SCHEME OF EXAMIANTION FOR STUDENT MEMBERS

Introduction

The Institute of Town Planners, India invites applications for grant of student membership
each year. Student members then appear for the Associateship Examination of the
Institute. After successfully qualifying in the examination and completing one year
practical experience in the field of Town Panning Students are eligible to become
Associates Members of the Institute.

The examination is conducted by the Town Planning examination Board (hereinafter

referred to as Board) setup by the Institute. The Board is autonomous in character and
conducts the examination according to the prescribed syllabus of study. It is the final
authority for all matters pertaining to the examination.

The scheme of examination contained in this brochure will be effective starting from the
Associateship Examination to be held in 2003 and would continue to operate until modified
by the Board from time to time.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Every candidate desirous of appearing for the Associateship Examination shall have to
first enroll himself / herself as a student member of the Institute.

The candidate shall fulfill the following requirements for becoming a student member of the
Institute.

Age

Candidate must be of 21 years on the last date for submitting completed applications.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must possess

a. Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture from any University / Institution in

India or abroad or its equivalent recognized by the government of India.

Or
b. Master’s Degree in Geography, Sociology, Economics from any University / Institution
in India or abroad recognized by Government of India.

Candidates must have obtained minimum 55% marks in the qualifying examination listed
in para 2 above.

The Candidate shall be working in an organization or department which is directly engaged

in the work relating to Town Planning such as:

a) Town and Country Planning Organization.

 b) Development Authority / Improvement Trust / Housing Board / Planning
Board etc.
c) Any state level agency undertaking work relating to Town Planning.
d) Private concerns which undertake planning projects in which one of the
partners of the firm possesses a recognized town Planning qualification or is
a member of ITPI or the firm has qualified Town Planners on its rolls..
e) Any other organization which is directly engaged in the work relating to
planning development and management of human settlements etc.

All student members shall be required to give documentary evidence of actual

engagement in planning related work every year.

The candidate shall have adequate facilities for conducting studies in town planning under
the guidance of qualified Town Planner. He / she shall be required to produce a certificate t
\to this effect along with his / her application. Fellows / Associates of ITPI, signatory to the
certificate shall be under professional obligation to provide necessary guidance to the
candidate.

All applications must be routed through proper channel.

TESTIMONIES OF STUDY

After a candidate has been accepted as a student member and before he / she is allowed
to sit in the Associateship examination, he / she will be required to submit a testimony on a
subject set by the Board. The subject for the testimonies of study will be intimated to each
candidate along with acceptance of his / her entry into the examination. Candidate will be
required to prepare the testimony and to submit the same on or before the deadline for the
purpose.

The testimony of study is required to be prepared by the candidate himself / herself

and must be sent along with a certificate by the candidate shall it is his / her
bonafide work.

The testimony of study submitted by the candidate should also indicate that the candidate
has attempted to complete the requirements of the problem in a substantial way and it, on
examination, the Board finds that the candidate has attempted the submission of
testimony of study only as a token; then such testimonies of study will be considered as
not having been submitted at all. The Testimony is to be prepared on the guidelines
communicated by the Board.

In case of copying, the testimony shall be cancelled and disciplinary action will be taken
against the student. The decision of the Board in this matter shall be final and binding.

On clearing the testimony stage, candidates shall be formally enrolled as student

members. They are required to submit two stamp size photos in colour for student Identity
Card. Students then have to clear the Assignments for each paper in which they desire to
appear in the examination. No student shall be eligible to sit in the examination unless he /
she has cleared the assignment in that subject. In case it is subsequently found that a
student has taken up the examination, without clearing the assignment, the result in that
subject shall be cancelled.
Students are generally given 6 to 8 weeks for preparing their assignments. 20% marks in
each subject are earmarked for assignments. These marks shall form part of the final
score in each subject. Assignments are to be prepared on the basis of guidelines which
will be communicated by the Board. On clearing the assignments, student members are
eligible to appear in the examination which is held once a year. The option for elective
subjects in Stage I and it should be indicated in the Examination Form.

EXAMINATION

The entire system of examination is divided into 3 stages. Stage I & II comprises of 7
subjects (5 core subjects and 2 in elective groups). Stag III comprises of one subject
besides the Thesis, as detailed in the syllabus.

