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Housing
Market Analysis
Basic concepts in
understanding housing markets, market prices and valuation,
market processes and socio-economic analysis of housing
demand, supply and mobility, policies to influence market
operations.
Housing
Layout and Design
Concepts and approaches
to residential layout and design. Various house types and
their implications in design layout. Appraisal of layout and
design efficiencies of large scale residential areas.
Housing
Finance
Structure of housing
finance system, critical review of existing institutions and
legislation, analysis of affordability, costs and subsidies,
issues for financing low income groups.
Technology
for Housing
Changing concepts of
technology, diffusion and application of technology,
technology for residential buildings and infrastructure,
notions of appropriate technology.
Land
and Real Estate Planning and Management
Land policies for shelter
at state and national level. Basics of land market analysis
for shelter. Various acts and regulations related to urban
land and shelter like land ceiling, land taxation.
Planning
Law and Legislation
Process of formulation
and enactment of law and legislation, legislation related to
town planning, municipality bye-laws and regulations on land,
slums, co-operatives, transfer of property and rent control.
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 Housing
Macro-level
Housing Strategies
Formulation of housing
strategies at local (settlement) or state (regional) level,
institutional structure for housing, evaluative study of past
programmes.
Housing
Project Design and Management
Design of residential
areas, open spaces, clustering, road network utility systems,
costs, financing and returns, legal aspects, tenure,
organization etc.
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.
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