This document discusses planning and development options for peri-urban areas. It notes that urban boundaries are often static and do not account for growth, leading development to occur haphazardly outside city limits. It argues for the importance of properly defining and planning peri-urban areas to integrate them rationally into urban development. Key points include: peri-urban areas experience rapid growth and lack services; their extent depends on the size of the mother city; a legal framework is needed to regulate peri-urban development; and strategies should involve delineating peri-urban limits and creating a planning system for these areas.
Review of Development Plans/ Master Plans of selected cities of India.KARTHICK KRISHNA
This is an academic assignment done for the purpose to draft a master plan/ development plan. This helps us to identify the concept and context of the various plans and its development proposals applicability and replicability.
Urban Management & Governance Structures in IndiaRavikant Joshi
This PPT delivered to Scholars of Indian School of Public Policy explains various urban management and governance structure found in various States and urban local bodies of India and their limitations
Planning and Urban Management-issues & challenges Subodh Shankar
With more and more people shifting to urban areas, the management issues of urban areas are getting complex day by day- posing serious challenges to urban planners and city managers. The slides, with the help of the case study of Curitiba(Brazil), discuss how an architect turned politician, through his innovative approaches solved the complex urban issues in most economical way.
Review of Development Plans/ Master Plans of selected cities of India.KARTHICK KRISHNA
This is an academic assignment done for the purpose to draft a master plan/ development plan. This helps us to identify the concept and context of the various plans and its development proposals applicability and replicability.
Urban Management & Governance Structures in IndiaRavikant Joshi
This PPT delivered to Scholars of Indian School of Public Policy explains various urban management and governance structure found in various States and urban local bodies of India and their limitations
Planning and Urban Management-issues & challenges Subodh Shankar
With more and more people shifting to urban areas, the management issues of urban areas are getting complex day by day- posing serious challenges to urban planners and city managers. The slides, with the help of the case study of Curitiba(Brazil), discuss how an architect turned politician, through his innovative approaches solved the complex urban issues in most economical way.
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages. Any portion of earth’s surface where physical conditions are homogeneous can be considered as a Region in geographic sense, ranging from a single feature region to compage, depending on the
criteria used for delineation. In practice, a prefix is added to highlight the attributes on which the region has been defined, for example, agriculture region, resource region, city region, planning region.
All the daily activities of human beings are carried out on land. Proper organization of these activities i.e. planning will help the human being in leading a richer and fuller life in livable surroundings or environment. "Planning" means the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities.
This presentation is about Urban Development Policy and related programmes/ missions running in India.
'Public policy provides signals and sets the regulatory and institutional framework that influence the actions of all actors including private investors and consumers.', UN Conference on Climate Change 2021.
This presentation brief about National Urban Policy Framework, 2018 and the talks about various policies running for various sectors int the year 2022, like the Economic sector, Housing sector, Transport sector, Infrastructure, Industry, Informal sector, Tourism, Environment and Climate Change.
Planning Laws - Its Implications for Urban Development JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper tries to analyse the role and importance of legal framework in the context of urban development and the need to make urban laws more rational, simple and supportive of the urban development.
Redefining Planning and Development Strategies for Peri-Urban areasJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Peri-urban areas command critical role in the urban development. They are the next generation urban areas, when urban limits are extended. Accordingly, it would be important that these areas are properly defined, rationally planned and effectively managed in terms of their growth and development. Unfortunately , in majority of urban areas, most of the peri-urban areas don’t find recognition in the parlance of existing planning , development and management system. Accordingly, majority of cities face enormous growth in the fringe areas at the cost of development within the defined urban areas because of the availability of cheaper land and lack of adequate development controls. One can see large institutions of higher learning and large/small industries getting localized in the peri-urban areas. Setting up of major projects in isolation and away from the cities invariably leads to emergence of unplanned growth and sub-standard development of such areas. Present policy of approving Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and granting change of land use for the projects, away from the existing urban centres without any supporting framework for planned development of peri-urban areas has led to enormous conversion, subdivision of land and haphazard growth and development around urban centres. It would be important that the issue is critically and objectively looked at , and an effective legal framework to regulate the development in these areas is put in place on priority. In fact, future livability, sustainability and productivity of Urban- India will largely depend and hinge upon , how professionally, effectively and efficiently we manage our peri-urban areas. Conceptually Peri-Urban areas represent one of the best options for promoting balanced growth of urban and rural settlements in a mutually beneficial and supportive manner and accordingly needs to be protected and promoted both rationally and realistically. Adoption of the principle of developing all the urban centres with their defined periphery can usher an era of balanced growth and prosperity, creating affordable housing for large majority of Indian masses besides helping in meeting the national target of housing for all and eliminating existing dichotomy and conflicts in urban and rural interests.
Legal Imperatives for Rationalized Planning and Development of Peri-Urban Are...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper looks at the strategy and options for for the growth and development of peri- urban areas in order to make it supportive of sustainability of core urban areas.
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages. Any portion of earth’s surface where physical conditions are homogeneous can be considered as a Region in geographic sense, ranging from a single feature region to compage, depending on the
criteria used for delineation. In practice, a prefix is added to highlight the attributes on which the region has been defined, for example, agriculture region, resource region, city region, planning region.
All the daily activities of human beings are carried out on land. Proper organization of these activities i.e. planning will help the human being in leading a richer and fuller life in livable surroundings or environment. "Planning" means the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities.
This presentation is about Urban Development Policy and related programmes/ missions running in India.
'Public policy provides signals and sets the regulatory and institutional framework that influence the actions of all actors including private investors and consumers.', UN Conference on Climate Change 2021.
This presentation brief about National Urban Policy Framework, 2018 and the talks about various policies running for various sectors int the year 2022, like the Economic sector, Housing sector, Transport sector, Infrastructure, Industry, Informal sector, Tourism, Environment and Climate Change.
Planning Laws - Its Implications for Urban Development JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper tries to analyse the role and importance of legal framework in the context of urban development and the need to make urban laws more rational, simple and supportive of the urban development.
