PLANNING 3

URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Module 1.0 – Course overview

What is Urban and
Regional planning?
What is Urban and Regional planning?
An urban plan (sometimes called a town plan,
master plan, or comprehensive plan) is a guide to
the future of a community.
What is Urban and Regional planning?
The overall government plans for the planning a
city’s infrastructural development, which usually
include the development of residential,
commercial, industrial and recreational areas for
the benefits of the citizens.

Balancing development between the urban and

rural areas.
What is Urban and Regional planning?
Continuous process which involves decision and
choices, about normative ways of using available
resources, with the aim of achieving articular
goals at some time in future.

Conveyers and Hills (1984)

Urban planning helps
communities steer
toward their vision for
a successful future.
Long-term
development of a
community. Usually
between 20 and 50
years ahead.

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Urban plan component
Land use
Different classifications are
used, such as for residential,
commercial, and industrial uses.

Illustrates the community’s

future land use pattern.
Urban plan component
Environmental issues
preserving a city’s natural
elements, providing open space
and recreational areas, and
preserving nearby agricultural
areas.
Future plans for preserving and
protecting environmental
resources.

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Urban plan component
Housing
To help figure out the best
locations for future housing
development and to identify
areas with existing housing.

Connected to solve the rapid

population growth.
Urban plan component
Transportation
What keeps a city connected and
keep on progressing.

Management of the existing

transportation system, as well as
making future improvements.

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Urban plan component
Urban design
Cities are made of up many
building blocks, including
individual buildings, streets, and
neighborhoods.

https://www.udg.org.uk/about/what-is-urban-design
Urban plan component
Utilities and Infrastructure
What keeps the city running;
sewage treatment plants,
underground pipes, power
plants, roadways and power
lines.

Careful planning for long-

lasting and expensive upgrades

https://globaldesigningcities.org/
Urban plan component

L.E.H.T.U.U
Land use Housing Utilities

Environmental Transportation Urban design

Building the Future:
Urban Planning Challenges
Building the Future:
Urban Planning Challenges
Building the Future:
Urban Planning Challenges

Wide range of difficult issues; including

population loss, environmental degradation,
industrial decline, urban sprawl, natural disaster,
and even global population growth.
PLANNING 3
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Module 1.0 – Course overview