RE4102 Urban Development Process and Policy Syllabus:

RE4102 Urban Development Process and Policy Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES

 To inform about the evolution, form and pattern of urban growth and its impact on the city.
 To enable understanding of the related planning theories concerned with urban growth and the factors affecting decision making in land use.
 To enable understanding of the implications and effects of urbanisation and ways to sustainably manage urban issues.
 To introduce various regulatory regimes, policies on land and development present in the country.
 To impart a broader knowledge of all aspects of public-private partnerships and their short/long term effects on real estate.

UNIT I UNDERSTANDING URBAN GROWTH

Basics of Urban Planning- Historic Overview of City Planning, Dynamic forces driving Urban growth – Urban spatial configuration. Regional influences on settlement hierarchy.

UNIT II LOCATIONAL DETERMINANTS

Land Economics-Land use Structure& Planning-(Permissible &Non Permissible Uses) – Community & Neighbourhood Dynamics, Neighbourhood Unit Theories – Urban Land rent & Location Theories

UNIT III QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT

Urban Quality –Urban Infrastructure, degeneration –Urban Renewal & regeneration – Self Sustaining and shared facilities, Sustainable development in Peri Urban areas

UNIT IV POLICIES ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Public policies on land & real estate, Government Policies – on public & private housing – Redevelopment &Rehabilitation, Urban Fiscal Policies- Govt. Finance, Budgeting, Property Taxation, Impact of Govt. Regulations

UNIT V PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTICIPATION

System drawn and informal participation, various models of public participation, BOT, BOOT, BOO, ROOT, DBOT, DBFO, participatory plan formulation, resource mobilization, maintenance and management.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES

 Knowledge about the dynamics of urban growth and its impact .
 Knowledge of tools to analyse planning decisions and regulations and their implications for society.
 An understanding of urbanisation with an emphasis on responsible urban growth
 Knowledge about the different policies framed by the National & State Government and their impact urban development and real estate pricing.
 Understanding of the challenges of PPP and how it assists to meet the need and financing gap.

REFERENCES:

1. David T Betto, “The Voluntary city Markets, Communities & Urban Planning” (2006)
2. Frieden, Bernard & Lyne Sagalyn, “Enterpreneurial cities & marverik developers, deal amking, getting & spending”, (1990) MIT. Press, U.S.A
3. John Ratcliffe; “Urban Planning & Real estate development, (2004); Taylor & Francis pub. U.K.
4. Jonathan Barnett; “Urban design as a public policy”, (1974), Mc Graw hill book co; New York.
5. Robert Freestone; “Urban Planning in a changing world – the 20th century experience 2000; Taylor & Francis pub. U.K
6. Cities and Public Policy: An Urban Agenda for India by Prasanna K Moorthy (2014)