TOWN PLANING

By Rangawala
Edition ISBN Size Binding Pages : 24th edition : 2011 : 978 - 93 - 80358 - 22 - 2 : 135 mm 210 mm : Paperback with 4 color Jacket Cover : 328 + 16
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : INTRODUCTION SURVEYS ZONING HOUSING SLUMS PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC BUILDINGS RE - PLANNING EXISTING TOWNS BUILDING BYE - LAWS DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR MASTER PLAN URBAN ROADS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS APPENDIX I CHANDIGARH APPENDIX II GANDHINAGAR

An attempt has been made by the authors in this book to explain the general principles of the subject of Town Planning. The subject matter is expressed in a simple language and practical manner. The treatment is clear, methodical as well as interesting and easy to follow. The entire subject matter is canvassed in the chapters like: Introduction, Surveys, Zoning, Housing, Slums, Parks and Playgrounds, Industries, Public buildings, Re-planning existing towns, Building bye-laws, Development plan, Urban roads, Traffic management and also Miscellaneous topics. Appendix I and Appendix II discuss about Indias best planned cities Chandigarh and Gandhinagar. The book now contains 64 self-explanatory neat diagrams 9 useful tables and more than 268 questions at the end of the chapters. The book should prove to be extremely useful to the Civil Engineering students preparing for the Degree Examinations of all the Indian Universities, Diploma Examinations conducted by various Boards of Technical Education, Certificate Courses as well as for the A.M.I.E., U.P.S.C., G.A.T.E., I.E.S. and other similar competitive and professional examinations. It should also prove of interest to the practising professionals.

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Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION 1-1 General 1-2 Evolution of planning 1-3 Objects of town planning 1-4 Economic justification for town planning (1) Change in quantity of resources (2) Demand for goods and services (3) Production techniques (4) Redistribution of land values 1-5 Principles of town planning (1) Green belt (5) Road systems (2) Housing (6) Transport facilities (3) Public buildings (7) Zoning (4) Recreation centres 1-6 Necessity of town planning 1-7 Origin of towns 1-8 Growth of towns (1) Aerial ports (3) Roadways (2) Railways (4) Waterways I Growth according to origin 1 Natural growth 2 Planned growth II Growth according to direction 1 Horizontal growth 2 Vertical growth 1-9 Stages in town development (1) Basic village (2) Rural town (3) Service town (4) Town 1-10 Personality of town 1-11 Distribution of land uses (1) Town centre (4) Open space (2) Industrial area (5) Town periphery (3) Residential area 1-12 Forms of planning (1) Local planning (4) National planning (2) Country planning (5) International planning (3) Regional planning 1-13 Site for an ideal town 1-14 Requirements of new towns (1) Function of the town (2) Welfare of the people 1-15 Planning of the modern town 1-16 Planning of military towns (1) Density of development (5) Social grouping (2) Employment (6) Status of individual (3) Function, (7) Work places (4) Housing 1-17 Powers required to enforce T.P. schemes 1-18 Cost of town planning 1-19 Town planning in ancient India 1-20 Indus valley civilization (IVC) Lothal 1-21 Present position of planning in India Questions Chapter 2 : SURVEYS 2-1 General 2-2 Necessity 2-3 Collection of data I Functional survey III Territorial survey II Social survey IV Vital survey 2-4 Types of surveys I Preliminary survey III Regional survey II National survey IV Civic survey 2-5 Uses of surveys 2-6 Methods adopted to collect data 2-7 Drawings 2-8 Report Questions