Redefining Planning and Development Strategies for Peri-Urban areasJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Peri-urban areas command critical role in the urban development. They are the next generation urban areas, when urban limits are extended. Accordingly, it would be important that these areas are properly defined, rationally planned and effectively managed in terms of their growth and development. Unfortunately , in majority of urban areas, most of the peri-urban areas don’t find recognition in the parlance of existing planning , development and management system. Accordingly, majority of cities face enormous growth in the fringe areas at the cost of development within the defined urban areas because of the availability of cheaper land and lack of adequate development controls. One can see large institutions of higher learning and large/small industries getting localized in the peri-urban areas. Setting up of major projects in isolation and away from the cities invariably leads to emergence of unplanned growth and sub-standard development of such areas. Present policy of approving Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and granting change of land use for the projects, away from the existing urban centres without any supporting framework for planned development of peri-urban areas has led to enormous conversion, subdivision of land and haphazard growth and development around urban centres. It would be important that the issue is critically and objectively looked at , and an effective legal framework to regulate the development in these areas is put in place on priority. In fact, future livability, sustainability and productivity of Urban- India will largely depend and hinge upon , how professionally, effectively and efficiently we manage our peri-urban areas. Conceptually Peri-Urban areas represent one of the best options for promoting balanced growth of urban and rural settlements in a mutually beneficial and supportive manner and accordingly needs to be protected and promoted both rationally and realistically. Adoption of the principle of developing all the urban centres with their defined periphery can usher an era of balanced growth and prosperity, creating affordable housing for large majority of Indian masses besides helping in meeting the national target of housing for all and eliminating existing dichotomy and conflicts in urban and rural interests.
Legal Imperatives for Rationalized Planning and Development of Peri-Urban Are...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper looks at the strategy and options for for the growth and development of peri- urban areas in order to make it supportive of sustainability of core urban areas.
Urban development in deeper mess in the state of punjabJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper tries to focus on the adverse impact of regularisation of unauthorised colonies with reference to state of Punjab on the planned development, quality of life, sustainability and growth and development of urban centres of the state including rural areas.
PLANNING THE CAPITAL CITY OF CHANDIGARH : PROBLEMS, LESSONS AND PROSPECTSJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper, written about 30 years back, tried to analyse the problems and challenges facing the growth and development of the Capital city of Chandigarh and suggested mesues to make it more rational. Paper also suggests the messages which planning and designing of the city communicates
Town planning - A Tool to Promote Holistic Development of Human settlementsJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Updated paper tries to bring out the context, role and importance of town planning to make this world a better place to live and work and to make human life more sustainable and efficient. It also tries to brief about the approach which needs adoption to make town planning a better profession.
Town planning - A Tool to Promote Holistic Development of Human settlementsJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Writing is an attempt to briefly describe the context, role and importance of town planning in shaping the human settlements and make them more livable, sustainable and making value addition to human living and working.
Strategies fro promoting good urban governanace 08-12-2018JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper makes an attempt to look at the entire context of governance in the urban areas, issues which are hammering the effective management of urban areas and way forward to make urban governance vibrant, effective and efficient
Strategies for Planning Smart and Sustainable CitiesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Smart city remains a misnomer. No city on planet earth can claim to be smart. Experts are still searching the soul of smart city in order to precisely define it .Unfortunately smart city has become a money spending/spinning exercise for few individuals/agencies. Entire concept of smart city has been made technology centric, minimizing the role and importance of human beings. In addition, role of Town Planners in smart city has been totally marginalized. How can a city be made smart without intervention of planning and planners. Smart city as a concept has been copied globally to promote operational efficiency and productivity of the cities , with minimum concern for human growth and development. Addressing issue of poverty and making city livable for all should be the agenda of urban growth and development. In the face of homeless people , absence of basic amenities and facilities essential of human living, making city’s smart will be a fallacy and prove to be counterproductive. Cities do not exist in isolation and require the support of rural hinterland. Dealing cities alone by excluding villages will invariably lead to lopsided growth of cities because genesis of majority of urban ills has roots in the neglect of the rural areas. Urban areas must do handholding for the rural areas for synergizing mutual strength and to usher a new era of rational growth. Smart city concept must focus on empowering human being/ living, making them more skilled, create options for meeting the basic human needs and removing the curse of poverty and unemployment.
Comprehensive Development of Amritsar- Need for A Planning and Urban Develop...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper was written when Amritsar development Authority was not created and Amritsar Master Plan was in evolution. Paper was written primarily to focus on the need of creating a dedicated agency for promoting the planned development of Amritsar Metroplis. Paper is being published by adding the post srcipt in the already published text
Paper focus on the status of urban local bodies in the Indian context, their role and importance in making urban areas more livable and sustainable, roadblocks hampering their operational efficiencies and options to make them vibrant institutions of governance
LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN THE STATE OF PUNJAB- INTERFACE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF TO...JitKumarGupta1
Indian believes in high traditions of democracy and accordingly, is characterized by multiplicity of laws. With focus on subject specific laws, one can see multiplicity laws. Each law tries to overtake other law, when they relate to the same subject. Sometimes there exists lot of overlapping and contradictions in the legal framework. Since India legal system remain bureaucratic and institutional focused under each law, focus of bureaucracy remains to create more laws and more space number for creating institutions and jobs for the bureaucracy. Despite India , as a nation accepting the role and importance of Urban local Bodies in 1972, when 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, was enacted, still states were passing laws in 1996 to create separate/additional/ independent agencies operating in the domain of urban planning, development and management, ignoring to empower urban local bodies to take up that role. Accordingly, state scenario in urban development in the country remains multi-faceted with existence of large number of departments and agencies operating in the urban development, which dilutes the intent of planned and orderly development in human settlements.Prevailing urban development scenario indicates existence of not only large number of urban laws but also large number of urban development agencies. However, there exists concentration of development agencies operating in the large urban areas but these agencies are conspicuous by their absence in the small urban settlements. Our capacity to create rational, effective, efficient, compact planning framework and agencies for effectively implementing of planning framework, will hold the key for future planned growth of urban settlements .Write-up focuses on the State of Punjab which has put in place a legal regime providing for promoting comprehensive and integrated development of urban and rural area through the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans in 1996 . In the year 2006, the entire set of provisions regulating the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans were critically reviewed, rationalized, simplified and modified drastically to streamline the procedure by making amendments eliminating/ minimizing number of vital steps involving public participation, involving urban local bodies; printing existing landuse plans etc. First master plan came into operation in 2006, after a decade of launching the Act. Till now more than 35 cities have bbeen covered unde such plans out of 216 urban settlements recorded in 2011 census.