After clearing the assignments students are eligible to take up subjects of Stage-I. They
can take up the subjects of Stage-II only after they have cleared all except one subject of
Stage – I besides the assignments of the subjects of Stage-II. However in case a student
falls to clear that subject of Stage-I his / she clears that subject of Stage-I. Students
intending to appear in Stage-III shall have to clear all the subjects of Stage-I and

Stage-II.

Students with Post Diploma in town Planning are eligible to appear in the papers of special
Group (Sociology, Economics and Introduction to Statistics) and Stage-I together provided
they have cleared the assignments in these subjects.

The main examination will be held once a year in the month of October. However there is a
provision to hold a supplementary examination for those students who have appeared in
the main examination but failed to qualify in some subjects.

THESIS

Subjects will be required to suggest three alternative subjects for Thesis for consideration
of the Board, which will approve one of them as a subject on which the student shall
prepare his / her Thesis. Students are required to do this in the form of brief synopsis of
each subject in triplicate. After approval of one of the brief synopsis, students are required
to submit a detailed synopsis in triplicate. Brief Synopsis, Detailed synopsis and thesis is
to be prepared on the prescribed guidelines contained in the thesis Manual. The board
may ask the students to undergo further written / oral examination before accepting the
Thesis. After submission of thesis, the Board will arrange for a viva-voce examination.
Students will be required to appear in this at their own expenses. The last, date and time of
the viva-voce shall be intimated to the candidate in advance.

QUALIFYING MARKS

Minimum qualifying marks in each subject and assignment individually is 50%.

Students shall be declared to have passed the examination with distinction if they score an
aggregate of 75% marks. This will apply only to students who qualify in each paper
including testimony and assignments and thesis in their first attempt.

CERTIFICATE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

 After the student has successfully passed in the theory subjects as well as the Thesis and
viva-voce, he / she will be awarded a certificate of having passed the Associateship
Examination and after completion of one year’s experience in Town Planning, the student
will be eligible to seek election as an Associate Member of the Institute of Town Planners,
India.

ORIENTATION CLASSES

In order to facilitate the basic understanding of subjects of study the Institute organizes
Orientation Classes in Delhi for those students who are willing to attend such classes in
the month of August / September every year. Students are required to intimate the
subjects in which they are interested in attending the Orientation Classes. However they
will have to pay fees as may be prescribed from time to time.

FEES

The schedule of fees is as follows:

1. Admission Fee (to be paid once

at the time of enrolment) Rs. 500/-
2. Membership Fee (to be paid annually,
every years in the month of April) Rs. 50/-
3. Testimonies of Study Fee Rs. 150/-
4. Resubmission of Testimonies of Study Fee Rs. 100/-
5. Fee for Assignment for each subject Rs. 100/-
6. Examination fee for each Group Rs. 500/-
7. Thesis fee Rs. 500/-
8. Resubmission of Thesis Fee Rs. 150/-
9. Fee for Orientation Classes (per subject) Rs. 100/-

Candidates are required to pay the necessary fees along with their applications. If a
candidate is not accepted, the fees paid by him / her will be refunded.

If a candidate after being accepted fails to submit testimony of study, then he / she
forfeits the fee paid.

CENTRES FOR EXAMIANTION

Normally the examination will be Delhi. However, the Board may conduct the examination
at any Regional Chapter of the Institute in addition to Delhi.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

Candidates are advised to carefully examine the pre-requisites regarding qualifications,

experience etc. given in this brochure before filling in an completing the application form.
Completed applications may be sent to the Secretary (Examination), Institute of Town
planners, India with all the necessary documents, certificates and fees by the last date
prescribed.
Normally, the dates for inviting applications for student members and holding of the
examinations shall be as follows:

- Advertisement inviting applications

for student membership January

- Late date for submission of applications February

- Issue of subject of Testimonies of study March

- Receiving of Testimony of study

(Generally two months period is
given for preparing testimony) May

- Acceptance of candidature, result

of Testimonies of study and issue of
assignments June

- Holding of Main Examination April

- Result of Main Examination June

- Holding of supplementary examination October

- Declaration of Supplementary examination result December

The submission of application by a candidate shall be taken to signify his / her acceptance
of the rules and regulation of the examination currently in force and such rules and
regulations which the Board may notify from time to time.

