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The Planning Program @ CEPT
Faculty of Planning
• The Faculty of Planning was established in 1972 as School of Planning, to prepare professionals who would work towards sustainable, equitable and orderly development of human settlements.
• Graduates would contribute to development through facilitating better access to land and housing, infrastructure services and employment opportunities in urban and regional space.
• The endeavor has been to educate and train professionals with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, and the ability to work from the local to the regional.
• Faculty of Planning offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs leading to
• Bachelor of Planning and • Master of Planning Degrees.
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Visiting the current planning issues
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Urban Planning Issues in Transitional and Developing Countries
Main elements of desirable role of urban planning(Planning interventions/Approaches/tools)
Urbanization and demographic trends Housing, water supply and sanitation needsManage Urban development processSpatial and built form related needs of multicultural citiesEducational, training, sports and recreational needs of youth
City size and spatial form (suburbanization, peri-urbanization, metropolitanization)
Trunk infrastructure,Effective planning and governanceInnovative ways of dealing with informality
Urban economic contextsUrban povertyInformality
Facilitating livelihoods through local economic developmentCommunity empowermentPublic and private sector partnerships to improve local economyFlexible land use management
Vulnerability to natural and human disasters Land-use planning, building codes, protecting critical infrastructurerehabilitation of human settlementsincreasing overall resilience
Institutional and professional capacity Revisiting directive and regulatory aspects of plansPrioritizing Urban policy at national scaleDecentralization of planning functionsMonitoring and evaluation of urban plans
The Definition and Role of Planning
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Planner = Who?Competences•Should be able to read and analyze a neighborhood, city or region. A planner should be able to articulate an areas problems, identify forces of change acting upon it and be able to see its potential.•Should know how to listen to and understand residents’ problems and aspiration and help to articulate them better•Must be able to decipher the politics of a place so as to be able facilitate compromises, agree upon priorities, formulate agendas and build consensus•Should have presentation and rhetorical skills to be able to convince people and build consensus•Should be able to view habitats comprehensively while appreciating the specificity of their various dimensions; shift between details and the big picture •Should know strategies and solutions that have been tried across the world in solving similar problems.•Envision an alternative futures, communicate it and build consensus around it•Decide in the face of uncertainty; decide by making trade offs; decide within resource constraint •Build a comprehensive road map to realize the vision agreed upon; delineate a set of implementable projects, programs and regulations•Should be able to work in teams and, when required, lead them.
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The Bachelors Program
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Competences•Value and paradigm•Imagining future (predictive)•Problem identification (diagnostic)•Allocator/ distributor of resources •Decision-making•Animating local processes•Negotiations•Regulation to reduce dominance of special interest groups•Evaluation
Course Structure 8
Genres of Core Courses Generalist Planner to be taught A.core ( multidisciplinary ) concepts, B.skills / techniques and C.introductory thematic /specialization courses
A. Skills / Techniques/ Methods Quantitative & qualitative research methodsSpatial skills & GISCommunication Skills : Visual, Written, SpokenNegotiations & Decision making : Participatory toolsProgram & Project Evaluations
B. ConceptsPlanning History & TheorySociologyEconomicsPolitics & Governance of PlanningDevelopment & Public FinanceProfessional practice and EthicsEcology & EnvironmentPhysical Environment
C. Thematic / Specialization Housing, Environmental Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Transportation,Rural development
The Undergraduate Program
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A. Skills/ Methods / Techniques
Course Theme Course ContentQuantitative and qualitative methods (also field techniques)
Statistical and Quantitative Methods (Concepts, tutorials & software)Qualitative methods
Spatial skills and GIS
Surveying & LevellingGeo Information in Planning (Concepts, tutorials and software CAD, GIS)
