VARIOUS AND USES IN DP PLAN FOR MUMBAI AND NAVI MUMBAI

• Urbanisable zone-Urbanisable Area means the area earmarked for development, for the purpose of Industries, or
other supportive uses except for Agricultural Use in the Development Plan
• Industrial zone -Industrial zone means a zone which specializes in the production of industrial goods and the
provision of services for industrial production, which has defined geographical boundaries and which is established
in accordance with regulations of the Government.
• Forest zone-It is a Zone where the land is covered fully or partially by trees and other vegetation including wildlife
conservation. It is defined as ‘all land, more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10
percent irrespective of ownership and legal status.
• Green zone- A designation provides a local framework to protect the environmental and economic health of a
community heavily affected by local pollution. An entire city could be designated as a Green Zone; or, a Green Zone’s
boundaries could be defined by those of a particular area within a city where residents live with heavy concentrations
of pollution.
• Institutional zone-Refers to the use of land, buildings or structures for a public or non-profit purpose, including a
religious, charitable, educational, health or welfare purpose, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
may include such uses as schools, hospitals, places of worship, recreation facilities, community centers and
government buildings.
• National park /sanctuary-An area set aside by a national government for the preservation of the natural environment.
A national park may be set aside for purposes of public recreation and enjoyment or because of its historical or
scientific interest. Most of the landscapes and their accompanying plants and animals in a national park are kept in
their natural state. A refuge for wildlife where predators are controlled and hunting is illegal.
• Eco-sensitive zone-Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) or Ecologically Fragile Areas (EFAs) are areas in India notified by
the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India around Protected
Areas, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. The purpose of declaring ESZs is to create some kind of "shock
absorbers" to the protected areas by regulating and managing the activities around such areas. They also act as a
transition zone from areas of high protection to areas involving lesser protection.
• Airport-a place where aircraft can land and take off and that has buildings for passengers to wait in
• Harbour-A harbour is an area of the sea at the coast which is partly enclosed by land or strong walls, so that boats
can be left there safely.
• Coastal wetland-The term coastal wetlands defines an area of land that is permanently or seasonally inundated
with fresh, brackish, or saline water and contains a range of plant species that are uniquely adapted to the degree of
inundation, the type of water that is present, as well as the soil conditions.
• Water body-Means property determined to be under water no less than eleven (11) months of the year and under
such standing water for a continuous period of no less than nine (9) months of the year.
• Proposed rail- railway line in planning to be constructed
• Proposed major road-Road that would commonly used and that goes through the main part of a city, town, etc.
• MMR boundary- The boundary defining metropolitan area that consists of Mumbai and the satellite tiwns in the
north Konkan division
• Urban local body boundary-The area that falls under the jurisdiction of local government body.
• NTDA/SPA boundary-The area that falls for future projects under the special planning authority
• railway terminus –A station at the end of a railroad line is referred to as a "terminus." Trains that arrive there must
either terminate their trip or return around and leave the station. The public entrance to the station and the main
reception facilities are at the far end of the platforms, which typically allows travelers to reach all of the platforms
without having to cross any tracks, depending on the station's layout.
• Heritage site -A World Heritage Site is a location that has been accorded legal protection by a global agreement
that is overseen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. UNESCO names places
as World Heritage Sites when they are considered to be of significant cultural, historical, scientific, or other value.
1. "Mining and Quarrying" means extraction of stone earth, murmur or any other mineral including operating brick
kilns.
2. "Residential Land Use" includes any land on which sleeping accommodation is provided for normal residential
purposes, with or without cooking or dining or both facilities, except any activity classified under Group 4.
3. "Educational Land Use includes any land use for school, college or day-care purposes for more than 8 hours per week
involving assembly for instruction, education or recreation and which is not covered by Group 5.
4. "Institutional Land Use" includes any land, which is used for purposes such as medical or other treatment or care or
persons suffering from physical or mental illness, disease or infirmity; care of infants, convalescents or aged persons and
for penal or correctional detention in which the liberty of the inmates is restricted. Institutional buildings ordinarily
provide sleeping accommodation for the occupants.
5. "Assembly Land Use" includes any land, where groups of people congregate or gather for amusement, recreation,
Social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purpose, for example, theatres/multiplex, motion picture houses,
assembly halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rings, gymnasia, restaurants, places of worship, dance halls,
club rooms, passenger stations and terminal of air, surface and marine public transportation services, recreation piers
and stadia.
6. "Business Land Use" includes any land, which is used for the transaction of business (other than that covered in Group
7), for the keeping of accounts and records and similar purpose, doctor’s and dentist’s consulting rooms 52 (unless
these are covered by the provisions of Group 4); service facilities such as news stands, lunch counters serving less than
10 persons, barber shops and beauty parlors, city halls, town halls, courthouses and libraries shall be classified in this
group in so far as the principal function of these is transaction of public business and the keeping of books and records.
Minor offices, incidental to operations in another type of land use shall be considered as part of the main land use and
shall be classified under the relevant group for the main land use.
7. "Mercantile Land Use" includes any land, which is used for shops, stores, markets, for display and sale of merchandise,
either wholesale or retail. Office, storage and service facilities incidental to the sale of merchandise and located on the
same plot shall be included under this group. Minor merchandising operations on land primarily used for other land use
shall be covered by the group under which the predominant land use is classified.
8. "Industrial Land Use" includes any land on which products or materials of all kinds and properties are fabricated, assembled or processed, for example, assembly plants, laboratories, dry-cleaning
plants, power plants, pumping stations, smoke houses, laundries, gas plants, refineries, dairies and saw mills.
9. "Storage Land Use" includes any land uses primarily for the storage or sheltering (including servicing, processing or repairs incidental to storage) of goods, wares, or merchandise, vehicles, for
example-warehouses, cold storages, freight depots, transit sheds, store houses, truck and marine terminals, garages, hangers (other than aircraft repair hangers), grain elevators.
10. “Information Technology” land-use: Information Technology land use includes any land use primarily for the development of computer software and hardware and equipment relating to earth
station, V-SAT routes, transponders, covered and dish antenna, transmission towers and other similar I.T. related uses.
11. “Recreational land use”, means any land-use primarily used for public gathering in an open to sky or under temporarily covered places/shelters on occasions of Public meetings/speeches, sports
meet, exhibitions, fairs, and any other similar public use as may be decided by the Corporation from time to time. The Corporation may designate an appropriate location within this land use for
permitting sports offices, podium, canteen, toilets and such other uses incidental to the recreation land use. However in any case total built up area of such uses shall not exceed 1 % of the gross area of
the plot or 1000 sq.. whichever is less. “
12. “Biotechnology unit ”shall means and include Biotechnology units which are certified by the Development Commissioner (Industries) or any other officer authorized by him in this behalf.

INTERREALTION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE , URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGNING

Architecture is designing and building spaces with the understanding of functionality , structures ,context , community etc .Where as Urban planning is referred to an overview planning of a city or
town it is done for optimum utilization of land and to create an organized community while considering the natural features like water bodies ,forest areas at the same time accounting the existing
built environment. Urban design is a method of creating social spaces creating a community ,it Connects architectural understanding and urban planning to itself and enables in developing a
neighborhood .Architecture and urban planning complement on another as such that they share similar characteristics and also distinguishing features as well .both of them priorities catering to the
users concerned.