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Heritage remains valuable possession for all communities, states and nations, because it portrays their glorious past . Heritage, unfortunately is lost in the haze of commercialization, economic development and urbanization. Majority of heritage is lost, because it was never identified to be valuable for communities. Majority of nations, have little capacity, capability, willingness and resources to identify their heritage, what to talk of their protection and effective management. Heritage is looked by majority of urban management agencies as a liability. Lack of adequate and effective framework, knowledge, understanding available to identify and manage heritage at local level has led to diluting its context . In majority of cases heritage management is considered as a government led agenda with least involvement of communities and people at the local level. Exclusion from the heritage framework of the communities has been the single important factor which has led to large damage and destruction to the heritage globally. In the larger interest of promoting understanding of our past and learn from their knowledge, understanding , it will be prudent to value heritage.
Based on the context and conclusion drawn from global practices, Heritage Conservation Strategy, should stand on four distinct pillars of Understanding, Positive Action, Developing Partnerships and Promoting Best Practices besides creating a dedicated cadre of experts in all planning/ development agencies for -identification of heritage; aiding, advising, assisting& guiding development agencies on heritage /conservation; Integrating efforts made by all stake-holders ; parastatal agencies, individuals, institutions ; involving communities; making heritage conservation people led movement; earmarking dedicated resources; involving academic institutions to create appropriate skilled manpower; positioning NGOs/CBOs engaged in heritage for preparing comprehensive vocabulary of heritage can help make India, having history spanning over 5000 years, globally recognized resource/ repository of Heritage Management and preferred tourist destination.
Land use and land-use change are central to economic and social development but can threaten sustainability. Sustainable land management practices like landscape restoration, low-carbon agriculture, and management techniques offer opportunities to reverse losses and yield financial benefits through improved outputs, ecotourism, and reduced costs. While markets can support landscape sustainability, non-market mechanisms are also needed like public funding, trusts, and land use planning. For long term sustainability, landscapes must endure over time by reusing infrastructure and retrofitting places to foster community and reduce vehicle dependence.
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Operational and development complexities of cities call for new state of art agenda to be defined for planning, development and management of cities in this era of globalisation and liberlisation of economies. Looking at the enormous population growth and large count of people marching and opting for cities, growth and development of urban areas is emerging as the major issue. Cities known for positivity and negativity can be major source of disasters- both physical, social and environmental. Cities will and are likely to pose major threat to global sustainability. For making planet earth more sustainable and livable ,planning , development and governance of the cities have to be redefined both by professionals, communities, people and parastatal agencies. Planning for sustainable cities must include and involve poor and meeting the basic human needs of living of the poorest of the poor. City planning, development, governance and mobility needs new definition.
Paper tries to look at the positivity and negativities of hill areas and suggest options for its holistic and integrated development to make hill areas more sustainable , productive, livable, qualitative, effective, efficient, promoter of economy, employment and banishers of poverty.
Hill area development - Emerging Issues- Sustainable OptionsJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper describes in brief the role and importance of Hill areas in the development of the nation. It also tries to define the emerging problems which are being faced by these areas. Considering the present status of hill areas, paper tries to list few options/ steps which can be leveraged to make the hill areas more sustainable ,livable and promoters of quality of life for all communities living in both hills and plains
The document summarizes the planning process for the new capital city of Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh, India. Key factors in selecting the site included good transportation connectivity, availability of government land, favorable environmental and drainage conditions, and proximity to existing economic centers. The planned development of Naya Raipur includes government complexes, cultural centers, residential and commercial areas, universities, parks, and transport infrastructure. Individual construction projects within the city will require separate environmental clearances. The state environmental authority has granted provisional approval for the overall development plan while prescribing conditions to mitigate environmental impacts.
Strategy and options for preserving indian heritageJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Heritage remains valuable possession for all communities, states and nations, because it portrays their glorious past . Heritage, unfortunately is lost in the haze of commercialization, economic development and urbanization. Majority of heritage is lost, because it was never identified to be valuable for communities. Majority of nations, have little capacity, capability, willingness and resources to identify their heritage, what to talk of their protection and effective management. Heritage is looked by majority of urban management agencies as a liability. Lack of adequate and effective framework, knowledge, understanding available to identify and manage heritage at local level has led to diluting its context . In majority of cases heritage management is considered as a government led agenda with least involvement of communities and people at the local level. Exclusion from the heritage framework of the communities has been the single important factor which has led to large damage and destruction to the heritage globally. In the larger interest of promoting understanding of our past and learn from their knowledge, understanding , it will be prudent to value heritage.
