5IF02 Sustainable Urban Planning

Subject Faculty: Pratik Patel

Question Bank

1. Discuss Land Use Planning and its role.

2. Draw a Flow diagram of a comprehensive planning process
3. Explain along with sketches different models of cities.
4. List different types of plan and along with salient features of each.
5. Mention typical color coding of a land use map.
6. Explain the role of planner in today’s society.
7. Define Sustainability and explain with examples its role in planning.
8 Define the following:
a. Carbon footprint
b. Ecological foot print
c. Sustainability
d. Planning
e. Urban
f. Rural
g. Environment
9 What is planning and town planning? What are the objectives of town planning?
10 Explain the process of Urban Development
11 Explain the significance of Sustainable urban planning.
12 Discuss the two tier Development process in Gujarat.
13 Write a short note on land pooling mechanism in Gujarat.
14 Discuss T.P.S. Mechanism and its criteria.
15 Discuss advantages and disadvantages of T.P.S Mechanism.
16 Explain the process of Development Plan.
17 Write a short note on sustainability ideas used in Masdar City.
18 Discuss passive building design techniques used in Masdar City.
19 Write a short note on Sustainable Planning aspects of Curitiba city.
20 Write short notes on:
a. Neighborhood Planning
b. URDPFI Guidelines
c. Garden city
d. Radiant city
e. Town Planning Scheme
 f. Urban development goals and objectives
21 What according to you is sustainability and how Sustainable Urban Planning can be
achieved?
22 Explain the significance of
a. Naya Raipur Sector Planning
b. Amravati City Master Plan
23 Write a short note on any one of smart city technologies.
24 Write a short note on Smart City mission.
25 Earlier and modern town planning and its evolution. Definition of planning. Role of a
planner then and now.
26 Objectives of town planning. (5 parts – Health, Convenience, Heritage, Infrastructure,
Ecology)
27 Models of finance in Government as per URDPFI.
28 Financing mechanism in Planning Projects as per URDPFI.
29 Different types of plan as per URDPFI.
30 Classification of cities as per URDPFI.
31 Write a short note on how Social Sustainability was achieved by Bogota.
32 Write a Short note on LARR 2013 and comparisons of old and new Act.
33 Enlist classification on Land Uses with Color Codes as per URDPFI.
34 Discuss Criteria for a Sustainable City.
35 Write a short note LARR 2013 with advantages and disadvantages.
36 Write a short note on Land Use Models.
37 Write a short note on History of Town Planning in India.
38 Explain the difference between Zoning and Landuse.