Regional Planning and Development

Subject Code: MURP302 Subject Name: Regional Planning and Development Teaching Marks for 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, totalofquestionstobeattemptedfive Objective:

The course intent to make students understand the various concepts and tools of Regional Planning Content:

Module 1 Concepts of Regions, Defining a region, Type of Regions, Rural Settlement Analysis: Types, activity, environment, cultural and economic interface in rural habitat, technology in rural settlement, Elements of Settlement System: Function, Spacing, Linkage, Settlement Pattern and Factors Responsible.

Module 2 Resource Regions; Corridors as regions; National, Sub-National and State as a region; Case Studies from India: NCR and Delhi Mega Region, Mumbai Mega Region, Chennai Metro Region, Kolkata Metro Region, etc; Golden Quadrilateral, Delhi-Mumbai, Industrial Corridor, North-South and East-West Corridor Regions; North Eastern Region, Coastal Regions, Western & Eastern Ghats,. Corridors: Composition of a Region and its planning (Core, Fringe and Periphery). Resources and practices followed for planning regions in India. Impact of Decentralization by 73 and 74 CAA in regional plan preparation and implementation.

Module 3 Growth of Mega and Metro Regions: Scale, Complexity and its impact on national and international scenario, convergence and divergence. Regional Economy, competitiveness among regions, backward and leading regions in development. Regional Interdependence Analysis (through Input-Output model), Regional Inequalities - Growth, Density, Population Distribution, Approvals BOS:2 21/01/2021,31/03/2021 Sub Academic Council:

Academic Council: 9/11/2020 BOM:

Signature Q> University Schoolof Architecture and Planning Masterof Planning(Urbanand Regional Planning) Spatial Patterns and Characteristics of Occupational Types; Special Regions: Ecological regions, SEZ, Agro Regions, etc.; Regional Disparity Analysis (through factor analysis);.

Module 4 New perspectives and methods, for emerging future regions, Migration pattern leading to rapid economic changes and new thrusters for economic growth, Concept of Globalisation, Ecological Footprint, Sustainability, Climate Change.