Environmental Science
Eco-system and components of ecosystem structure, principles of ecology, physical science, earth science, man-environment interface towards sustainable development.

Environmental Economics
Neo-classical concepts of externalities, welfare economics, costs of pollution, environmental cost-benefit analysis, economics of environmental policies and programmes.

Environmental Impact Assessment
Procedural and administrative aspects of EIA, methods of EIA matrices and networks, quantitative methods, techniques of assessment of environmental impacts on air water and land, economics and social impacts, risk assessment and management.

Energy Planning and Management
Energy scenario in India, commercial and non-commercial fuels and the bio-mass economy, resource depletion, alternative fuels and technologies, energy prices and efficiencies, energy accounting and auditing, energy policies.

Technology for Clean Environment
Norms and standards for clean air and water, measurement of environmental quality.

Environmental Policy and Legislation
Structure of environmental policies and laws in India, regulatory and organizational framework for implementation, potential and limitations of various environmental management options.

Economic Analysis for Planning
Changing trends and economic concepts in development economics, poverty and development, economic planning in India, basic concepts in micro economics.

Social Analysis and Methods
Sociological concepts and theories for planning, ecological theories of urbanization, neighborhood and urban community, research methods for socio-economic analysis.

Environmental Planning
Basic concepts of ecology, issues related to use and management of resources, environmental concerns related to development.

Land Use Planning Theories and Techniques
Basics of land use planning theories and techniques, allocation, location and intensity of activities over land, relationships between various activities.

Transportation Planning
Overview of transportation planning in India. Transportation planning process and analytical models, design of urban roads, transport problems in urban areas, mass transportation systems.

Housing
Evolution of housing policies in developing countries. Self-help and support policies for housing, introduction to housing need, demand and supply processes, emerging issues in housing policies, land finance and privatization.

Evolution of Planning
Changing thoughts and practices of planning across nations. Early influences in western and colonial settings, garden city, city beautiful-neighborhood idea, urban renewal, theories of planning and empiricism, emerging issues in housing policies, land, finance and privatization.

Project Appraisal and Management
Theory and techniques of cost-benefit analysis. Basic concept of social welfare and extensions of cost-benefit analysis. Financial feasibility of projects and appraisal methods. Project planning and management using Decision Analysis, PERT/CPM and Linear Programming.

Regional Planning
Concepts and theories of urban settlement structure, urbanization patterns and theories, review of policies and programme for settlement planning in India.

Urban Infrastructure Finance
This course exposes students to the various concepts and principles of urban infrastructure planning and the emerging finance and management issues such as Build Own Operate, Build Own Operate Transfer etc.

Planning Studios in Environmental Planning

Urban Environmental Planning
Case study of environmental land use analysis, preparation of comprehensive policy and programmes for improving environmental quality in an urban context.

Environmental Impact Assessment
Case studies involving environmental impact assessment of existing or proposed projects, development of suitable methodology and its application to the case situation.

Area Planning
Techniques in area planning related to layout, sub-division of plots, utilities and financing through actual applications.

Rural Settlement Planning
Techniques in socio-economic analysis and institutional framework for planning.