000 population.
 This is further divided into smaller units called neighbourhood
unit with 2,000 to 5,000 based on the requirement of one
primary school.
 The size of the unit is therefore limited to about 1 to 1.5 sq. km
i.e. within walkable distance of 10 to 15 minutes.
Boundaries
 The unit should be bounded on all its side by main road, wide
enough for traffic.
Protective Strips
 These are necessary to protect the neighbourhood from
annoyance traffic and to provide suitable facilities for
developing parks, playgrounds, and road widening scheme in
future. These are also called Minor Green Belts.

5. Internal Streets
 The internal streets are designed to ensure safety to the people
and the school going children in particular, since mothers are
more anxious everyday till the safe return of the child.
 The internal streets should circulate throughout the unit with
easy access to shops and community centres.
Layout of Buildings
 To encourage neighbourhood relation and secure social stability
and balance, houses to suit different income groups should be
provided such as single family houses, double family houses,
cottages, flats,etc.
Shopping Centres
 Each shop should be located on the circumference of the unit,
preferably at traffic junctions and adjacent to the
neighbourhood units.

6. Community Centres
 Each community will have its centre with social, cultural and
recreational amenities .
Facilities
 All public facilities required for the family for their comfort and
convenience should be within easy reach.
 These include the primary school, temple, club, retail shop,
sport centre, etc.
 These should be located within 1km in the centre place so as to
form a nucleus to develop social life of the unit.

7. PLANNING OF JAIPUR CITY

8. JAIPUR – THE PINK CITY.
 JAIPUR IS CONSIDERED BY MANY URBANISMS TO BE ONE OF THE
BEST PLANNED CITIES IN INDIA. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1729 BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF KACHWAHA
DYNASTY.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CITY GREW RAPIDLY AND BECAME
PROSPEROUS;BY 1900 IT HAD A POPULATION OF 160,000.THE CITY’S
WIDE BOULEVARDS WERE PAVED AND LIT WITH GAS. JAIPUR WAS
PAINTED PINK BY MAHARAJA MAN SINGH WHEN PRINCE OF WALES,
LATER EDWARD VII, VISITED JAIPUR IN 1876. THE ROYAL HERITAGE
OF JAIPUR LIVES IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE.

9. ACCESSIBILITY TO JAIPUR CITY

10.  JAI SINGH AND THE BENGALI GURU
VIDYADHAR(WHO WAS A ‘SHASPATI’ –
HINDU PRIEST ARCHITECT), PLANNED
THE WHOLE TOWN ACCORDING TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ARCHITECTURAL
THEORY.
• THE TOWN OF JAIPUR IS, IN FACT,
BUILT IN THE FORM OF A EIGHT-PART
MANDALA KNOWN AS THE
‘PITHAPADA’.NINE SIGNIFIES THE 9
PLANETS OF THE ANCIENT
ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC.
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SAWAI JAI
SINGH WAS A GREAT ASTRONOMER
AND A TOWN PLANNER, AND HENCE
THE ‘PITHAPADA’.ALSO, THE
COMMERCIAL SHOPS ARE DESIGNED
IN MULTIPLES OF NINE(27), HAVING
ONE CROSS STREET FOR A PLANET. PLAN OF JAIPUR

11. RAJA JAISINGH PLANNED THE
CITY KEEPING IN MIND VASTU
SHASTRA.
CITY WAS DIVIDED INTO 9
SQUARES. OCCURRENCE OF A
HILLSIDE CHANGED.THE
PLACEMENT OF ONE OF THE
SQUARES.THE CENTRAL SQUARE
COMPRISE OF THE PALACE.
CITY PLAN OF JAIPUR

12. PHYSICAL PLANNING AND
DESIGN.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLANNING CONCEPT WAS MOHALLA
WHICH ACT AS MODULE FOR URBAN
GROWH. SAFE, SECURE, LIVING
ENVIRONMENT IS CREATED WHERE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN
HORIZON TO FLOURISH AND GROW.
SUN PATH , WIND DIRECTION GIVEN UTMOST
IMPORTANCE.
SUN PATH
FOLLOWING MAJOR FACTORS ARE ALSO
CONSIDERED.
 1. CONTOUR AND TOPOGRAPHY
 2. STORM WATER DRAINAGE
 3. CLIMATE
 4. HYDOLOGY AND SOIL
 5. CONTEXT