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Suggestion and Options for integrating villages. within the framework of the...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Preparing Master Plans/Development Plans for any urban settlements, basically and essentially, involves declaring a planning area for which the said long term plans are prepared. Planning area invariably includes and involves, number of rural settlements, which comprise of the planning area besides the urban settlement. It has been observed that in majority of cases, while detailed studies and analysis are carried out of the urban settlements but villages in the study and analysis remain marginalized, diluted and muted. Despite the fact, villages have critical role in the rational development of the urban settlement, but in preparing Master Plans their role and relevance is not made part of the said plan. Accordingly, this text tries to bring out the typologies of villages falling in the planning area and the suggested framework to develop these villages in making Master Plans, better Master Plan. In order to improve Master Plan qualitatively, quantitively, both in intent, contents and scope, It will be appropriate that all the villages falling in the planning area must be studied , analyzed and made integral part of the final outcome of the proposals of Master Plan. In-fact one Chapter must be exclusively dedicated to detail out the issues faced by the Villages and options which can be leveraged to promote the rational growth of villages ,as an integral part of the long term development of the urban settlement , for which the Master Plan is being prepared. This will help not only in integrating the urban- rural settlements falling in the planning area, but would also go a long way in promoting and ensuring rational growth and development of the urban settlement, for which the Master Plan is being prepared.
Making Urban India a Role Model of Planned Urban Growth a.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Known for productivity, promoting economy, employment and innovations cities, when properly planned, rationally developed and professionally managed, have been labelled and recognized as engines of economic growth. Prosperity and urbanisation are known to have positive co-relation with rational urbanisation, leveraging growth and development of any community, city, state and region. In majority of developing countries, where urbanisation remains unregulated, forced largely by rural push and less by urban pull, cities invariably remain in crisis, crisis of population, crisis of poverty, crisis of development and management. Cities need to be cared ,incentivized, empowered and made more productive, effective, efficient and humane.
Role and Relevance of Architects and architecture in SustainabilityJIT KUMAR GUPTA
This brief text on Role, Relevance and importance of Architects and profession of Architecture in making this world and human settlements more livable, climate responsive and sustainable has been prepared as commitment of the professionals and profession of Architects on this World Environment Day ; June 5th , 2024 , with the hope that profession would be understood, valued ,appreciated and empowered in the right context for enabling it play its designated role in making built environment qualitative, cost-effective, energy-efficient, eco-friendly, safe and sustainable.
Bridging gap between resources and responsibilities at Local level.JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Text refers to need, role, relevance and importance of empowering urban local bodies by bridging gap between resources available and responsibilities bestowed, for enabling ULBs to operate and function as institutions of local governance more effectively and efficiently.
Construction Industry Through Artificial Intelligence -.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Considering the role, relevance and importance of construction sector in promoting economy, generating employment and creating wealth besides providing infrastructures and amenities, there is need to make the sector more effective, efficient, productive and sustainable. Driven manually, construction sector remains in the slow lane of creating quality built environment which are cost-effective, energy efficient, least consumers of resources and generators of waste. Artificial intelligence can help and empower the construction to make it more valuable, productive and qualitative besides supportive of environment and ecology. However, construction sector must be ready to co-operate and collaborate with IT industry to look for options and opportunities to make construction sector more qualitative and productive. Majority of urban ills and climate related issues can be resolved if Artificial intelligence can be embedded as integral part of the construction industry right prom planning, designing, construction, operation and management of the built environment and infrastructures. Communities and nations will save lot of valuable non-renewable resources if the construction sector is transformed from human led to technology led by the induction of Artificial intelligence. However, Construction industry has to search the areas where Artificial intelligence can be used effectively and intelligently.
Redefining Globalization, urbanisation and LocalisationJIT KUMAR GUPTA
If cities are to made more livable, humane and productive, it is time that intent, contents and scope of globalization must be revisited and reviewed, both critically and objectively. Globalisation would need redefinition for promoting universality and inclusiveness among people and nations to have basic amenities and quality of life for all its residents , including poorest of the poor to lead a dignified life. Failure to redefine globalization, rationalise urbanisation, restore localization empowering poor and promoting universalisation and inclusivity; will invariably lead to making SDGs merely a paper exercise. In addition, making the world, cities and communities sustainable, livable, safe and inclusive, would remain merely a dream and a mirage, for future generations and communities, making planet earth as their preferred place of residence.
Knowing, Understanding and Planning Cities- Role and Relevance Physical Plan...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Cities are known for its complexities and operational inefficiencies. cities remain dynamic ,ever evolving, ever devolving, never static and never finite.
All cities remain different, distinct, unique and universal. No two cities are similar. Each city has its own strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Accordingly, problem faced by any city cannot be viewed, dissected, analyzed and enumerated, while sitting within the four walls of the air-conditioned rooms and by the so called intellectual sitting in the so called offices determining the future of cities and towns. Neither the cities can be made more rational by limited knowledge agencies providing consultancy to cities , states and nations.
For realistically and rationally understanding, analyzing the cities and having simple, cost-effective and quality solutions to the problems and challenges faced , Cities have to be walked through and concerns of the various communities have to be properly understood and appreciated.
Prime reason for inability and lack of capacity on the part of majority of physical planners, engaged in the art and science of planning, designing and developing the cities, to address the issues and challenges faced by cities , realistically and rationally, has genesis in the lack of understanding of the origin, growth and development of cities.
Lack of capacity in majority of town planners, has roots in the quality of education imparted and seriousness and commitment on the part of both teachers and taught involved. As it stands today, majority of institutions involved in imparting education in planning are being run on an ad-hoc manner and by proxy. Only few institutions have regular teachers and regular students. Majority of planning institutions are being run on proxy with proxy students and proxy teachers. Education system including curricula used for teaching, needs, review, revision and redefinition to make it more relevant to rational for addressing the issues and challenges faced by the cities and towns.
Land as a Resource for urban finanace- 24-1-23.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
PPt tries to brief Land, as a gift of nature, is being grossly misused, abused , manipulated Land is globally used for providing platform for all human driven activities, based on living, working, culture of body/ mind and travel.
