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URP-806 Sustainable Urban Land-Use 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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Spring Semester 2017
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Course Title
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Sustainable Urban Land-Use Planning
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Course Code
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URP-806
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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 objective of this course is to help participants to understand the dynamics of urban land use in a functional and integrated way. The course also demonstrates how to effectively utilize policies and planning instruments for managing urban growth and achieving sustainable, equitable and efficient results.
Course Outcomes: After the course the student should have a sound knowledge on sustainable urban land-use planning and be able to make the urban land-use policies and plans, considering various aspects of urban life.
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Detail Content
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- Land Use Planning and its contribution to Sustainable Urban Development;
- Institutions, Policies and Tools for Effective Land Use Planning;
- Integration of Land Use Planning and Infrastructure;
- Management of Growth in Peri-Urban Areas;
- Promotion of Local Economic Development through Land Use Planning;
- Social Equity and Land Use Planning;
- Climate Change and Land Use Planning.
- A comparative study of private and public control of land use / real-estate
- Development through Master plans and Spatial Plans
- Zoning Regulations, , bylaws, subdivision control, Land-use standards and their impacts urban development,
- Strategic planning and guided development plans
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Text/Ref Books
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Text Book (Author, title, publisher, publication year):
- Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes, Helming, Katharina; Pérez-Soba, Marta; Tabbush, Paul (Eds.)
- Kurt W. Bauer, City Planning for civil engineers, and surveyors, CRC Press(2010),
- M. Terry, T. Paul& A. Bruce , The transportation/land use connection, American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service .USA (2009)
Reference books (Authors, title, publisher & publication year):
- Karst Geurs, (2009), Accessibility, land use and transport, Euborn
- LeCorbusier: A Contemporary City; Frank Lloyd Wright: Broadacre City: A New Community Plan
- Hamilton et al. (eds.), Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe, United Nations University Press, 2005.
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Time Schedule
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Spring Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Asst Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed Vohra
MSc AIT Bangkok, Thailand
Discipline: Urban & Regional Planning
Specialty: Human Settlement Development
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