Regional Development and Planning with special reference to India

Paper Code: 
GEO 422
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
15.00

Regional Planning: Concept, Nature and Scope and its Application to Planning. Regional Hierarchy, Types of regions: Formal and Functional Regions and methods of Regional delineation. Concept of Development and Regional Development: Indicator of development and regional imbalances.

15.00

Concept of Planning Region. Regional Delineation in India: Physical and Economic Regions of India, Schemes of  Planning Regions in India,  Regional policies in India. Identification of Formal and Functional Regions of India.

 

15.00

Regional Economic Complexes, Inter Regional and Intra Regional Functional Interactions, Regional disparities in India City land use structure: generalized land use maps and plans; detail land use patterns and norms; urban land use policy.

15.00

Urban amenities and city transport; city water supply and sewerages, municipal and non municipal services, planning and policy implications. Urban transport network and transport system. Urban transport planning and  policy.

15.00

City planning: legal and institutional framework, planning procedures; the futuristic city; issues in the city planning.

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Academic Year: 
2017-2018