A candidate may withdraw his / her application after submission, provided such withdrawal
has taken place before the application is considered by the Board. Once the Board has
considered the application and give its decision, the rules regarding forfeiture of fees will
apply and the question of the candidates withdrawing will be governed by the rules
applicable.

Students are required to submit the Examination form duly completed along with
necessary fee before appearing in the examination at each stage/ Candidates are also
required to submit attested copies of certificates of their qualifications. Before they are
permitted to sit in the examination, candidates will be required to produce before the
Secretary (Examinations) original certificates for the purpose of verification.

Candidates will also be required to submit a certificate from a qualified Town

Planner who is registered as a Member of the Institute, to the effect that the
candidate is engaged in the study of Town Planning and has the necessary facilities
for conducting such studies.

ATTENTION IS ALSO INVITED TO RULE 33 & 34 OF THE BYELAWS AND

REGULATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE REGARDING PAYMENT OF MEMBERSHIP FEE.
 Rule 33. When a student is in arrears of fees for one year, he is in default
and until he has paid the arrears, has none of the rights and
privileges of membership.

Rule 34. When a student is in arrears of fees for two years, he

ceases to have membership of and class but may obtain
reinstatement of his membership upon payment of all arrears
and such annual fees as he would have been liable to pay had
he continued his membership without interruption.

However the above condition is governed by the Rule 22 under which no student can
continue beyond 8 years of enrolment. Thus students are advised to pay the membership
fee regularly in the month of April every year. The fees prescribed above may be revised
from time to time by the Board. Students failing in any subject will have to re-submit the fee
on the scale prescribed above.

C.1.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASIS FOR PLANNING

Man and Environment. Traditional patterns and trends of change in Indian society,
concept of social structure, cloture and social institutions.

Relation between social structure and spatial structure. Social aspects of housing. Social
problems of slums.

Economic resource, Typology of goods, production economics, process, laws, product and
costs. Economies of scale external economics, of scale, external economics, valuation,
typology of markets, land and real estate market, macro-economic concepts.

Basic economic analysis, economic principles and land use, economic rent, land use
pattern and land values.

Development of land and real property, financial balance sheet of land development.

Land and real properly markets: private ownership and social contract over land.

C.1.2 PLANNING THEORY

Aims and objectives of planning Levels of planning in India and their interrelationships,
Planning Administration.

Models of the planning process, components of settlement structure. Models of urban

structure. Demand and supply of land for urban use, means and mechanisms. Impact on
Urban Structure. Goals of land policy.

Concepts of land use; systems affecting land uses and rationale for land use planning.

Locational attributes of land uses. Land use planning information system. Activity system
and choice of space qualities.
System approach and physical planning. Mixed scanning and approach to land use
planning. Introduction to spatial planning at regional level. Choice theory and advocacy
planning and their relevance.

Action planning and its application in Indian context.

Development plan-types scope and objectives; local / area and regional levels.

C.1.3 PLANNING TECHNIQUES

Planning practice in India, an overview. Methods of identifying urban and regional

problems, setting of goals, objectives and priorities. Performance standards, spatial
standards and standards for utilities.

Classification of regions, regionalization and delineation techniques for various types of

regions. Cluster and factor analysis methods

Analysis for understanding structure of urban areas; land value and density patterns,
locational dimensions of population groups. Forces of concentration and dispersal. Social
Area Analysis, Strategic choice approach and technique of interconnected decision area
analysis.

Introduction to (i) Techniques of system simulation; Grain Lowry model (ii) Linear
programming (iii) Threshold analysis. Preparation of urban and regional development
plans-various approaches; comprehensive planning. System approach to planning. Case
studies identifying use of techniques.

Aerial photography – Basic principles and techniques of photogrammetry, photo

interpretation and remote sensing.

Collection of data by photo-interpretation and remote sensing techniques, analysis,

interpretation of this data and compilation of interpreted data for thematic maps.
Specific applications in urban and regional planning, traffic and transportation planning,
housing, urban design, and landscape analysis.