Limited availability, coupled with large number of human beings trying to source land, has invariably created large demand for land resource for human consumption. Land, in urban context, is required for meeting the specific needs of urban dwellers for residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, travel& traffic purposes besides providing space for infrastructures , amenities, services, trade and commerce etc. Land in urban context remains under large demand and command high price due to concentration of large population in small physical area, with stakeholders making competing claims.Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused. In order to make optimum use of land resource on 24x7x365; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all ULBs are made to focus on eliminating culture and practices promoting un-authorized/ illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the cities. Land needs to be effectively leveraged to generate resources for ULBs to make cities vibrant.
COST-EFFETIVE and Energy Efficient BUILDINGS ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Built environment is known for its capacity, capability, role, relevance and importance to change the quality of life of the occupants and communities. Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle through designing, construction, operation. It calls for making buildings green and sustainable.
Making Buildings cost-effective , Energy Efficient ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle
Ppt briefs about role, relevance, importance of the rating systems applicable in India, criteria used in assessing
greeness, weightage allocated, , brief of how these rating systems are applied, parameters involved; weightage granted, levels of rating granted , incentives given by states for green rated buildings and brief of suggestions, how to make rating system more effective, efficient, objective and transparent.
The phenomenon of global warming remains more pronounced in the urban areas, for the reason cities house large concentration of people and activities in a small/compact urban space.Densely-built downtown areas tend to be warmer than suburban residential areas or rural areas.. UHI not only raises urban temperatures but also increases ozone concentrations because ozone is a greenhouse gas whose formation will accelerate with the temperature. Tokyo, an example of an urban heat island. Normal temperatures of Tokyo go up higher than those of the surrounding area. However, it needs to be understood and appreciated that climate change is not the cause of urban heat islands but it is causing more frequent and more intense heat waves which in turn amplify the urban heat island effect in cities. Major reasons for ever growing global warming and climate change can be attributed to the; Nature and natural; Human-Driven; population; Rapid Urbanisation; Irrational Urban planning; High Density; Inefficient Transportation ;Large generation/consumption of fossil fuel based Energy; Unsustainable Buildings; Polluting Industry & Manufacturing; Unsustainable Agriculture; Irrational Development; Large scale Deforestation; Lack of open spaces and individual life-choices;
Making and Unmaking of Chandigarh - A City of Two Plans2-4-24.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation is a narrative of a
capital city- known for its innovative planning, designing, construction and management of a new capital . It briefs about the principles used in the planning and designing of city -by the first team of planners led by Albert Mayer and Mathew Nowicki-- followed by the second team led by Le- Corbusier, P Jenerette, Jane B Drew , Maxwell Fry. It also details about the various aspects of the city planning, planning of the sector as a neighbourhood, typologies of
various developmental controls used for regulating the construction of buildings. Innovations used for regulating the growth and development of periphery; redensification of city in case city exceeds its planned population of half a million, creating a narrative of city and periphery, innovative landscaping, defining an edict for the city to educate the future citizens of the capital city to safeguard the future growth and development besides lessons learnt from planning and designing the new cities.
Planning and Designing Green buildings-.issues, options and strategiesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Affordability and sustainable development are considered anti-thesis across the world. Generally there exists conflict between the approach to sustainable built environment and affordable buildings. Sustainable development is considered more expensive. According to Middleton, ‘Sustainability and affordability aren’t mutually exclusive goals. It’s not about adding extra, but thinking more carefully about the design of buildings and incorporating technologies that can offset the rising costs of energy, water and other services. Affordability and sustainability are known to fit together perfectly’.
Through excellent design, buildings can be made more sustainable and affordable. Smaller the footprint of buildings, lower will be the upfront costs and embodied energy and lower shall be the running costs of buildings. Looking at the entire context of health, rising cost of amenities/services; Sustainable/Green designs are now being increasingly adopted, to make built environment more cost-effective and affordable. Considering the enormous amount of built environment to be created, India will have no option but to tread the path of sustainability and sustainable development in the built environment. Sustainable built environment would also help in and go a long way in achieving the majority of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals for the reason, built environment is known to be the largest consumer of energy, avoid wasteful use of resources and minimise generation of waste. Global sustainability will be largely contingent upon how effectively and efficiently we can make our buildings sustainable and qualitative through innovative/green design solutions based on local climate and culture, valuing site planning, embedding orientation, cross ventilation, using renewable/waste materials and involving state of the art building technologies.
_Neighborhood Planning in Capital City of Chandigarh- An Appraisal (2) - Copy...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Neighborhood as an idea, concept, option and strategy has been extensively used locally and globally by the Urban Planners to plan and decentralize cities, create cities within cities, promote self-contained communities and to make cities more humane, safe and socially vibrant. Neighborhood has also been used recently to define the city in terms of travel time - making 10/15 minutes city
Accordingly, large typologies of NH ,in terms of planning and designing , with varying shapes, sizes and contents have emerged in the urban context. Americans have used superblock and French using Sector for defining the neighborhood. Despite distinct advantages, holding high degree of relevance in urban and local area planning , NH planning has not been able to deliver the envisioned objectives of safety and social vibrancy. Cities in the process have been socially, economically and physically fragmented, leading to clear division of cities into different communities with little economical and social connectivity. Variance of planning and designing norms followed at NH and sub-neighborhood levels have promoted more dichotomy and contradictions with varying quality of life inducted at local level. Differential population and infrastructures have divided the city into the categories of high/low end NH units. Fabric and morphology of cities, in large cases, has been distorted with urban settlement emerging as a distinct social map of communities graded economically and socially,on the basis of area/location . In the process, the way NH planning concept has been used, neighborhood planning has emerged as an instrument of social and economic segregation/division. In fact in number of cases, concept has been used, misused, abused in intent and content to divide the cities into distinct social and economic layers. Instead of unifying , concept has led to division of cities.
Genesis of modern application of NH can be found in the planning and designing of Chandigarh where entire city fabric of capital city was woven around Sector as the basic unit of planning, concptulasied as self-contained and self-sustaining unit at the local level. However, the way sectors have been planned, it has led to dividing the cities into different and distinct communities. Individual status in Chandigarh can be judged from his/her residence. Concept of Sector has done more damage than good to the fabric of the city. Chandigarh is likely to face considerable problem in making city socially and economically cohesive/vibrant,. Sectors in Chandigarh remain anti-thesis to the basic concept of NH planning of safety, involving walkability, vehicular movement, putting commercial space in the centre. Considering role, relevance, importance and usability , NH needs to be planned, designed with care and caution, in order to make cities socially and economically vibrant, inclusive. NH planning deserves a new definition and approach to make it relevant and rational.
