Issues & Challenges in Urban Planning & Development

Explore comprehensive insights into urban development, including housing, industrialization, land markets, and more, to understand the dynamics of modern cities and the challenges they face.

Issues & Challenges in Urban Planning & Development

1 Housing

  1. Housing: Concept and Types
  2. Factors Influencing Housing Pattern
  3. Housing Conditions and Shortage
  4. Housing Finance and Classification
  5. Housing Development Process
  6. Affordable/Inclusive Housing
  7. Housing Policies/Plans
  8. Appropriate Technology for Housing

2 Urban Industrialisation

  1. Industrialization and Growth
  2. Phases of Industrial Development
  3. Perspectives on Size Structure of Firms
  4. Agglomeration and Industrial Clusters
  5. Foreign Direct Investment Flows
  6. Industry and Employment

3 Urban Land Market

  1. Urban Land: Concept and Related Legal Aspects
  2. Land Market: Concept and Types
  3. Classification of Land and Land Markets
  4. Characteristics of Urban Land Market
  5. Segment of Urban Land Market
  6. Problems With Regard to Land Markets
  7. Urban Land Price

4 Urban Paradoxes

  1. Urbanisation Paradox: Concept and Meaning
  2. Shortcomings of Rapidly Growing Urban India
  3. Urban Crime and Violence
  4. Health Consequences of Living in Cities
  5. Urbanisation and Violence in India
  6. Challenges of Sustainable and Inclusive Cities

5 Water And Sanitation

  1. Water and Sanitation: Concept and Importance
  2. Water-Sanitation and Development Relationship
  3. Health Effects of Water and Sanitation
  4. Challenges of Water and Sanitation Problems
  5. Water and Sanitation Policy of India

6 Waste Management

  1. Waste Management: Concept and Elements
  2. Types and Characteristics of Urban Waste
  3. The Waste Management Hierarchy and the 3R Concept
  4. Governmental Measures for Waste Management
  5. Role of Private Sector, NGOs, and Community in Waste Management
  6. Deficiencies and Challenges in the SWM System in India

7 Transport System Management

  1. Classification of Transport System
  2. Transport System Indicators
  3. Characteristics of Urban Mass Transit System
  4. Transport Systems as per Modes
  5. Transport System Management
  6. Resource Component of Urban Transport

8 Energy Management

  1. Energy Concepts and Types
  2. Sustainable Urban Energy Planning
  3. Local Governments and Sustainable Energy Management
  4. Role of Information Technology
  5. Energy Audit
  6. Government Response – Municipal Demand Side Management
  7. Government Response – Green Buildings

9 Urban Health Care

  1. Health: Concept and Relationship with Development
  2. Components of Health Care
  3. Urban Health Care: Situation and Issues
  4. Urban Health Delivery System
  5. National Urban Health Mission Framework for Implementation
  6. Problems of Urban Health Care System

10 Urban Education

  1. Education: An Overview
  2. Education: Global and Regional Status
  3. Education in Urban Context: Issues and Challenges
  4. Measures to Promote Urban Education
  5. Challenges of Education in Urban Slums

11 Urban Law And Order

  1. Urban Spaces and Law and Order Problems-An Overview
  2. Challenges of Urban Law and Order
  3. Urban Revitalisation Measures to Improve Law and Order
  4. Urban Governance and Maintenance of Law and Order for Safety and Security

12 Urban Safety And Security

  1. Safety and Security: Concept and Meaning
  2. Urban Crime: Dimensions and Classifications
  3. Crime in Indian Cities
  4. Measures for Strengthening Urban Safety and Security

13 Informal Sector-An Overview

  1. Informal Sector- Concept, Meaning and Characteristics
  2. Contribution of Informal Sector to Income and Employment
  3. Problems of Informal Sector
  4. Programmes and Policies for Informal Sector and Its Workers
  5. Recommendations of NCEUS to Strengthen the Unorganised Sector

14 Informal Settlement And Urban Poor

  1. Informal Settlement: Meaning and Typology
  2. Cause and Formation of Informal Settlements
  3. Governmental Measures on Housing for Economically Weaker Section
  4. Slum Upgradation: Meaning, Importance and Measures

15 Urban Unemployment

  1. Unemployment: Types, Measurement and Causes of Unemployment
  2. Unemployment in Urban Areas
  3. Growth in Urban Employment/Unemployment
  4. Policies and Programmes to Reduce Unemployment in India

16 Gender Dimensions Of Urban Poverty

  1. Urban Poverty: Concept and Gender Dimension
  2. Urban Poverty: Measurement, Estimates and Challenges
  3. Urban Poverty: Causes and Consequences

17 Pollution

  1. Concept of Industrialization and Industrial Pollution
  2. Industrialization – Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
  3. Industrial Pollution – Environmental Impacts
  4. Air Pollution
  5. Water Pollution
  6. Soil Pollution
  7. Noise Pollution
  8. Socio-Economic Impact of Industrialization

18 Urban Heritage

  1. Heritage: Concept and Meaning
  2. Types of Urban Heritage
  3. Challenges of Urban Heritage
  4. Conservation and Rehabilitation of Urban Heritage
  5. Urban Heritage Policies

19 Water Bodies, Waterwaysand Wetlands

  1. Water Bodies: Concept, Importance and Benefits
  2. Water Ways: Concept and Significance
  3. Wetlands: Concept and Significance
  4. Economic Value of Wetlands
  5. Ecological and Water Footprints of Urban Area
  6. Revitalisation of Water Bodies

20 Open Spaces

  1. Open Spaces: Meaning and Significance
  2. Types of Open Space
  3. Status of Open Spaces in Indian Cities
  4. Causes of Deterioration of Open Spaces
  5. Parameters and Approaches for Revitalization of Open Spaces