Based on the context and conclusion drawn from global practices, Heritage Conservation Strategy, should stand on four distinct pillars of Understanding, Positive Action, Developing Partnerships and Promoting Best Practices besides creating a dedicated cadre of experts in all planning/ development agencies for -identification of heritage; aiding, advising, assisting& guiding development agencies on heritage /conservation; Integrating efforts made by all stake-holders ; parastatal agencies, individuals, institutions ; involving communities; making heritage conservation people led movement; earmarking dedicated resources; involving academic institutions to create appropriate skilled manpower; positioning NGOs/CBOs engaged in heritage for preparing comprehensive vocabulary of heritage can help make India, having history spanning over 5000 years, globally recognized resource/ repository of Heritage Management and preferred tourist destination.
Land use and land-use change are central to economic and social development but can threaten sustainability. Sustainable land management practices like landscape restoration, low-carbon agriculture, and management techniques offer opportunities to reverse losses and yield financial benefits through improved outputs, ecotourism, and reduced costs. While markets can support landscape sustainability, non-market mechanisms are also needed like public funding, trusts, and land use planning. For long term sustainability, landscapes must endure over time by reusing infrastructure and retrofitting places to foster community and reduce vehicle dependence.
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Operational and development complexities of cities call for new state of art agenda to be defined for planning, development and management of cities in this era of globalisation and liberlisation of economies. Looking at the enormous population growth and large count of people marching and opting for cities, growth and development of urban areas is emerging as the major issue. Cities known for positivity and negativity can be major source of disasters- both physical, social and environmental. Cities will and are likely to pose major threat to global sustainability. For making planet earth more sustainable and livable ,planning , development and governance of the cities have to be redefined both by professionals, communities, people and parastatal agencies. Planning for sustainable cities must include and involve poor and meeting the basic human needs of living of the poorest of the poor. City planning, development, governance and mobility needs new definition.
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Paper tries to define that sustainability makes a commercial sense and looking at the life cycle cost sustainable development makes all building affordable in the real sense of the term
Hill areas remain different, distinct and unique in its physical structure; economic resources and social fabric . Hill areas also remain unique by virtue of of its morphology, heritage and culture. It remains highly susceptible/prone to human interventions. Accordingly, issues related to architecture, built & manmade environment, ecology, land, resources, heritage, culture and management are critical for any hill areas . Development strategies put in place for hill area to overcome the challenges facing these areas must focus on and leverage sound land use practices for creating sustainable built environment, development of alternate sources of energy, conservation of heritage, planned development of tourism related activities, rational settlement system, optimum utilization and development of resources etc. The basic approach to hill area development must be based on the adopting Regional Approach to planning; using principle of development without destruction and design with nature, culture , local environment/ecology, with efforts made to eliminate any damage to the fragile hill eco-system and natural resources.
This document discusses sustainable architecture and greening neighborhoods through urban planning. It addresses how unchecked suburban development has led to the loss of green spaces. An existing sprawl can be made more sustainable by increasing density and integrating green areas, good transit, and appropriately planned spaces. The document outlines different types of urban green spaces like parks, playgrounds, and linear parks. It also discusses the environmental, social, and economic benefits of urban green spaces, such as reducing conflict, providing recreation, and supporting tourism. Proper planning and allocation of green spaces is important for neighborhood sustainability.
Site planning in Architectural Projects- Principles and ApproachesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper makes an attempt to define the process, elements and principles which should be considered for site planning in the architectural projects. Paper also defines the role and importance of the site planning in planning, designing and making the projects sustainable.
Task 9 Kajang Local Plan For Sustainable Development (a133921)izham27
This document presents a proposed local plan for sustainable development in Kajang, Malaysia. It aims to produce a self-reliant town with a higher quality of living. The plan addresses objectives of maintaining economic growth, promoting social progress, protecting the environment, and using natural resources prudently. It proposes developing vibrant mixed-use centres and corridors connected by improved public transportation including bus rapid transit, an expanded subway system, and trams. It also recommends strategies like car sharing to minimize environmental impacts from increased travel demands. The plan emphasizes integrating land use and transportation planning, as well as prioritizing pedestrians, cyclists, public transit, and sustainable private transport options.
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The rural-urban fringe is an undervalued space that lacks coherent management. It faces competing demands for housing, retail, recreation, and waste management. Planning has taken a piecemeal approach, focusing on urban needs without consideration for those living in the fringe. Adopting an ecosystem services framework and integrating it with spatial planning could provide a holistic way to manage the fringe by accounting for the various economic, social, and environmental benefits it provides. However, challenges remain around stakeholder inclusion, long-term planning, and empowering deprived communities under new localism policies.
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This document discusses riverfront development and landscape architecture. It begins with definitions of key terms like riverfront and waterfront public space. It then discusses the characteristics and types of riverfronts, as well as the advantages of riverfront development projects. Principles, criteria and case studies of successful riverfront projects are provided. The case study focuses on the Kutchin Riverfront development in Malaysia, which transformed a commercial river area into a recreational space with amenities while celebrating the local culture and history.