Chapter 3 : ZONING 3-1 Meaning of the term 3-2 Uses of land (1) Profit-making uses of land (2) Non-profit-making uses of land 3-3 Objects of zoning 3-4 Principles of zoning (1) Arrangement of zones (4) Flexibility (2) Boundaries (5) New towns (3) Existing towns 3-5 Advantages of zoning 3-6 Importance of zoning 3-7 Aspects of zoning (1) Density zoning (3) Use zoning (2) Height zoning 3-8 Zonal plan for military towns 3-9 Transition zone 3-10 Economy of zoning 3-11 Zoning powers 3-12 Maps for zoning Questions Chapter 4 : HOUSING 4-1 General 4-2 Importance of housing 4-3 Demand for houses (1) Immobility (3) Other problems (2) Initial investment 4-4 Building site 4-5 Requirements of residential buildings 4-6 Classification of residential buildings (1) Detached houses (4) Apartments or flats (2) Semi-detached houses (5) Skyscrapers (3) Row of houses 4-7 Trends in multi-storeyed buildings 4-8 Design of residential areas (1) Aesthetics (4) Layout (2) Basic materials (5) Size and shape (3) Housing unit (6) Street system 4-9 Rural housing (1) Accommodation (4) Housing activity (2) Drainage (5) Institutional activities (3) Drinking water (6) Other amenities Typical rural house 4-10 Low cost housing Use of alternative materials and techniques of construction in rural housing Pressed soil block Techniques for cost reduction in low cost housing 4-11 Rural housing boards (1) Economic development (3) Self-help (2) Improvement 4-12 Gruh 4-13 Laurie Baker 4-14 Agencies for housing (1) Government (3) Individuals (2) Co-operative housing societies 4-15 Investment in housing 4-16 HUDCO 4-17 HDFC 4-18 LIC Housing Finance Limited 4-19 CIDCO 4-20 Housing problem in India 4-21 National housing policy, Objectives of NHP Important features of NHP Criticism of NHP, Conclusion Questions

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Chapter 5 : SLUMS 5-1 General 5-2 Causes of slums (1) Decentralization (6) Lack of zoning (2) Economic conditions (7) Migrants (3) Education (8) Powers of local authority (4) Improper use of land (9) Repairs and maintenance (5) Industrialization 5-3 Characteristics of slums (1) Appearance (6) Overcrowding (2) Fire hazards (7) Population (3) Health and sanitation (8) Social isolation (4) Income criteria (9) Way of life (5) Morals 5-4 Effects of slums 5-5 Slum clearance (1) Complete removal method (2) Improvement method 5-6 Works of improvement 5-7 Open plot scheme 5-8 Slum clearance and rehousing 5-9 Prevention of slum formation (1) Cheap housing (5) Rent restrictions (2) Compulsion to employers (6) Social education (3) Construction of buildings (7) Unauthorized construction (4) Maintenance and repairs 5-10 Resources for slum clearance programmes 5-11 The Indian slum Questions Chapter 6 : PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS 6-1 General 6-2 Types of recreation (1) Passive type recreation or parks (2) Active type recreation or playgrounds 6-3 Location of urban green spaces (1) Distribution (3) Planning (2) Location (4) Site selection 6-4 Classification of parks (1) According to character (3) According to size (2) According to purpose 6-5 Theme parks of America 6-6 Park systems (1) Belt or ring system (2) Wedge or radial system (3) Combination of belt and wedge systems 6-7 Park design (1) Collection of data (6) Paths and walks (2) Commercial sports (7) Plantation (3) Division (8) Proportion of each type of (4) Facilities recreation (5) Marine parks (9) Views through trees (10) Water 6-8 Finance for parks (1) By donations (3) By spending from public fund (2) By raising loan 6-9 Parkways 6-10 Boulevards 6-11 Playgrounds (1) Children upto the age (3) Youths and adults of 6 years (4) Private clubs (2) Children at school 6-12 Space standards 6-13 Landscape architecture (1) Continuous park system (4) Standard of living (2) Selection of trees (5) Street trees (3) Size of trees Questions

