Retrospect of post-colonial metropolitan planning in India: Critical appraisal

Karmakar, Joy

doi:10.5897/jgrp2015.0494

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“…Other than the city residents about 1.7 million people commute daily to the city by the suburban railways (Mondal and Samanta, 2017). While this increasing scope of commutation led to an increase in population in the peripheral areas, the city core experienced negative population growth (Karmakar, 2015). The city peripheries provided better residential areas with provision of open spaces, relatively low land values, lesser congestion etc.…”

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Dynamics of urbanisation and its impact on Land cover and Land use changes in Kolkata, India (1971 to 2011)

Gupta

Bhagat

2023

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Urbanisation in India has taken place at a slower pace compared to other countries. Though it has important demographic, economic, developmental, and social implications yet, unplanned, unsystematic and rapid urbanisation negatively affects the environment. This study attempted to understand the spatio-temporal dynamics of urban population change and associated impact on land cover and land use patterns in the city of Kolkata. Using secondary data sources (Census of India dataset and Landsat imageries) and information from primary interviews, this article discussed the effect of unprecedented urbanisation (1971 to 2011) and space delineation. Results showed an extensive stretch of built-up area throughout the city; from the north, towards the south, east and western sides of Kolkata. This structural change occurred at the cost of loss of green space, croplands, and wetlands, creating a fragmented morphology. City limits expanded till 1991. Over the decades rapid expansion of built-up area was prominent towards the southern and south-eastern portions along with increase in population density within the inner city. The population growth trended downwards recently, eventually becoming negative in 2011. Low fertility rate, out-migration of young skilled personals and an extremely large floating population can be attributed to this phenomenon. However, the expansion of built-up area in Kolkata was divergent to these dynamics. The city landscape was majorly concretised. The foremost concern at this hour is that most of the development remains unbalanced. It reflects on the crucial problems associated with unplanned city growth on the loss of green space, productive cropland, wastelands, and wetlands.

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Dynamics of urbanisation and its impact on Land cover and Land use changes in Kolkata, India (1971 to 2011)

Gupta

Bhagat

2023

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“…Increasing the urban limits of bigger municipalities further. (Karmarkar, 2015) In 1962 the Town and Country Planning Organization (TCPO) drafted a Model Town and Regional Planning Development Law. The comprehensive Urban & Regional Plan Legislation was applicable in all states & Union territories of India which made it mandatory to prepare Master Plans for all urban committees & municipalities.…”

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Participatory Planning Practices in Indian States

Chaudhary,

Singh

2024

JPCE

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Urban Planning in India has come a long way, the planning methods & techniques used for tackling with urban issues had witnessed multiple reform; thus making the planning practices more streamlined over the years. Master Plan for example expected to create solutions for current urban issues as well as develop a balanced growth vision for future. Whereas it is important to understand that the cities contents vast array of stakeholders and a balanced growth means inclusion of all these stakeholders. Since there is existing set of guidelines for development plan preparation process, like UDPFI of 1996, URDPFI in 2015; along with AMRUT guidelines for preparation of City Development Plan (CDP). Purpose of these reforms is not taking control of current haphazard growth but also to establish broad vision for sustainable urban growth which can be achieved over the period of 20 to 25 years. This paper is trying to find and compare the existing Legal Planning Process, i. e. ‘Stage wise Development Plan Preparation framework and the actors involved’, that has been practiced across six different states of India: Maharashtra, Gujrat, Delhi, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka with focus on stakeholder participation.

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Suburban Railways, Commuting, and Metropolitan Expansion

Mondal¹,

Samanta

2021

Mobilities in India

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Retrospect of post-colonial metropolitan planning in India: Critical appraisal

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Dynamics of urbanisation and its impact on Land cover and Land use changes in Kolkata, India (1971 to 2011)

Dynamics of urbanisation and its impact on Land cover and Land use changes in Kolkata, India (1971 to 2011)

Participatory Planning Practices in Indian States

Suburban Railways, Commuting, and Metropolitan Expansion

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