Communication skills,
Visual Communications (Technical Drawing, Graphical techniques, free hand sketching, software)Written & Spoken proficiency *
Negotiations & Decision making
Participatory methods
Program & Project evaluation
Project Formulation: Appraisal and Management
The Undergraduate ProgramCourses
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The Undergraduate ProgramCourses
B. Concepts Development Economics
Elements of EconomicsUrban & Regional Economics
Planning theory Urban & Regional location theories, land use & transport theories, demography Planning process & Development paradigms
Urban and planning History
Settlement History
Sociology Settlement Sociology / Human EcologyPolitics & Governance of Planning
Politics, Public administration & Institutions,, Urban Management, Planning Legislation
Development & Public finance
Public/Urban Finance
Professional ethics – planning practice
Professional practice, human values & ethics
Ecology and Environment
Ecology, Resources & sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental Planning
Physical Planning & Built environment
Building structures, materials & principles of constructionCulture, Climate & Technology in built Environment, Environment Design
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The Undergraduate ProgramCourses
C. Thematic /
Specialization Courses
Housing Introduction to Housing, Housing & Community Planning, Planning & Management of Informal Settlements
Infrastructure Planning
Introduction to Urban Infrastructure Planning : Urban utilities, Traffic & Transportation
Electives Real Estate Planning & Management, Urban Renewal ,Urban Environmental Services etc. etc.
Transportation modelling, Sustainable Urban Development, Environmental Impact Assessment, Spatial Statistics etc. etc…
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The Masters Program
The Existing Program2 Years, 4 Semesters, 100 IntakeProfessional Degree (Masters in Planning)
Relook at the Existing Program2 Years, 4 Semesters, 100 IntakeProfessional Degree (Masters in Planning)Restructured Program
The Student gets
Masters in Planning with a Major in Urban and Regional Planning
The Student gets
Only Masters in Planning Degree
The Student gets
• Only M. Plan Degree Major in URP and Minor in Housing
Urban and Regional Planning Domain Courses
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1Urban & Regional Infrastructure System- 2Built Form and Land Use planning- 3Urban and Regional Transportation- A urban planning Studio- (Development planning & Strategies at city scale)- 8 Credits
1 Regional Planning & Development 2 Rural Development 3 Political science & governance B Regional planning Studio- ( planning & Strategies at Regional scale)- 8 Credits
Environment Domain Courses
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Environmental Planning and Science (Sem II)
Energy, Climate Change and Development (Sem III)
Environment and Quality of Life (Sem III)
Natural Resources Management (Sem II)
Environmental Economics (Sem III)
Environment and Social Impact Assessment (Sem III)
Environmental Legislation, Administration and Governance (Sem II)
Housing Domain Courses 30
Fundamentals of Housing
Built Form and Land Use Planning
Housing Economics and Finance
Housing Programme and Project Development & Evaluation
Land Development and Management Practices
Urban Development and Real Estate
Housing Domain Courses 31
Environmental Planning and Science (Sem II)
Energy, Climate Change and Development (Sem III)
Environment and Quality of Life (Sem III)
Natural Resources Management (Sem II)
Environmental Economics (Sem III)
Environment and Social Impact Assessment (Sem III)
Environmental Legislation, Administration and Governance (Sem II)
Urban Infrastructure Domain
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Transport Planning and Modelling
•Overview of urban transport system•Transport planning and its linkage with land use planning•Transport Planning Process- Policies and Plans•Transport data collection and analysis •Demand forecasting
Public Transport Planning
•Different PT modes•PT network planning principles•Performance measurements •Legislations governing the urban public transport sector
Transport Infrastructure Planning and Design
•Design of streets & intersections•Planning & design of infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists•Design of multi-modal public transport infrastructure, such as interchanges, terminals, depots, workshops, and turn-arounds.
Transport Finance
•Financial Analysis and viability analysis of transport projects•Financing options• Case analysis of different type of transport projects
Transport Economics
•True costs of transport and to measure them. •Transport demand & supply concepts•Costing & pricing of transport •Economic appraisal principles and transport regulation.
Urban Transport Domain
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