Chapter 7 : INDUSTRIES 7-1 General 7-2 Classification of industries (1) Manufacturing industries (3) Special industries (2) Miscellaneous industries I Primary industries III Tertiary industries II Secondary industries IV Quaternary industries 7-3 Concentration of industries, Reasons, Advantages Disadvantages 7-4 Requirements of an industry 7-5 Sitting of an industry 7-6 Measures to control location of industries (1) By developing industrial townships (2) By granting concessions (3) By imposing restrictions 7-7 Industrial townships (1) Layout (4) Site (2) Management (5) Size (3) Services and amenities 7-8 Treatment of industrial wastes Characteristics of industrial wastes Treatment methods Questions Chapter 8 : PUBLIC BUILDINGS 8-1 General 8-2 Location of public buildings (1) Foreground (4) Parking space (2) Grouping (5) Purpose (3) Monumental buildings 8-3 Classification of public buildings (1) Dependent buildings (3) Institutional buildings (2) Independent buildings (4) Miscellaneous buildings 8-4 Principles of design of public buildings (1) Adequate sites (7) Hospitals (2) Approaches (8) Markets (3) Business buildings (9) Refuse disposal (4) Comprehensive study (10) Shops (5) Education (11) Social and cultural centres (6) Fire stations 8-5 Town centres (1) Business centres (3) Light shopping centres (2) Civic centres 8-6 Grouping of public buildings (1) Administrative buildings (4) Recreation institutions (2) Educational buildings (5) Social institutions (3) Health institutions 8-7 Civic aesthetics (1) Constructive measures (3) Preventive measures (2) Destructive measures Questions Chapter 9 : RE-PLANNING EXISTING TOWNS 9-1 General 9-2 Objects of re-planning 9-3 Defects of existing towns 9-4 Data to be collected 9-5 Urban renewal projects (1) Conservation (5) Legislation (2) Co-operation (6) Period of project (3) Development plan (7) Redevelopment (4) Finance (8) Rehabilitation 9-6 Decentralization and recentralization 9-7 Garden city 9-8 Surface drains, Shapes of surface drains 9-9 Refuse of town (1) Garbage (4) Subsoil water (2) Sewage (5) Sullage (3) Storm water Questions

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Chapter 10 : BUILDING BYE-LAWS 10-1 General (1) Standard (4) Bye-law (2) Norm (5) Law (3) Regulation 10-2 Objects of bye-laws 10-3 Importance of bye-laws (1) Consultation with superior authority (2) Consultation with subordinate authority (3) Consultation with interested groups 10-4 Function of local authority 10-5 Responsibility of owner 10-6 Applicability of bye-laws (1) Additions and alterations to a building (2) New construction (3) Requirement of open space 10-7 Set-back 10-8 Light plane 10-9 Floor space index 10-10 Off-street parking 10-11 Fire protection (1) Life and stair (3) Special provisions (2) Water supply 10-12 Minimum plot sizes 10-13 Some other terms (1) Auditorium (13) Mezzanine floor (2) Basement or cellar (14) Office building (3) Building unit (15) Ownership tenement flats (4) Commercial building (16) Pent House (5) Consolidated open plot (17) Porch or portico (6) Domestic building (18) Public and semi-public (7) Dwelling house building (8) Dwelling unit (19) Row housing (9) Hut (20) Semi-detached building (10) Industrial building (21) Shopping centre (11) Loft (22) Skip floor (12) Low-rise and high-rise (23) Tenement buildings buildings (24) Theatre and cinema 10-14 Principles underlying building bye-laws 10-15 Building bye-laws for residential area of a typical town planning scheme (1) Permissible size of plots (10) Lift (2) Built-up area (11) Ventilation (3) Margins (12) Stair (4) Area of rooms (13) Minimum requirements (5) Plinth height (14) Water supply (6) Height of floors (15) Drainage (7) Projections in margins (16) Compound wall and gate (8) Cellar (17) Structural aspects (9) Loft (18) Specifications for materials and work manship 10-16 Bye-laws for cinemas, theatres, multiplex, meeting halls,lecture halls, town halls, auditorium, etc. (1) Air-condition (10) Projection room (2) Aisles (passages) (11) Rewinding room (3) Balcony (12) Sanitary accommodations (4) Booking office and (13) Screen managers room (14) Seats (5) Doors (15) Size of plot (6) Front open space (16) Stairs (7) Foyer and auditorium (17) Ventilation (8) Location (18) Water-room and snack bars (9) Parking 10-17 Bye-laws for drive-in cinemas 10-18 Bye-laws for gasoline feeling stations and gasoline feeling cum service station Questions

