Lecture 1[]
- Differentiating urban from rural areas
- Concepts of city
- Administrative definitions used by various countries
- Geographical boundaries of urban areas and terminologies.
- classification of urban areas and local governing authorities.
Summary
- concept of urbanization
- measurement of urbanization
- understanding growth of urban areas
- review global urbanization pattern
- review urbanization and sustainable development
- urbanization opportunities and challenges.
Lecture 4[]
Types of plan, purpose, time frame, and examples
- Vision through collective decision-making process
- Regional assessment of resources, potential chAllenges and aspirations
- The vision instructs the policy makers the direction of growth
- Identification of the potential resources in the planning area
- Allows innovations through areas of development in the region and integrates broad level plan at different levels
- Policy formation and preparation of perspective plan
interrelationships among various plans
Levels of planning
Types of plan[]
- Hierarchy
- Spatial extent
- Scale of planning
- Details provided in the plan
- Function and their speciality