C.1.4 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Evaluation of urban structure. Transport systems, infrastructure and management,

transport systems and their types, design and operating characteristics, urban road
hierarchy, planning, engineering and management criteria for road and junction
improvements, arterial improvement techniques.

Transport survey and studies study area definitions, survey and their types. Smapling
methods, survey techniques, programming, processing of travel data, analysis and
interpretation of traffic studies.

Analytical techniques: Techniques for urban structure analysis, urban travel

characteristics, urban transport planning process, land use transport interrelationship and
models, scenario building and their analysis.
Mass transit systems: problems and prospects, tramways, trolley buses, LRTS, RTS-
operation characteristics, planning transit systems.

Management of transport systems: Existing organizational and legal framework, traffic and
environmental management techniques. Review of existing traffic management schemes
in Indian cities.
Regional transport systems: Importance of accessibility in regional transport planning.
Role of road, rail, air and water transport systems. Regional transport systems planning,
road network planning for micro regions.

Transport and environment : Traffic noise, factor affecting noise statement measures,
standards, air pollution standards, traffic safety, accident reporting and recording systems,
factors affecting road safety, transport planning for target groups, children, adults,
handicapped and women. Norms and guidelines for highway land scape, street lighting
types, standards and design considerations.

Economic evaluation: Pricing and funding of transport service and systems, economic
appraisal of highway and transport projects. Techniques for estimating direct and indirect
road usercosts and benefits, value of time.

C.1.5 DESIGN PORTFOLIO – 1

Design Portfolio shall consist of two exercises as follows:-

(A) Design and layout for a housing, industrial estate / community centre on an
existing site of approximately 10 hectares.

Following items are to be submitted:

(i) Site analysis clearly indicating all site features, potentials and problems as well
as land suitable for building on 1:1500 or 1:200 scale.
(ii) Design of dwelling units-plans, 2 elevations and one section on 1:100 scale.
(iii) Layout of buildings and roads on 1:100 scale.
(iv) Layout showing trunk sewers, main water lines and refuse collection points on
1:1000 scale.
(v) Report of not more than 20 doublespaced typed Pages of A-4 Size containing
introduction, site analysis, area calculations, and principles of design followed in
the work.
(vi) All drawing have to be properly folded to A-4 size and submitted in a box with
the soft bound report (A-4) size.

(B) Study of an one land use in a Master plan for an Indian tow/city: (Any existing
Master Plan for an Indian town can be taken).

Following items are to be submitted

(i) An existing land use map highlighting the land use which has been selected for
study e.g. open spaces or commercial land use, residential, industrial etc.
indicating all its suscategories and extend and nature of the use / activity.
(ii) Also, an existing land use map showing all the land uses in the plan (clearly
indicating existing and proposed land uses).
 (iii) A map showing the future proposals as given in the Master Plan regarding the
selected land use.
(iv) Analysis of standards adopted in the proposed Master Plan regarding the
selected land use, with suggestions of improvements, if any.
(v) A sketch for alternative proposals for developing the land use within the overall
framework of Master Plan.
(vi) A comprehensive report of not more than 30 double spaced typed pages of A –
4 size containing introduction reasons for selection of the town and particular
land use in it, analysis, calculations, observations and recommendations.
(vii) All drawings have to be properly folded to A-4 size and submitted in a box with
the soft bound report (A-4) size.

E.1.1 HISTORY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Relevance of evolution of human settlements in modern context, historical determinants,

mobility, cociocultural belifts, climate, technology, political power, geographical location,
etc. Settlement types and patters; acncient, mediaeval renaissance and industrial age.

Human scale in settlement planning. Ancient texts and treatises, settlements and area
planning in ancient India.

City as a living and spatial entity, Ekistics and the city, contribution of Ebnezser Howerd,
Mumford and others in city planning. Planning of settlements in colonial era.

E.1.2 PROFECT FORMULATION AND APPRAISAL

Introduction to the life cycle of a project, project identification, formulation, appraisal,

monitoring and evaluation. The role of project formulation and appraisal in the planning
process.

Methodology for project identification and formulation of opportunity studies, feasibility

reports and detailed project reports. Policy parameters for appraisal of project reports.
Planning Commission guidelines, requirements of principle financing agencies in the field
of urban and regional planning. Review of project appraisal techniques adopted by
financing agencies. Cost effectiveness analysis and const- benefit analysis.

