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URP- 804 Regional Development Planning
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Campus
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SCEE (NIT)
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Fall Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Regional Development Planning
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Course Code
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URP- 804
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Credit Hours
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3
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Pre-Requisutes
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Course Objectives
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Course Objectives: The course will provide study of regions and processes of regional change. It will also provide understanding of tools, methods and theories of regional analysis, from concepts and techniques of component disciplines such as economics; geography; government; sociology; engineering; agriculture; regional and town planning; and environmental science.
Course Outcomes: Graduates will possess a theoretical and applied knowledge of regional, political and planning issues, allowing work in central government, regional organizations and private consultancies or as a prelude to higher degree studies
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Detail Content
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- National and regional Economic Scenario.
- Analysis of social and physical infrastructure systems.
- Environmental and energy impacts of regional infrastructure development; centralized vs. decentralized systems; case studies on transportation, water supply, wastewater, storm water, solid waste management, community energy facilities, and urban public facilities
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Text/Ref Books
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Text Book (Author, title, publisher, publication year):
- Jonathan Barnett, Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda, ISBN 1-55963-806-0
- Peter Calthorpe & William Fulton, The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl, ISBN 1-55963-784-6
Reference books (Authors, title, publisher & publication year):
- Patricia E. Salkin, Supersizing Small Town America: Using Regionalism to Right-Size Big Box Retail, 6 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 9 (2005)
- Sameer Kochhar, Deepak B Phatak, H Krishnamurthy, Gursharan Dhanjal, eds., Infrastructure & Governance, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2008
- Sameer Kochhar & M Ramachandran Building from Bottom Infrastructure and Poverty Alleviation
- James Parkin & Deepak Sharma Infrastructure Planning
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Time Schedule
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Fall Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Dr. Abdul Waheed
PhD, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Discipline: Urban & Regional Planning
Specialty: Urban Security Planning
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