Planning History and Theory

Subject Code: MURP102 Subject Name: Planning History and Theory Teaching Marksfor Marks for external Total Credits Duration of Schedule Sessional work Examiner Marks Examination Lecture|Studio 2 25 75 100 2 3 hours Paper Setting Total Eight Questions: Q.No. 1 MCQ which is compulsory, Each unit shall have one question, total ofquestionstobe attempted five Objective:

The objective of this course is to make student understand the evolution of settlement from primitive to present. Understanding various theories and concepts of modern planning.

Contents:

Module 1 Relevance of the study of Evolution; Hunter gatherer/ farmer and formation of organized society on the basis of Social, Economic, Religious, cultural etc; Principles and Elements of the city design, City planning in Greek, Roman ancient India medieval, renaissance, industrial and post- industrial cities; Module 2 City as a living & spatial entity; Concepts of landmark, axis, orientation. City form as a living space. City as a political statement. New Delhi, Chandigarh, Washington D.C. etc. Contribution of individuals to city planning. Lewis Mumford, Patrick Geddes, Peter Hall etc.; the dynamics of the growing city. Impact of industrialization and urbanization. Definitions of town and country planning, Orthodoxies of planning, sustainability and rationality in planning, Components of sustainable urban andregional development.

Module3 Urbanization theories eg Concentric Zone Theory, Sector Theory, Multiple Nuclei Theory etc Concepts of City Form eg. Linear City, Garden City Concept; City as an organism: a physical, social, economic and political entity, Contribution to Modern City Planning by Lewis Mumford, Patrick Geddes, Jane Jacobs etc. Emerging Concepts: Global City, inclusive city, Safe city, etc.

City of the future, future of the city; shadow cities, divided cities.

Approvals BOS: 21/01/2021,31/03/2021 Sub Academic Council:

Academic Council: 9/11/2020 BOM:

Signature University Schoolof Architecture and Planning Masterof Planning(Urbanand Regional Planning) Module 4 Models of planning: Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning; Systems approach to planning:

rationalistic and incremental approaches, mixed scanning and middle range planning, advocacy planning and action planning, equity planning. Types of Plans(master plan, development plan , Structure plan etc.); Goal formulation, objective, scope, limitations; Plan making process, planning methodology and case studies.