Financial cost-benefit analysis. Cash flow analysis, time value of money, discounted cash
flow analysis. Measures of project profitability based on market prices – Net present
value, internal rate of return, benefit cost ratio, etc. Exercises and cases studies.

Economic cost-benefit analysis. Distinction between market prices and accounting prices,
objective functions in economic costbenefit analysis, derivation and application of shadow
wage rates. Measures of project profitability based on efficiency prices. Case Studies.
Social cost-benefit analysis: Trade-offs between efficiency and equity goals in project
appraisal, measurement of direct and indirect costs and benefits in different sectors of
urban and rural development. Adjustments for project impact on saving and investment,
income distribution, consumption of merit and demerit goods. Case Studies.

Techniques for identifying and assessing conditions of risk and uncertainty in the project
environment. Sensitivity and probability analysis in the Indian context. Emerging trends in
the decision making process with respect to project appraisal and resource allocation at
various levels of government.

E.1.3 SOCIAL FORMATION AND CHANGE

Persistence and change in the nature of social grouping in India-caste, community and
family.

Human ecology: Ecological approach in study of Indian cities-limitations of conventional

approaches, role of socio cultural aspects in the growth patterns of a city.

Urbanization: Perspectives on nature and trends between a mass culture.

Tradition and modernization technology and change, aspects of social tension. Illustrative
cases of social perspective in Planning. Planning for recreation and provision for religious
activities. Changing role of public participation and voluntary organizations.

Social dimensions of urban and rural poor.

E.2.1 STATISTICS AND POPULATION STUDIES

Statistics

Theory of probability, random, variables and distribution of sample statistics. Some

important sampling distributions.

Statistical: inference: Estimation of population parameters, testing of hypotheses.

Elementary association models: Chisquare test; simple linear regression and correlation.

Time-series Analysis.

Index Numbers.

Statistics available for spatial analysis: An appraisal.

Population studies

Introduction, Scope, method, subject matter and relevance for spatial planning, sources of
demographic data.

Interrelations: Population change, socioeconomic dimension of development and pattern of

human settlements.

Population, composition and spatial distribution; population structure and composition,

spatial distribution causes and implications of spatial differentiation.

Analysis of labour force, mortality and fertility, Life table technique, relevance for spatial
planning.
Theory models and measurement of internal migration, internal migration and urban
growth.

Population estimation and projection techniques relevant for regions and settlements.

Indian population census data an appraise.

E.2.2 LAND ECONOMICS

Economic concepts of land: Objectives scope of land economics, relevance for spatial
planning. Economic principles of land uses, factors of specific uses like residential,
industrial, commercial and institutional. Development of land, real property and process.
Cost of development, source of finance.

Real property market: Heterogenelly and imperfections, principles and practices.

Economic aspects of land policies at various levels of decision making.

E.2.3 DESIGN OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Role of urban design in the planning process.

Social choices and design options. Ecological determinants in urban settlement design.
Identification of design resource. Principles of structuring urban spaces, locational
parameters of activities and urban uses.

Imageability of the city.

Determinants of urban patterns and forms, landuse density and networks, energy, urban
form impact of technology and construction techniques, standards and implications of
regulatory control on urban form and design, in relation to renewal and re-development of
central areas.

Issues related to changing practices of planning human settlements as applied to spatial

design. Urban design projects, identification, scope and relationship with development
plan-case studies.

Planning and design parameters for new towns, selected case studies.

Urban conservation and design, contemporary approaches, priorities in urban conservation

and nature reserves, integration of historical monuments and areas in the development
process.

C.2.1 HOUSING

Definition of housing, housing as a basic need. Housing as an integral component of

comprehensive urban and regional development. Housing form as shaped by physical,
technological, socioeconomic, demographic and political factors. Role of housing in social
and economic development. Housing as an index of social welfare. Housing in relation to
stages of development particularly as related to developing economy.
Micro and Macro economic views of the housing sector.

Housing situation and India in quantitative and qualitative terms. Housing statistics.

Obstacles to provision of housing in India and emerging issues and priorites in urban rural
housing.

