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1. TOWN PLANNING
Subject Code: CL-410
Syllabus, Chapters from text book and scope of Subject
Prof: Samirsinh P Parmar
samirddu@gmail.com
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Technology
Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
www.ddu.ac.in

2. TOWN PLANNING: Syllabus
1. INTRODUCTION: [02]- Origin and Growth of Town.
2. CIVIL SURVEYS: [04]- Purpose, Type, Data Required; Elements of
City Planning. Circulation Pattern, Landscape Pattern of Building;
Use of Master Plan, Central Areas, Town center, Civil Spaces,
Shopping Centre.
3. HOUSING: [05]- Neighborhood Units, Layout with Houses, Building
Bye-Laws.
4. INDUSTRY: [05]- Priorities, Classifications, Siting Industrial Estate.
5. REDEVELOPMENTS : [04]-Slum Clearance Scheme, Town Planning
Schemes, Satellite Town, Control of Ribbon Development.
[no.’s]- indicates Hours of lectures
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3. Chapters from the text book:
• Chapter -1: Introduction: Definition of town planning, Evolution of
towns, Objects of town planning, Economic Justification for town
planning, Principles of town planning, Necessity of town planning,
Origin, Growth and patterns of town development, distribution of
land use, site for ideal town, powers required to enforce T.P. scheme.
• Chapter-2: Civic Surveys: Definition, Necessity, collection of data,
Types of surveys, methods adopted to collect data, Drawings, reports.
• Chapter-3: Zoning: Definition, Use of land, Objects of zoning,
Principles of zoning, Aspects, Advantages & Importance zoning,
Transition zone, Zoning powers, Maps for zoning.
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4. Chapters from the text book:
• Chapter-4: Importance and Demand of housing, Classification,
requirements and design of residential building, Housing agencies,
Housing problems in India.
• Chapter-5: Slums: Causes, characteristics and effects of slums, Slum
clearance.
• Chapter-6: Industries: Classification of industry, Concentration of
industry, requirements of the industry, Industrial townships.
• Chapter-7: Public Buildings: Location, classification principle of
design, town center, grouping of public buildings.
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5. Chapters from the text book:
• Chapter-8: Re-planning of existing towns: Objects of re-planning,
defects of existing town, data required for re-planning, Urban
Renewal projects, De-centralization and Re-centralized, Garden city
concept overview.
• Chapter-10: Building Bye laws: Objects, Importance, applicability of
building bye laws, Functions of local Authority, Set-back, light plane,
FSI, fire protection, off street parking, bye-laws for various facilities.
• Chapter-11: Development plan or Master Plan: Objects, Necessity,
data to be collected, drawings to be prepared, planning standards,
Features of development plan, Stages of development.
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6. Chapters from the text book:
• Chapter-12: Urban Roads: Classification of Urban Roads, Types of
street systems, Through and bye-pass roads.
• Chapter-13: Miscellaneous Topics: Cul-de-sac streets, Green Belt,
Land use planning, Neighborhood Planning.
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7. LEARNING OUTCOMES:
On completion of this course students will be able to
Understand the components of railway engineering and its importance.
Understands the design aspects of track and pavement of railways.
Realize Role of railways in national development.
Understand the problems of urban planning and can give possible solutions of it.
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8. References:
• RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS:
• Town Planning- Charotar Publication – S.C. Rangwala
• Railway Engineering- Saxena
• REFERENCE BOOKS:
• Fundamentals of town planning- Dhanpat Rai & Sons. – G.K.Hiraskar
• Planning and Designing of Buildings- Engg. Book Publishers- Sane Y.S.
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9. References:
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10. Scope of Subject:
• After doing B.Tech Civil Engineering, one can do M.Tech ( Post
graduation) in Planning ( search specialization in Planning) and then
can have Government and Non Government jobs are there.
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11. Institutes Which offers MTech Planning:
• IIT Kharagpur
• School of Planning & Architecture,
New Delhi
• Government College of
Engineering Pune now Pune
Institute of Engineering &
Technology, Pune
• School of Architecture & Planning,
Anna University, Chennai
• Institute of Development Studies,
University of Mysore, Mysore
• Centre for Environmental
Planning and Technology (CEPT),
Ahmedabad
• Guru Ramdas School of Planning,
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar (Punjab)
• Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee
Ref: https://planningtank.com/urban-planning-colleges-in-india
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12. Institutes Which offers MTech Planning:
• Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur
University, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Visvesvaraya National Institute of
Technology, (Deemed University),
Nagpur (Maharashtra)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and
Fine Arts Univ. (JNAFAU) under
Jawaharlal Nehru Technology
University, Hyderabad (A.P)
• Malviya National Institute of
Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
• Maulana Azad National Institute of
Technology, Bhopal
• Sardar Vallabhbhai National
Institute of Technology, Surat
(Gujarat)
• Arvind Bhai Patel Institute of
Environmental Design, Bhai kaka
Centre for Human Settlement,
Vallabh Vidyanagar, (Gujarat)
• College of Engineering,
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Ref: https://planningtank.com/urban-planning-colleges-in-india
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