Reviewing, Revising and Redefining Master Plans and Development Plans to Ma...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Looking at its efficacy and efficiency, it can be seen and observed that Master Plans/ Development Plans have done more damage than good for the planned growth and development of the cities to which they have been made applicable. These plans have been violated with impunity both by the people, communities, cities and parastatal agencies; for the betterment/welfare of which these plans were prepared. These plans have been visualized as controller of development rather than promoters of development. Instead of planned development , these plans have been usherers of the unplanned development. These plans are known to be responsible for promoting large number of slums besides making quality of life poor for majority of the urban inhabitants. Cities under Master Plans are also known to promote exclusion rather than inclusion. Master Plans/Development Plans are known to promote prosperity for few and marginalize the large proportions of the local community by making them poor. Instead of catering to urban dynamism, Master Plans/Development Plans try to freeze the city, for next two decades, to which it is made to serve. Accordingly, these plans need to be reviewed , rationalised, revised and redefined to make them better Master Plans/Development Plans
Rationalizing the Planned Growth of Urban India- paper.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused, based on a strategy of sub-division of the land, dictated by the economic forces prevailing in the market. Irrational and ineffective public policies of urban planning and land sub-division, devoid of prevailing ground realities, have turned out to be incompatible with the demands of urban expansion, leading to large scale un-authorized and illegal sub-division of land. In the process, valuable land resources, gift of nature, has been misused, abused and mutilated in this race of uncontrolled and irrational urbanisation. In order to make optimum use of land resource; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all urban centres are made to focus on eliminating the culture and practices promoting un-authorized/illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the country.
Making cities Climate Responsive and SustainableJIT KUMAR GUPTA
“Decarbonization” of cities ,as an issue ,as an option and as a strategy , has been gaining currency in the parlance of; making planet earth livable and sustainable. “Decarbonization has been globally valued for keeping the global temperature below 1.5C, and achieving the agenda and goals defined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, defined by UN for achieving universal sustainability. Despite distinct role and relevance, criticality and importance of decarbonization of cities has neither been properly understood and appreciated nor made integral part of the architectural practice and art and science of designing and construction of buildings. Consuming one -third of global energy (33%) and generating 39% of greenhouse gas emissions buildings have been considered as the major player in the domain of climate change and global warming. Since Architects and Architecture are
actively involved in the making and unmaking of buildings, accordingly it becomes important that planners and architects must play a significant role in making
cities and buildings least consumers of energy and generators of the minimum greenhouse gas emissions. This objective can be achieved if decarbonizing cities/buildings is made a distinct reality . Issue of decarbonizing the cities/buildings assumes importance for the reason, that world’s building floorspace is likely to be become double by the year 2060, with the addition of large number of newcities/ buildings due to rapid urbanization, population growth and economic development ; required for catering to
to the needs of additional population opting for urban living.
Managing Planning and Development of Citie- 26-2-24.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
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Planning and development options for Peri-urban areas
1. Planning and development options for Peri-urban areas
* J.K. Gupta
Introduction
Urban limits continue to be defined under the municipal law without reference to the
existing and future pattern growth and development. With political factors largely
governing the definition of urban boundaries, the process remains slow and static. In
large number of cases the urban limits remained static even over a span of 15-20 years
despite the fact that during this period urban center increase by more than 30-50%, in
terms of population and physical size. Accordingly, most of the new development
continues to occur in the area outside the defined municipal boundaries which had
become highly potential. Factors leveraging large growth taking place outside urban
limits were; limited options available within the existing limits of urban centres, slow
pace of development of urban land, legal restrictions on land development within urban
centres, locational advantage, lesser restrictions on peri-urban land, absence of
regulatory authority, lower land values and easy accessibility to the urban infrastructure
and work centers. In the process, the growth and development of areas outside the urban
limits assume importance and becomes synonymous with the growth and development
of the mother city. Infact, in certain cases the momentum of growth outside urban limits
is found to be of higher order due to numerous factors constraining the development
within the city. Accordingly, development in the periphery of the urban areas assumes
importance for rationalizing the growth of the urban centres of which peri-urban areas
form an integral part. Unfortunately in India, in most of the cases, peripheral areas are
not being subjected to strict legal controls, despite the fact that these areas are witnessing
rapid transformation. Considering the role and importance of the peri-urban areas, it
becomes critical that development of these areas is objectively looked into and
appropriate strategies are evolved to make them integral part of the city growth and
developmental process. Such an approach would help in making urban areas more
sustainable, livable and productive.
Defining Peri-Urban Areas
In the Indian context, peri-urban areas have not found recognition in terms of their
role and importance in rationalizing and promoting the planned growth of urban centers
and making cities more humane, more productive and more sustainable. These areas have
been left largely to be exploited by the speculators, real-estate developers and builders to
create structures and sub-divide the land against all planning and developmental norms.
However, in all developed countries, peri-urban areas are strictly regulated in terms of
their definition and parameters of planning and development.
Peri-urban area has been defined:
As an area around an urban settlement which is distinctive in
character having diverse and mixed land uses and residents. These
are the areas generally located outside the municipal limits.
2. In U.S.A. Peri-Urban areas is defined on the basis of numerous
inter- linked factors which include population density, employment
in non-agricultural uses, industries and population mobility.
Peri-urban areas are areas which are in transition from strictly rural to
urban. These areas form the immediate urban-rural interface and may
eventually fully evolve into being fully urban. Peri-urban are places where
people are key components.
Chandigarh--In the Indian scenario, efforts have been made to define the extent of the
peri-urban areas. First attempt was made in the case of new capital city of Chandigarh
under the provisions of Punjab New Capital.(Periphery) Control Act, 1952, where
initially 8 km. stretch outside the project area was defined as “Periphery” to regulate the
growth and development outside the limits of the new city, The objective was to put a
check on the haphazard, unplanned and sub-standard growth besides making available
land, free from all encumbrances, for future growth and expansion of the new city. The
extent of periphery was subsequently increased to 16 kms, considering the pressure of
development around the capital city..