Basic considerations for the formulation of viable housing policy and programmes in
consonance with availability of resources and feasibilities of implementation and
management. Housing policy option in developing countries.

Housing programmes in Five Year Plans of India. Social housing programmes.

Role of private and co-operative sectors in housing. Housing in the informal sector.
Problems of slums and squatting.

Public housing programmes, site and services and slums upgradation approach.

The concept of housing standards, issues involved in formulation of standards.

Housing and its relation to non-residential components of the settlement.

Socio-cultural perspective of housing, housing and family life. Principles of community

Organization. Social sources of residential satisfaction. Community participation in the
design and implementation of housing programmes.

Public housing agencies in India at National, state and settlement level. Their functions
and programmes.

C.2.2 ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Evolution of Ecology, Man and ecosphere.

Components of nature and some basic concepts, process of ecology, flow of material,
water, energy, and invasion. Succession, predation, regulatory forces, adoption, trophic
levels, food chains, food web, ecological pyramids.

Eco-system and their relevance to environment, resources and human settlements.

Modifications in natural environment, causes and consequences.

Impact of advanced agriculture-methods, urbanization and industrialization on nature.

Pollution, types, sources, remedies.

Urban ecosystem approach, evolution and significance.

Introduction to quantitative ecology.

Identification of ecological parameters for planning at different levels, Site planning,

Settlement planning, Regional planning.
Data needs, formats for data collection Types of analysis required to evolve ecological
parameters.

Environmental impact assessment. Methods and their appraisal.

Ecological awareness in India, traditional indigenous methods, contemporary trends.

Endowments and resources, definition and classification according to different criteria,
endues, renewable, non-renewable etc.

Space bound and flow resources, preparation and analysis of resource inventories and
resource matrices.

Finiteness of resources, example of transfer from one resource to another in history in

different part of world.

Development, utilization and conservation of resources, resource planning, integrated

resource planning approach.

Resource regions, their problems and potentials.

Resource management, traditional and contemporary approaches.

Resource management, traditional and contemporary approaches.

Resource development in India, some selected areas (energy, water, manpower, etc.)

C.2.3 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Development management aspects, National goals and political-economic system

effecting it. Development management and development process.

System of local government in India. Development administration at National, State,

District and Local level and the process of decision making, development and
management.

Functions, powers, structure and resources of local governments and their performance.

Identifications of other non-government developmental organizations and their relationship

with local governments. Possibilities of qualitative improvement in plan administration.

Public relation and citizen participation.

Personal management, Manpower planning, performance, appraisal, motivation, and

morale.

Organizational behaviour – organization theory, authority and conflict, administration

communication, leadership in administration organizational changes.

Organizational structure and plan implementing agencies.

Local financial system in India-local taxation and fees, state and local fiscal relations,
financing local services, local services, local expenditure, capital budgeting and
performance budgeting. Financial resource mobilization. Policies and programems of
related financial institutions, administrative aspects of investment.

Land Management practices and policies.

Classical persuasive and no-persuasive strategies and techniques, New techniques of

management by objective (MBO), integrated reporting system, flow diagrams, bar charts,
mile stones, networks (CPM & Pert), line of balance (LOB), Techniques of monitoring of
development works, standard oriented costs control, turn keys system, vertical production
method, inventory cost control technique, unified status index technique.

C.2.4 REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Spatial planning in the regional context. Concepts and theories of marginality, growth and
development. Issues in regional development, dualism and dependency, efficiency, equity
and environmental goals, theories of Spatial Organisation, polarized growth, spread and
backwash, centre and periphery.

National planning framework and general approach in India. Philosophy and status of
regional planning in the planning process, sect oral, multi-level and integrated approach to
planning, national policies on income distribution and provision of minimums basic needs.

Regional analysis techniques to understand regional spatial structure, regional economy,

planning styles in developing countries and contemporary approaches to regional
development, structural and functional aspects, agropolis and its applicability to India.

Development strategies in the regional context in regional to urban / rural area, people
prosperity, growth pole and growth centre strategies, small and medium towns; industrial
region, special area strategies for metropolitan region.

Techniques of target fixation in regional development inter-sectoral co-ordination.

Formulation phasing and implementation of integrated area development plans and
development plan for regions.

