SCIENTIFIC IDEATION TOWARDS VISIONARY

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR INDIAN URBAN

ENVIRONMENTS

 N.Devi Prasad
Professor of Architecture
VIT, VELLORE
 
 THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-FOURTH
AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992
• 243Q. Constitution of Municipalities.-(1) There
shall be constituted in every State,- (a) a Nagar
Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a
transitional area, that is to say, an area in
transition from a rural area to an urban area;
(b) a Municipal Council for a smaller urban
area; and (c) a Municipal Corporation for a
larger urban area.
Governance structure
 Salient Responsibilities of Municipal Bodies –
built environment specific
• Urban planning
• Regulation of land use and construction of buildings
• Roads and bridges
• Urban forestry, protection of the environment
• Slum improvement and upgradation
• Parks, gardens, playgrounds
• Public amenities, parking lots, bus stops, public
conveniences
Infusion of Scientific Ideation
into Governance Processes
   URBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

  DECISION MAKING MEMBERS

RECOMMENDED
  ADVISORY   LEGISLATED

GOVERNMENT
    INSTITUTIONAL OR   COUNCILLORS   ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL
 
ACADEMIC VISION AGENCIES
AGENCIES

ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS,
RESEARCH / PROJECT FINANCE, PLANNING, LEGAL,
  RESOURCES   PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES   ETC.   INFRASTRUCTURE HEADS,
ETC.

  SCIENTIFIC IDEATION P
  ARTICPATORY PROCESS   OPERATIONAL  TECHNICAL FEASABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
   ACCREDITATION BENEFITS

  STUDENT CREDITS
  ACADEMIA
  DATA AVAILABILITY

 IMPLEMENTATION AWARENESS

SCIENTIFIC THINKING FOR

  PROJECT DIRECTIVES
 
 UNBIASED ADVISORY SERVICES
  GOVERNMENT
DATA COLLECTION THROUGH
  STUDENT / RESEARCH BODIES

EXPOSURE TO ALTERNATE
  THOUGHT PROCESS

BENEFITS OF SCIENTIFIC
  DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
  PUBLIC
GREATER IMMERSION IN
 
UNBIASED PROJECT PROPOSALS
 Action Plans
• Facilitate regular events of learning and sharing of intellectual
pursuits with policy planners at local and regional levels.
• Include teachers of urban design and planning in awareness
programmes on governance, bureaucracy and commercial process
Revise educational curricular content to meet projected local,
regional and national needs.
• Provide space for institutional academic advisors as a matter of
regular procedure in urban development planning at all levels.
• Involve students as project associates on a regular basis.
• Liberate non sensitive government data relating to planning,
socioeconomics, infrastructure and land mapping for research use.
• Create space for an advisory chair on public development projects
Thank you