Urban and Regional Economics
Theoretical framework for understanding spatial structure of cities and the nature of the regional economy. Models of urban growth and distribution of city sizes. Analytical techniques such as economic base, input-output and shift share.

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.

Rural Development
Concepts, theories and techniques in identifying various regions, development and regional imbalances, functional linkages of settlements and its hinterland to understand and plan for the region including rural development strategies as micro level planning approaches, decentralized planning and community based management systems.

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.

Urban Land Policies
Basics of land market analysis, land policies, bulk and acquisition, land readjustment, urban land ceiling act, land taxation and fringe area development.

Urban Infrastructure Planning
Urban infrastructure planning with an emphasis on water supply, drainage and road networks, their project planning, pricing and management concepts.

Urban Management
Basic concepts for understanding the planning and implementation processes at institutions concerned with urban management, the principles and practices of public finance.

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 Urban and Regional Planning

Urban Development Planning
Preparation of Comprehensive urban development plan alternatives at the city levels and formulation of development programmes and projects.

Regional Planning
Techniques for preparation of regional development plans through spatial and sectoral analysis.

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.