C.2.5 DESIGN PORTEFOLIO – 2

PLAN EVALUATION & APPRAISAL

Select a development plan which has been prepared for a town or city of nearly
one lakh population with which you are familiar.
you have to carry out an appraisal of the development plan by following the
instructions given below:
(a) Identity and explain the objectives of the plan as given in it. Also, point out
contradictors between the objectives, if any.
(b) Emumerate the surveys conducted for the preparation of the plan. Identify the
major conclusions of each survey which may be taken as a guideline for
planning. Give your comments on the reliability of surveys and whether they
should have conducted any other types of surveys to arrive at a rational
decision.
 (c) Write a brief note on the direction of growth (physical) and growth potentials
(socioeconomic) as suggested in plan. Appraise the suggestions and give your
own views.
(d) Take up one use (e.g. Residential, commercial, industrial etc.) and evaluate the
policy, planning design, implementation procedures and development controls
regarding the land use, selected by you and as contained in plan.

The appraisal of plan is to be divided into FOUR divisions / chapters as identified in 2

(a,b,c,d) above.

The appraisal shall be presented in the form of double spaced typed REPORT A – 4 size
paper bounded in a soft cover and typed on one side of the paper.

The report should follow usual standard practices on writing, introduction, and page
of contents, list of maps, list of tables, the main four chapter and the bibliography.

The report shall not exceed 50 typed pages. All drawings have to be property
folded to A-4 size and submitted in a box with the bound report (A-4) size.

E.3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN

Components of natural and built enriroment. Resource indentification and its implications
for human settlements: Human, physical social and culture. Conceptual understanding of
quality of life.

Environmental criteria for location of human settlements. Recycling and reosources

conservation. Priorities and strategies for development at various area levels.

Environmental planning, Programme coordination and protection. Energy and human

settlements.

Innovation in technology application and energy use.

Design for living: Environmental design for planning. Integration of environmental

assessments and planning options. Environmental management and overview.

E.3.2 ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Aims and objectives of advanced transport planning systems, approach to transport

policies and their implications on planning approach, problems and issues confronting
cities and regions in development countries.

Design of surveys performs for the study area, traffic zones, defining the network, data
requirements, surveys, roadside interview surveys, employment surveys. Commercial
which money, public transport surveys, inventory surveys, census data etc. Predicting
future survey area and population, forecasting of variables.

Concept of travel demand, factors affecting travel demand, methods of travel demand
forecasting aggregate and disaggregate models and their relevance to Indian situation.

Demand forecasting Techniques.

Transport planning terminology, sequential and simultaneous models, and use model.

Trip distribution-growth factors and synthetic models, calibration process for gravity
models, field applications.

Model slit types, data requirements and factors affecting choice.

Networking planning concepts deterministic and probabilistic. Computer aided techniques

graph theory, traffic assignment techniques their type. Advantages and disadvantages.

Need for long range plan, phasing techniques, economic feasibility of transport project at
macro and urban levels.

Rural roads and special features of villages transportation needs, rural and network
structures.

Terminals, services and their integration with other transport model.

Regional input and output model, multisector consistency and optimizing models.

E.3.3 NETWORK AND SERVICES

Concepts and theories of design and operation of urban services and network systems-
water supply, sewage disposal, drainage, refuse collection, recying and disposal, electricity
network and telephone network, health care and education, police protection and fire
fighting, general welfare.

Operational planning for emergency evacuation in urban areas, basic needs formulation of
objectives, norms and standards both for space allocation and quality control.

The network and service systems: components, interrelationship, requirements and needs
of appropriate technology. Effects of density, land use and urban structure on design of
network and service systems.

Cost recovery, economic of urban service system and networks.

E.4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Quality of life, concepts, indicators, measurements and applications. Environmental

standards.

Environmental impact assessment:

Methodologies, techniques, data requirements and costs. Applicability of EIA to urban

development programmes. Integration of EIA methodology to the planning and
development processes.

Environmental planning and management strategies and approaches relevant to urban

and regional planning. Environmental protection in urban areas, coordination and
enforcement, legislative aspects, population control, technological aspects.
E.4.2 CITY AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ANDDEVELOPMENT

Trends in the dynamics of growth of urban centres in India, urbanization,

metropolitanisation and urban primacy, causes and consequences, measures to reduce
the rate of growth of metropolitan areas.