Punjab-- State of Punjab has also been pioneer in recognizing the role and importance
of peri-urban areas in the context of planned urban development. In 1963, “The Punjab
Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restrictions on Unregulated Development Act”,
was put in place. The Act inter-alia provided for declaring area up to 8 kms around any
city/town, any building of historical and architectural importance or any important
institution, as Controlled area which would be subjected to distinct controls, rules and
regulations evolved under a Development Plan prepared under the Act. It also provided for
regulating development along all important roads and Bye-passes listed in the Act in order
to rationalize the peri-urban growth along these roads, within and outside the municipal
limits. The stretch proposed to be regulated varied from 30 meters along Scheduled Roads
to 100 meters in case of Bye-passes.
Haryana--State of Haryana has also attempted to define peri-urban areas under the
Punjab Scheduled Roads Act and the Haryana Urban Areas, Act 1975. Under the
Haryana Urban Areas Act, 5 km stretch outside the municipal limits and institutions could
be declared as urban areas. Such areas are subjected to strict developmental controls
defined in the Development Plan. Haryana model of development focuses on the need and
importance of rational and planned development of the peri-urban areas whereas
development of core urban areas/mother city is left to the municipal law where no
provision exists for the preparation of the Development Plan. This model is based on the
premise of using the potential of peri-urban areas which have little development but offer
enormous options to acquire cheaper land and promote urban development on a massive
scale by creating large residential, commercial colonies and townships.
In all the above cases, distinct variations have been observed in the extent of Peri-Urban
areas. In the case of Chandigarh, it is observed that the Punjab New Capital (Periphery)
Control Act, 1952 does not specify any limit of such area. It was perhaps the vision of the
first Capital Project Team, which included eminent Architects, Planners, Administrators
and Engineers, who considered prudent that 8 km. would be sufficient to regulate the
development around the new city. However, no study was carried out while defining the
3. extent of the periphery of the city. Stipulations made in the “The Punjab Scheduled Roads
and Controlled Areas (Unregulated) Development Act,1963 with regard to defining the
extent of peri-urban areas seem to have been largely influenced by pattern followed in
Chandigarh. Haryana Urban Areas Act defines 5 km as the extent of peri-urban areas
against 8 kms specified in the Chandigarh law. However, in all these cases, objective and
well defined criteria to determine peri-urban areas are absent. Accordingly, considering
the large implications of the peri-urban areas, it becomes critical that the extent of such
areas should be properly delineated based on well defined parameters. It would not be
appropriate to limit the extent of peri-urban areas by defining it in the law itself because
the extent of the peri-urban areas would vary with individual settlement. Accordingly, it
will be more rational and appropriate, if instead of fixing the extent of area, proper
methodology and objective criterion are laid down in the law, based on which the extent of
Peri-Urban area should be defined.
Development Issues
Peri-urban areas, because of their close proximity to the mother city, are subjected to
numerous development forces which result in changing their basic rural character. Due to
absence of any regulatory authority, the development in the area is subjected to whims and
fancies of the individuals. In the absence of any planning framework, most of the
development is both haphazard and unplanned. The area suffers from lack /absence of
basic infrastructure and services despite the fact, it houses large number of people. The
extent of the peri-urban areas, have been found to have positive co-relation with the size of
the mother city i.e. larger the city, larger would be the extent of peri-urban limits. In
addition to development outside the municipal boundaries, area along major road network
also witnesses linear/corridor pattern of development. Thus peri-urban areas have
features which are distinct from those of urban and rural areas. It has development which
is not compact and contiguous. Development to a large extent is interspersed with
agricultural pockets.
In the Indian context peri-urban areas, which are on a massive roll today are being
subjected to large developmental forces and pressures. Infact they are the areas which are
going to become urban over a period of time, when municipal limits are extended. They
would be required to be provided with appropriate level of planning and developmental
input to integrate them with the existing framework of the city and its services.
Considering the pattern of development existing in the peri-urban areas, process becomes
highly cumbersome and problematic and poses numerous challenges and problems of
integration, with the result these areas continue to be neglected and suffer for considerable
time. To minimize such eventualities, it becomes critical that peri-urban areas are clearly
identified for each settlement and adequately looked after by a properly defined authority
within a planning framework so that their integration with the city does not pose any
problem subsequently.
Peri- urban areas have been found to have significant ecological, bio-diversity, land form,
natural character, landscape and cultural/ natural heritage values. For preserving these
valuable gifts, it becomes all the more important that these areas are rationally and
thoughtfully studied and planned with sensitivity. Since peri-urban development has
serious repercussion for the mother city, it becomes all the more critical that a proper legal
framework is put in place on priority to effectively and efficiently manage the growth and
development of such areas.
4. As per the report of the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner , environmental
management and planning framework surrounding peri-urban areas is complex process,
due to large number of agencies with varied range of functions involved in their
management The investigation critically looks into the approaches adopted for
environmental planning and management. The investigation highlights a range of issues
that seem to be compromising the effectiveness of the environmental planning and
management processes in the peri-urban areas which included:
• Limited capacity of the planning processes to identify and manage tensions
and conflicts.
• Poor leadership from national agencies on how to manage these areas.
• Inconsistent local vision and leadership at times resulted in litigation.
• Variably institutional capacity to promote the sustainable development of
peri-urban areas, both intellectual and financial.
•Relying on the district plans as primary tool for managing the sustainability of
peri-urban areas
•Weak accountability in the system
• Poor quality of baseline resource information
• Low capability to define and manage cumulative effects .
• Poor monitoring of implementation and environmental outcomes.
SWOT ANALYSIS
With a view to critically evaluate and understand the entire gamut of Peri-
urban areas in terms of its strength and weaknesses, opportunities offered and
threats posed for the planned development of urban areas, SWOT analysis has
been carried out. The analysis would help in evolving future growth strategies
for peri-urban areas based on making optimum use of its strength, overcoming
weaknesses, making best use of the opportunities offered and minimizing the
threat posed by the Peri-Urban areas.
Strength:
Strength of the Peri-Urban areas can be enumerated in terms of:
• High growth potential for urban and industrial development.
• Existence of developmental triggers- large industrial/institutional units,
major road/rail network.
