PLANNING SURVEYS

CONTENT

• Study and analysis of existing settlements

• Methodology of conducting diagnostic surveys
• Land use survey
• Density survey
• FSI survey
• Traffic surveys
• Presentation of data
 STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING
SETTLEMENTS

EKISTICS

 Ekistics is the study of human settlement, which

examines not only built forms, but also the interface of
time, movements and systems in the built environment.

 Doxiadis saw ekistics as an intellectual approach to

balance the convergence of the past, present, and
future in human settlements as well as a system for
creatively coping with the growth of population, rapid
change and the pressures of large-scale, high-density
housing.
EKISTICS

 Ekistics Lograthamic Scale (ELS)

 ELS consists of 15 Ekistic Units ranging from Man
to Ecumenopolis
 Classified under 4 major types
 Minor shells, or elementary units (man, room,
house)
 Micro-settlements, the units smaller CITY than, or
as small as, the traditional town where people
used to and still do achieve interconnection by
walking
 Meso-settlements, between the traditional town
and the conurbation within which one can
commute daily URBAN REGION
 Macro-settlements, whose largest possible
expression is the Ecumenopolis.
EKISTICS UNITS
SURVEYS (URBAN)

 The important surveys to be conducted before pl anning the

development pl an:

 Demographic surv ey
 Reconnaissance survey
 Topographical survey
 Existing l and uses
 Structural condition
 Density of population
 Socio-economic conditions  Traffic and transportation
 Community facilities
 Utilities and services
 Housing conditions
 Recreational facilities
 Trade and commerce
 Industrial survey
 Public and semi-public uses
SURVEYS (RURAL)

 The surveys to be conducted for collecting the

information in case of expanding a village –

 Reconnaissance survey : to find out the suitability of the

village for redevelopment and the willingness of the
villagers for improvement.
 Engineering survey: to prepare base plan of the village
and the surroundings with details of streets, structures,
contours and other existing features.
 Household survey: to obtain complete picture of the
village regarding socio-economic conditions of people
and the Household survey: e housing situation.
 Observational studies: by actually visiting the village, a
study of environmental hygiene, roads, water and other
facilities can be made by observation.
 Group discussions: mutual exchange of views on planning
with the villagers enables better planning.
 METHODOLOGY OF CONDUCTING
DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS

 'conservative surgery' represents the means whereby cities

can be kept alive while retaining their original character. We
can still productively learn from the past.
 LAND USE SURVEY

 Method of conducting land use survey:

 A team of two persons should be provided with a
clipboard, a map sheet, field survey note sheet, colour
pencils, black pencils, and eraser.
 On reaching field the stretch of road along the survey
route should be numbered for reference on the map.
 The details in the first part of the survey note sheet to
be filled and the reference numbers are noted.
 New buildings and user should be marked in the map
with proper color and notation and note should be kept
in the survey field sheet as per the reference number.
 Drawing a diagonal line on the plan of the building
should indicate any demolition of building.
 DENSITY SURVEY

 Density is a measure of number of dwellings that

occupy an area of land.

 Net density = number of dwellings/land area

(land area excluding the streets and sidewalks, parks and
play grounds, schools and commercial areas)

 Gross density – number of dwellings/land area

(land area including all the landuses)
11 Lima Peru 7,000,000 596 11,750

12 Beijing China 8,614,000 748 11,500

13 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050

14 Kinshasa Congo 5,000,000 469 10,650

Philippine
15 Manila 14,750,000 1,399 10,550
s

16 Tehran Iran 7,250,000 686 10,550

17 Jakarta Indonesia 14,250,000 1,360 10,500

18 Tianjin China 4,750,000 453 10,500

19 Bangalore India 5,400,000 534 10,100

20 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 4,900,000 518 9,450

FSI SURVEY

 FSI – Floor space Index

 FAR – Floor area ratio

FAR = Built up area/ total area of the plot.

It is used as a tool to control the density of people in a

particular area.
FAR is actually applicable for the plot, based on the road
width.
It is also a tool which controls the building height.
 TRAFFIC SURVEYS

 Need for traffic survey.

 Origin and destination survey
 Trip generation
 Trip assignment
 Mode distribution
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