13. LARGER BUILDINGS ON THE PERIPHERY
AND SMALLER ONES IN THE INTERIORS.
REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.
ONLY MAIN ROADS, MAJOR PUBLIC
SPACES ARE CONTROLLED. INTERIOR
OF SECTOR OFFERS ENOUGH
FLEXIBILITY TO INDIVIDUAL WITH
FREEDOM TO EXPRESS WITH
MODERATE CONTROL.
 STRUCTURES ALWAYS
BUILT IN PROPORTION TO
THE ROADS WIDTHS.

14. JAIPUR CITY
ROADS
 FIRST ORDER STREET DEFINES THE
SECTOR SIZE;
 SECOND ORDER STREET DEFINES
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR BLOCK.
GRIDIRON SYSTEM IS USED FOR
ROAD NETWORK FOR PROCESSION
PATHS, WHICH IS RELEVANT
TODAY FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
FURTHER IN PRESENT
SYSTEM OF HIERARCHY OF ROADS
PROBLEMS RELATED TO TRAFFIC
ARE MINIMUM.
INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK HAVE
HIERARCHY IN TERMS OF ACCESS
AND PRIVACY, HENCE AT THE
SAME TIME SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS CREATED. ALL THE STREETS
HAVE CERTAIN CHARACTER THAT
CREATES EVERY STREET
IDENTIFIABLE.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY

15. AMENITIES
 AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH
RESPECT TO KING AND UPPER CLASS
INSTEAD OF COMMON MAN.
AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED ON MAIN
ROAD, WITHIN 5 MINUTE WALKING
DISTANCE. PLACEMENT OF AMENITIES
WAS DONE WITH RESPECT TO
FUNCTION, USE AND TRAFFIC.
 FURTHER JUXTAPOSITION HAS
CREATED DISTINCT NODES AND
ACTIVITY LANDMARKS, WHICH
ULTIMATELY HAS CREATED DEFINED
PATH.THUS SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE
SPACES ARE CREATED BY DESIGN,
BUILT FORM DEFINITION, OPEN SPACE
PATTERN AND ROAD PATTERN.
INTERACTION SPACE

16. JAIPUR CITY
ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY
BUILT FORM AND PLOT
 JAIPUR IS AN EXAMPLE OF DICTATORIAL
PLANNING AND DESIGN.PLOTS ARE ALWAYS KEPT
IN PROPORTION WITH RESPECT TO HIERARCHY OF
ROADS.IT HAS ACHIEVED A REGULAR SIZE AND
SHAPE OF PLOT FOLLOWED BY UNIFORM BUILT
FORM, HENCE PLOT SIZE AND SHAPE, LOCATION
GIVES COHERENCE.
SUBDIVISION OF SUBPLOTS WITH
CONTROL ON SIZE AND SHAPE IS REQUIRED.THE
STRUCTURE OF CITY IS DENSE YET POROUS IN
NATURE.COMPACT BUILT FORM WITH PLOT EDGE-
TO-EDGE CONSTRUCTION WITH COURTYARD IS
LOGICAL IN HOT CLIMATE.

17. JAIPUR CITY
PATTERN, PLACEMENT AND
JUXTAPOSITION OF ROADS, AMENITIES
AND OR OPEN SPACE
 “PATTERN” IS FORMED WHEN ALL THE
SECTORS COME TOGETHER. FURTHER
THERE IS COHERENCE BETWEEN
DIFFERENT SECTORS HAVING ENOUGH
VARIETY.
THERE ARE BINDING ELEMENTS
LIKE ROAD PATTERN, ROAD HIERARCHY,
BUILT FORM AND OPEN SPACE SYSTEM.
THESE STRONG ELEMENTS CREATE A
WHOLE. OPEN SPACES ARE DISTRIBUTED,
LOCATED, ALLOCATED AS PER,
 HIERARCHY
 USER GROUP
 SERVING AREA
 SENSE OF ENCLOSURE