• Existence of large number of godowns & wholesale markets.
• Existence of inefficient land market and inadequate supply of serviced land
within the mother city.
• Prevailing high land prices within the core area.
• Existence of restricting legal framework, and irrational Development
Control Regulations operating within the mother city.
• Better options for cheaper, spacious and affordable housing.
• Simpler and liberal process of approvals for development, conversion of
land use and grant of building permissions.
• Easier availability of large quantum of land at cheaper rates.
5. • Easy accessibility to the mother city including its specialized infrastructure
and services.
• Close proximity to work centers and centers of employment.
• Comparatively low cost of living.
• Absence of any toll, taxes, levies, fees etc.
• Availability of basic amenities and services at comparatively lower price.
WEAKNESSES:
Major weaknesses of the Peri-urban areas can be defined in terms of :
• General absence of a well-defined legal framework for planning,
development & management.
• Absence/multiplicity of planning and developmental agencies to regulate
development within the area.
• Absence of well defined planning framework to guide, rationalize and
promote orderly growth of the area.
• Large scale conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural uses due
to easy procedures/absence of any legal framework.
• Unauthorized and haphazard sub-division of agricultural land into small
parcels.
• Absence of building bye-laws or zoning regulations to rationalize use of
land and control of built environment.
• High degree of land speculation due to comparatively lower land values
and simple procedures of land conversion.
• Irrational/ non- conforming land use pattern.
• Dispersed pattern of development with absence of basic infrastructure and
services.
• Absence of a rationalized traffic & transportation network with corridor
pattern of development along the existing road network.
• Generally low quality development and low quality life
• Existence of slums/ low quality housing .
• Poor accessibility within the habitable areas.
• High degree of environmental pollution/ Degraded Environment.
• Absence of trunk services.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Numerous opportunities offered by Peri-Urban areas can be stated in terms of:
• Promoting planned development of urban centers
• Creating large affordable housing stock in close vicinity to the mother city
• Ensuring dispersed pattern of urban growth
• Creating efficient and cost-effective land market
• Integrating effectively growth, development and service network of urban
and Peri-Urban areas
• Creating a pattern of development which is affordable, economical and
user friendly.
• Minimizing growth of slums in the mother city
• Creating large opportunities for employment and economic activities
6. • Taking care of major ills and problems of Indian cities
• Minimizing haphazard, unplanned and unregulated development on the
urban fringes
• Creating balance between rural and urban development
THREATS:
However there are numerous threats posed by the Peri-Urban areas unless
their planning, development and management is not made rational. These
threats can be quantified in terms of:
• Continued large scale conversion of agricultural land into non-
agricultural uses
• Continued unauthorized and haphazard sub-division of agricultural land
into small parcels.
• Absence of building bye-laws or zoning regulations to rationalize use of
land and control of built environment.
• Large scale land speculation due to comparatively lower land values and
simple procedures of land conversion.
• Continued Irrational/ non- conforming land use pattern.
• Absence of basic infrastructure and services.
• Absence of a rationalized traffic & transportation network
• Low quality development and low quality life prevailing in the area.
• Existence of slums/ low quality housing .
• Poor accessibility .
• High degree of environmental pollution/ Degraded Environment.
STRATEGY
Looking at the existing pattern of growth and development of urban centres in India, it
has been observed that “peri-urban” areas have profound influence and major implications
for core urban areas in terms of their planning, development and management. Major
drivers for such implications have been found to be absence of any legal framework,
absence of any planning and development agency to define, promote, regulate and manage
the pattern of development in the area. Considering the valuable contribution of the peri-
urban areas in terms of providing day-to-day needs, employment, shelter, economy and
sustainability to the mother city, their planned development assumes importance.
Accordingly, strategies shall have to be formulated in order to ensure that peri-urban areas
contribute effectively to the sustainability, growth and development of the mother city
rather than becoming a parasite on its resources. Such a strategy should essentially revolve
around;
Creating rational legal frame work
It has been observed that planning legislation has profound implications for urban
development because it defines the system of urban development, establishes the system
of urban planning and regulation of land development. It also defines and delimits the role
of urban planners and managers. All urban laws also define and provide for basic
procedures which have to be followed in the plan preparation and plan approval before
7. they are made operational. It also includes the penalties to be imposed in case of the
violation of the provisions of the plan. Therefore, in all civilized and democratic societies,
existence of a well defined legal framework is a prerequisite to regulate the growth and
development of urban centres. Unfortunately in India very few states have dedicated legal
framework which addresses the need of planned development in the peri-urban areas.
Most of the laws are framed with a focus to take care of the planned development of the
mother city in the shape of master plans or development plans. These laws do not
recognize the peri- urban areas as the area requiring planned development. In the absence
of this, these areas are not subjected to any planning and development mechanism.
However, in certain cases, concept of planning areas, urbanisable areas are followed in the
preparation of master plan but in most of the cases these areas are marked for uses other
than urban and are outside the framework of implementation. Accordingly it becomes
essential that a rational legal framework must be put in place to effectively regulate the
development outside the urban areas. Once legal framework is put in place, proper
management of peri-urban areas would be much simpler, effective and efficient.
Defining Peri- Urban areas
In order to ensure the planned growth of Peri-Urban areas, it will be critical to precisely
define the extent of Peri- Urban areas for each city so that it can be taken care of in the
planning and development process. It has also been observed that peri-urban is not a static
but a dynamic concept, accordingly its extent varies with the extent of the mother city.
Larger the mother city, greater has been found to be the extent of peri- urban area.
Accordingly, it is important that these areas are delineated with care and sensitivity. A
well defined set of parameters will be required based on which peri-urban areas could be
defined. These parameters could include population, population density, percentage of
work force engaged in activities other than agriculture, areas of natural/ built heritage,
pattern of economic and physical growth and development, economic potential of the area,
proximity and accessibility/ connectivity with the mother city. Based on these parameters
Peri-Urban areas for each city should be delineated. It should be made mandatory that for
each urban settlement, its Peri-Urban limits should also be defined as integral part of urban
area so that both areas become integrated, so far as their planning, development and
management are concerned.
