Elective (City Design & Green Space/ Urban Design & Heritage/ Smart Cities)

Subject Code: MURP306 Subject Name: Elective-1 (City Design and Green Space Planning) Teaching Marks for Marks for external Total Credits Duration of Schedule Sessional work Examiner Marks Examination Lecture Studio 2 25 75 100 2 3hours Paper Setting Total Eight Questions: Q.No. 1 MCQ which is compulsory, Each unit shall have one question, total of questions tobe attempted five Objective: The course will provide exposure to a broad range concepts and strategies relating to green space planning in cities. The course will focus on the following aspects:

Content Module 1: History of landscape planning in cities:

Concepts such as garden city, eco-city, sponge city, sprawl vs compact development, landscape urbanism etc.

Module 2: Policies and regulations Formulating a green space policy, hierarchy of open spaces, right of way, policies for water management at the urban level, spaces for leisure and recreation, master plans in India, regional and metropolitan region plans, district level plans, designating ecologically fragile areas.

Module 3:City level greens Greenbelts, greenways, river networks, urban forest networks, hierarchy of green spaces, air corridors and air quality etc.

Module4:Greenasinfrastructure Ecosystem services, infrastructure provision of environmental benefits, measuring benefits derived for air, water, pollution control and reduction in carbon levels.

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

Academic Council: 9/11/2020 BOM:

Signature University School of Architecture and Planning Masterof Planning(Urban and Regional Planning) Suggested Books/Readings:

1. Andersson, E., Kronenberg, J., Cvejic, R., Elmqvist, T., & Deliverable, D. (2015).

Integrating green infrastructure ecosystem services into real economies, 1-53.

2. Chaudhry, P., Bagra, K., & Singh, B. (2011). Urban Greenery Status of Some Indian Cities: A Short Communication. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 2(2), 98-101.

3. Gray, O., Robinetle, "Landscape Planning for Energy Conservation", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York,1984

4. Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment (G.O.1.), (1996), “Urban Development Plans Formulation and Implementation Guidelines', ITPI, New Delhi.