Chapter 11 : DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR MASTER PLAN 11-1 General 11-2 Objects of development plan 11-3 Necessity of development plan 11-4 Data to be collected 11-5 Drawings to be prepared 11-6 Features of development plan 11-7 Planning standards 11-8 Development plan for military town 11-9 Development plan for hill station 11-10 Report 11-11 Stages of preparation of development plan 11-12 Method of execution of development plan 11-13 Conclusion Questions Chapter 12 : URBAN ROADS 12-1 General 12-2 Objects of urban roads 12-3 Requirements of a good city road 12-4 Factors to be considered (1) Destination (2) Importance of road (3) Nature of traffic (4) Use of road 12-5 Classification of urban roads (1) Arterial roads (4) Streets (2) Sub-arterial roads (5) Pathways (3) Local roads 12-6 Types of street systems 12-7 Through and by-pass roads 12-8 Outer and inner ring roads 12-9 Expressways 12-10 Freeways (1) Access from adjacent (4) Intersections at grade properties (5) Location (2) Design and construction (6) Traffic control (3) Entrances and exits 12-11 Precincts 12-12 Road aesthetics Questions Chapter 13 : TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 13-1 General 13-2 Objects of traffic management 13-3 Traffic surveys 13-4 Traffic congestion (1) General public (3) Transport personnel (2) Road users 13-5 Traffic control 13-6 Road junctions or intersections (1) Angle of crossing (6) Importance of roads (2) Camber (7) Kerbs (3) Channelizing (8) Pedestrian traffic (4) Entry speeds (9) Simplicity (5) Gradient (10) Visibility 13-7 Parking 13-8 Traffic capacity of roads 13-9 Road traffic problems 13-10 Road accidents 13-11 Traffic signals 13-12 Road signs, Limitations of road signs, Design and location of road signs 13-13 Road markings 13-14 Street lighting in a town, Lighting at intersectionsLighting on curves 13-15 Traffic problems of existing towns 13-16 Peculiarities of traffic Questions

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Chapter 14 : MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS General 14-1 Airports , Location of an airport, Size of an airport, Noise control at airports, Parts of an airport 14-2 Betterment and compensation 14-3 City blocks 14-4 Conurbations (1) Employment (3) Public amenities (2) Living standard 14-5 Cul-de-sac streets 14-6 Focal points 14-7 Green belt 14-8 Land use planning Definition (1) Area allocation (5) Location (2) Central business district (6) Natural elements or resources (3) Demography (7) Topography (4) Land market 14-9 Neighbourhood planning Principles of planning Importance Features of neighbourhood unit 14-10 Protective strips 14-11 Public utility services 14-12 Radburn layout 14-13 Rapid transit (1) Maintenance of roads (3) Reduction of running time (2) Reduction in traffic congestion Questions

APPENDICIES APPENDIX I CHANDIGARH 1 Chandigarh 2 Le Corbusier (1887-1965) APPENDIX II GANDHINAGAR 1 Afforestation 2 Capital complex 3 Construction activities 4 Drainage 5 Electric supply 6 Light industries 7 Orientation of roads 8 Parks and playgrounds 9 Population 10 Public buildings 11 Public institutions 12 Railways 13 Residential area 14 Road system 15 Shopping centre 16 Town centre 17 Traffic system 18 Water supply 19 Width of roads 20 Zonal centres

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