Peri- Urban areas made Integral Part of Planning Process
Despite the fact that pre-urban areas have important role and enormous potential to
contribute to the rational growth and development of urban areas, they have not been duly
recognized by planners. Accordingly peri-urban areas have no recognition in the parlance
of the planning process. In fact most of the existing problems of urban areas have their
genesis in the mismanagement of the peri –urban areas. Accordingly, for rationalizing and
promoting planned development of the urban centres, it would be critical to make the peri-
urban areas as integral part of city planning and development process. Considering their
proximity and future growth and development of the city, these areas need to be planned
as an extension of the mother city, so that the services/infrastructure /road net-work of
both these areas are effectively integrated. Once this is done, achieving the objective of
planned and integrated development of peri-urban areas would be much easier, simpler
and quicker.
Designating Agency for the Regulating Growth and Development
8. Most of the growth of peri-urban areas in the Indian context has been found to be both
haphazard and unplanned. Major cause for this malady can be attributed to the absence of
any agency designated to regulate the growth in the area. Accordingly, it will be important
that an appropriate agency must be designated to regulate the development in the peri-
urban areas. It could be a regional level authority in the case of a regional plan which
should be entrusted with the task of managing all identified peri-urban areas in the region.
Task could also be entrusted to District Planning Committee /Metropolitan Planning
Committees, provided these committees have necessary level of planning, development
and management input. However, in case of peri-urban areas of an individual settlement,
the task of management should invariably be entrusted to the city level agency.
Multiplicity of agencies with overlapping areas of operation needs to be invariably
avoided for minimizing conflicts, wastage, conserving and preserving resources and
promoting focused planned development. For proper development, it should be ensured
that local authority must prepare plans, allocate funds for infrastructure development and
deploy effective machinery for regulating development within the Peri-Urban areas
Defining Development Controls/Building Bye-Laws
In order in ensure that built environment of appropriate quality and order is created, it will
be essential to put in place proper system of developmental control within the peri-urban
areas. All building plans must conform to those regulation and controls and all plans
should be got approved from competent authority before construction in the area is
undertaken. Since peri-urban areas are future urban areas, accordingly, it will be important
that bye-laws applicable in the city should also be extended to the peri-urban areas, so that
construction in area is regulated on the pattern of the mother city.
Regulating Sub- division of Land
It has been observed that peri-urban areas are subjected to massive unplanned and
haphazard sub-division of land which leads to large number of growth maladies in these
areas. Accordingly, it becomes critical that unplanned sub-division of land in the area is
effectively regulated. This would call for evolving appropriate layout plan, defining
clearly the road network/amenities/services, defining shape and size of the individual
parcels of land, laying down clearly set-back lines, ground coverage, height and FAR, so
that growth and development of the area is orderly and rational. All sub-division of land
should be subjected to a pre-defined planning framework and approval from the
designated Authority so that haphazard growth is minimized. A well defined framework
containing appropriate planning and developmental norms for sub-division and provision
of amenities would be essential and critical to achieve the objective.
Regulating Conversion of Land Use
In order to minimize land speculation and emergence of non-conforming land uses,
conversion of land from agricultural to non-agricultural uses should be effectively and
efficiently regulated. It should be made more objective and focused and processed in
accordance with the provision of Master Plan. Proposals meeting provisions of master plan
should only be approved.
Levying Charges
9. For permitting sub-division, change of land use and development within the peri-urban
areas, it would be critical to levy charges for land conversion and provision of
infrastructures. Both internal and external developmental charges should be levied in order
to generate resources for providing trunk services in the area. Charges for change of land
use from agricultural to non-agricultural land use on a pre-defined scale should be levied
in order to raise resources for the rational development of the peri-urban areas. The
charges should be on different scale considering the nature of converted land use, intensity
of development and location of the converted land. The charges collected should be
credited to a dedicated fund exclusively for development of Peri-Urban areas. No
diversion of funds should be permitted in order to ensure its rational development.
Creating Appropriate Enforcement Machinery
In order to rationalize the growth of peri-urban areas, it will be critical not only to put a
proper planning framework, but equally important would be to create a well-equipped
enforcement machinery in order to check any violation, haphazard & unplanned
development, unauthorized sub-division of land, change of land use and creation of
slums. Such machinery must include manpower of the appropriate order with enough
authority, equipment and resources, to meet any contingency. Separate fast-track courts
should be created to deal with cases of violation in the peri-urban areas in order to ensure
their quick disposal. This would help in minimizing violation in the peri-urban areas.
Redefining the urban Limits
In order to ensure that peri-urban areas do not remain outside the ambit of growth &
management and people living therein are not deprived of basic urban
infrastructure/services/amenities, it would be critical that local authority limits are re-
defined periodically based on the well defined parameters so as to make peri-urban areas
integral part of mother city. For this a detailed exercise must be undertaken for each urban
settlement by the state Department of Town Planning in collaboration with the Department
of Local Government to redefine the municipal boundaries. Infact, it would be critical for
the state government to create a permanent machinery which should go into this issue on
continued basis and ensure that no peri-urban area suffers mutilation and subjected to
forces of unplanned development in the state. Once peri-urban areas are integrated with
the mother city, most of the urban problems can have rational solution.
CONCLUSION
Considering the critical role of peri-urban areas in the context of urban development, it
would be important that these areas are properly defined, rationally planned and
effectively managed in terms of their growth and development. Unfortunately most of the
peri-urban areas don’t find recognition in the parlance of existing planning and
management system. Legal framework to regulate the area is conspicuous by its absence.
Emergence of large number of peri-urban areas can be attributed to the policies and
program enunciated by the government. Setting up of major projects in isolation and away
from the cities invariably leads to emergence of such areas. Present policy of approving
Special Economic Zones (SEZ), away from the existing urban centres without any
supporting framework for planned development of peri-urban areas is going to lead to
enormous conversion, subdivision of land and haphazard growth and development around
SEZs. It would be important that the issue is looked at critically and an effective legal
10. framework to regulate the development in these areas is put in place on priority. Infact,
future livability, sustainability and productivity of Urban- India will largely depend and
hinge upon, how professionally, effectively and efficiently we manage our peri-urban
areas.
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Jit Kumar Gupta
Chief Town Planner
Sahara Prime City Limited &
Ex- Director, College of Architecture, IET Bhaddal
344/40-A, Chandigarh- 160036
Email: jit.kumar1944@gmail.com