Physical structure of large cities and metropolitan complexes in India, land use, traffic and
transportation, housing, utilities services and community facilities, present deficiencies.

The economic maladies of the Indian metropolis, the industrial commercial and tax base,
unemployment and urban poverty, growth of the informal sector, measures to increase
employment and to strengthen the economic base.

The social contours of the metropolises, changes in the family size and structure, culture,
occupation, income and life-style, urban-rural dichotomy and social pathology of the large
city.

The management of the metropolis, metropolitan government and finances, proliferation of

local authorities, overlapping jurisdiction; metropolitan planning and development agency,
its powers and function, need for unified urban administration.

E.4.3 VILLAGE PLANNING AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Relevance of rural area for urban development, mutual dependence between urban and
rural areas, between industry and agriculture. Characteristics of symbiotic development
and the pattern of urban development in India in this context.

Levels of living of rural people-trends of development differentials in level of development

between various regions within India and different socio economic group.

National planning and rural development. Concepts of planning for rural settlement.
Regional development and urban rural partnership, related inputs and infrastructure
development.

Agricultural development, allied activities and patterns of rural linkages, communication

and marketing facilities, community development, institutions and delivery of social
services.

Rural settlements, typology, structure, spatial significance in metro-regions and interior

areas. Planning principles or villages and community norms.

Rural settlements, typology, structure, spatial significance in metro-regions and interior

areas. Planning principles or villages and community norms.

Rural reconstruction. Basic needs and rural sanitation, water supply, hygiene and
drainage. Technology transfer and options.

Area, district and block level development planning and implementation, public
participation in rural development process, role of voluntary Organisation.
Rural energy issues, renewable and alternative sources of energy.

Ecological and environmental considerations in rural development and village planning.

C.3.1 PLANING LEGISLATIONA ND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Concepts of law, Sources of law (i.e. custom, legislation and precedent) meaning of terms
of law, legislation, ordinance, bill, act, regulations and byelaws.

Significance of law and its relationship to urban planning. Benefits of statutory backing for
schemes-eminent domain and policy powers.

Indian Constitution, Concept and contents. Provision regarding property rights.

Legislative competence of State and Central Governments to enact town planning
legislation.

National Environmental Policy Act.

Evolution of planning legislation. An overview of legal tools connected with urban planning
and development. Town and Country planning Act. Urban Planning and Development
Authorizes Act, objectives, contents, procedures for preparation and implementation of
regional plans, master plans and town planning schemes.

Concept of arbitration, betterment levy, development charges and public participation in

statutory planning process. Concept of structure plan, local plan and action plan under the
English law.

Land Acquisition Act 1984. Basic concept, procedure for compulsory acquisio of property
and determination of compensation.

Urban land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976 objective, contents and planning
implications.

Significance of land Development Control objectives and legal tools, critical evaluation
zoning, sub-division regulation, building regulation, and byelaws. Development code,
zoning law and law relating to periphery control.

Introduction to law relating to slum clearance, housing landscape and traffic. Legislation
relating to urban conservation and restoration, historical monuments, archaeological sites.
Aims and objective of professional institutes sister bodes, professional role and
responsibility of planning consultants, professional ethics, code of conduct and scale of
professional charge.

Formulation of project proposal and outlines. Consultancy agreements and contracts,

managerial aspects.

Role in inter-disciplinary groups. Appreciation of the decision making process, and the
process in relation to varies consultancy assignments of planning.

C.3.2 THESIS
Each candidate is required to prepare a thesis on a subject concerning urban and regional
planning and development as approved by the Institute.

The objective of a thesis is to provide an opportunity to each candidate to undertake in-

depth and original study and research in the field of his / hr interest. The thesis also
provides an opportunity to synthesize the knowledge and skulls, acquired through the
learning of various theories and practices during the two stages.

The subject of the thesis may be conceptual, historical, analytical, and comparative or in
any other area related to urban and regional planning and development which may be
approved by the Institute from time to time.

Each candidate will prepare the thesis under the guidance of an advisor as approved by
the Institute.

Each candidate is required to defend the thesis at viva-voce examination.