SRM UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Date of preparation : 19.01.2011
Course Code
Course Title
Year & Semester
Course time
Location

: AR 406
: TOWN PLANNING AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
: 4th Yr, VIII sem
: Jan 2011-Apr 2011
: Architecture Department

Faculty Details:
Name of the Staff
CT.LAKSHMANAN

Sec. Office
A
Arch
Dept

Office Hours Mail ID

8.30 A.Mctlachu@gmail.com
4.00P.M

Required Text Books:

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8.

Text book of Town Planning, A.Bandopadhyay, Books and Allied, Calcutta 2000
John Ratcliffe, An Introduction to Town and Country Planning, Hutchinson 1981
Arthur B. Gallion and Simon Eisner, The Urban Pattern City planning and Design, Van Nostrand
Reinhold company
Rangwala, Town Planning, Charotar publishing house
G.K.Hiraskar, Town Planning
Rame Gowda, Urban and Regional planning
S.K.Khanna, Highway Engineering, C.E.G. Jhusto, Nemchand & Bros. Roorkee 1997
N.V.Modak, V.N.Ambedkar, Town and country planning and Housing, orient longman, 1971

Prerequisite: NIL
Objectives: To expose the students to the history and development of planning, its
relevance & application to modern day principles of town planning.
Tentative test dates
Cycle Test-I
: 22.02.2011
Assignment
: 05.04.2011
Model Examination : 04.05.2011
Test Portions
Cycle Test-I
Assignment-I
Model Examination
Assessment details

: Unit I
: Orientation exercise
: ALL 5 Units
: Cycle Test I : Assignment I : Model Exam: Attendance -

8 Marks
8 Marks
10 Marks
4 Marks
1

Outcomes
Students who have been successfully completed this course
Course outcome
To make students familiarize with various
planning issues involved at the scale of a
town or a city and expose them to various
planning concepts and design solutions

Program outcome
Students should understand the importance
of planning a settlement, issues involved in
it and give innovative design solutions

Detailed Session plan

Lecture No.

Topics to be covered

UNITI

INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING AND PLANNING CONCEPTS

1.
2.
3.

Introduction and Definition of town planning

Need for involvement of various professions in Town Planning
Urbanisation causes and effect
1ST ASSIGNMENT
Classification of towns
Growth and decay of human settlements
survey techniques in planning

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levels of planning
steps for preparation of a town plan
concepts, functions, components and preparation of a development
plan.
Planning concepts related to garden city
Planning concepts related to geddesian triad
Outlook tower
Planning concepts related to neighbourhood planning by CA Perry
Planning concepts related to neighbourhood planning by
ribbon development.
1ST CLASS TEST
satellite towns
ribbon development.
City beautiful movement in America
Mile high tower and Broad acre city by FL Wright
Introduction to Ekistics
Contribution of Doxiadis to Ekistics
UNIT II

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ANCIENT SYSTEM OF TOWN PLANNING IN INDIA

Significance of Ancient system of town planning

Introduction to Indus valley civilization
Examples of Indus valley civilization - Mohenjodaro, Harappa
Extracts from Chanakyas Arthasastra
Extracts from manasaras Vastushastra,
planning thought behind Fatehpur sikhri
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planning thought behind Shahjahanabad
30.
planning thought behind Jaipur
31.
planning thought behind Delhi
UNIT III LE CORBUSIERS CONTRIBUTION TO TOWN PLANNING
32.
concentric city
33.
radiant city
34.
CIAM
35.
Concept of linear industrial city
36.
Earlier plan of Chandigarh
37.
Planning concepts behind Chandigarh
38.
Assignment I
UNIT - IV
ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
39.
Concepts in Regional and Metropolitan planning
40.
land subdivision regulations and zoning, nature of regulations and
control
41.
comprehensive role of urban design in town planning process
UNIT V
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
42.
Introduction to human settlements
43.
influence of socio-economic factors in the development of human
settlements
44.
MODEL EXAM

Staff In-charge

Approved by HOD

CT.LAKSHMANAN

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PURPOSE
To develop an appreciation of the planning issues involved at the scale of a town or a city.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To expose the students to the history and development of planning, its relevance & application to modern
day principles of town planning.
UNITI
INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING AND PLANNING CONCEPTS
22
Definitions of town planning, levels of planning and steps for preparation of a town plan, survey techniques
in planning, concepts, functions, components and preparation of a development plan.
Planning concepts related to garden city, geddesian triad, neighbourhood planning, radburn layout, ekistics,
satellite towns and ribbon development.
UNIT II
ANCIENT SYSTEM OF TOWN PLANNING IN INDIA
9
Indus valley civilization - Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Extracts from Chanakyas Arthasastra, manasaras
Vastushastra, planning thought behind Fatehpur sikhri, Shahjahanabad, Jaipur and delhi
UNIT III
LE CORBUSIERS CONTRIBUTION TO TOWN PLANNING
Selected examples to include concentric city, radiant city, CIAM, linear industrial city and Chandigarh

UNIT - IV
ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
4
Concepts in Regional and Metropolitan planning, land subdivision regulations and zoning, nature of
regulations and control, the comprehensive role of urban design in town planning process.
UNIT V
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
4
Introduction to human settlements, growth and decay of human settlements, influence of socio-economic
factors in the development of human settlements
TOTAL 45
TEXT BOOK
1. Text book of Town Planning, A.Bandopadhyay, Books and Allied, Calcutta 2000
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. John Ratcliffe, An Introduction to Town and Country Planning, Hutchinson 1981
2. Arthur B. Gallion and Simon Eisner, The Urban Pattern City planning and Design, Van Nostrand
Reinhold company
3. Rangwala, Town Planning, Charotar publishing house
4. G.K.Hiraskar, Town Planning
5. Rame Gowda, Urban and Regional planning
6. S.K.Khanna, Highway Engineering, C.E.G. Jhusto, Nemchand & Bros. Roorkee 1997
7. N.V.Modak, V.N.Ambedkar, Town and country planning and Housing, orient longman, 1971