Regional planning deals with efficient placement of land uses like farmland, cities, infrastructure, and wilderness across a larger area than individual towns. A region requires various land uses to support protection of farmland, cities, industry, transportation, and other needs. Regional development addresses region-wide environmental, social and economic issues through efficient infrastructure placement and zoning to sustainably grow a region.
Site planning in Architectural Projects- Principles and ApproachesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper defines in brief the principles, studies, analysis, which need to be carried out before preparing site plan of any project. Paper highlights the role, importance and criticality of site planning in making optimum use of land resource, resource existing at site, orientation, wind, sun, flora and fauna, landscaping, building design etc to make the project rational, sustainable
This document is a dissertation report submitted by Roza Pahuja for her Master's degree in Ekistics on mixed land use in urban development. It includes declarations signed by Roza Pahuja and her dissertation guide certifying the original work. It also provides an acknowledgement, characterization of chapters, and introduction outlining the aim, objectives, methodology, and scope of the study. The introduction discusses the evolution of mixed land use and its definition in the context of Delhi. It aims to analyze mixed use development patterns, regulations, and a case study area in Delhi to understand the impacts and potential for mixed use to reduce travel needs.
This document is a dissertation report submitted by Roza Pahuja for her Master's degree in Ekistics on mixed land use in urban development. It includes declarations signed by Roza Pahuja and her dissertation guide certifying the original work. It also provides an acknowledgement, characterization of chapters, and introduction outlining the aim, objectives, methodology, and scope of the study. The introduction discusses the evolution of mixed land use and its definition in the context of Delhi. It aims to analyze mixed use development patterns, regulations, and a case study area in Delhi to understand the impacts and potential for mixed use to reduce travel needs.
Green Spaces Making i Cities Happy , Healthy and Sustainable Places to lLiveJIT KUMAR GUPTA
The document discusses the importance of green spaces in cities. It notes that rapid urbanization is leading to congestion and a lack of open spaces in many cities. Green spaces provide health, environmental, social and economic benefits by improving air quality, encouraging physical activity, reducing stress, and increasing social interaction and property values. However, many factors like unplanned development, high land costs, and lack of priority given to open spaces have resulted in a shortage of green spaces in most cities, negatively impacting quality of life. The document argues that public health should be a key consideration in urban planning and that more priority needs to be given to incorporating and maintaining adequate green spaces in cities.
The Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory focuses on educating about sustainable tourism development principles. It bases its work on standards from organizations like National Geographic, UNWTO, and the Global Sustainable Research Center. The lab examines case studies like the Blackstone Valley to help communities develop tourism sustainably. It provides education on topics like infrastructure analysis, attractions, markets, and implementing sustainable plans to balance environmental, social, and economic needs over the long term. The goal is to share knowledge that allows destinations to manage resources efficiently now and into the future.
Making Cities Zero Carbon -- issues and optionJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Cities are known for their dualities and contradictions, positivity and negativities, inclusion and exclusion, poverty and prosperity, luxury housing and slums, planned and unplanned development, innovations and depravity, good and bad, pleasant and ugliness. All these contradictions are the outcome of the way we are planning, designing and managing cities. If cities are bringing prosperity, they are also creating global crisis. Majority of global ills of global warming, rising temperature, natural crisis is the outcome of how we are treating the cities. Cities are being conceived as anti-thesis to nature and accordingly they are creating crisis including crisis of very human existence. Cities need to be treated in a better and rational manner by planning and designing them in logical manner. Cities need to be looked as integral part of nature and not looked as a commodity for sale and making profit. Cities not to be treated as a market place where one hopes to earn money and generate wealth. They have to be looked as places for human living – giving human beings an environment, where they can lead happy and healthy life. Cities need to be planned with nature using natural resources. They need to be made more effective and efficient. Cities need to be made producers rather than consumers of natural and non-renewable resources. They need to be made more livable and supportive to human living and nature. Cities need respect and care. We need to heal its wounds. If cites continue to be treated like they are being treated now, they are going to become major source of impending crisis , making human living most challenging on this planet. Accordingly, we need to relook, review, redefine and revise our options of planning, travel and creating built environment.
Passing through an era of unsatiated consumerism, led by industrialization, urbanization, liberalization and globalization, urban living is adversely impacting human health- both physical and mental. Reports of WHO has stated that globally, large proportion of urban population is suffering from variety of problems including mental ill-health, obesity, social isolation, health inequalities, stresses and strains besides environmental degradation. Report calls upon nations /communities to find appropriate /equitable solutions to address health and environment related problems on priority . Green spaces play key role in addressing issues related to human health and environment, reduce illness, obesity and stress with positive outcomes, ensuring health, social and environmental benefits on sustained basis. Accordingly, providing adequate, quantitative and qualitative, open spaces; preserving, enhancing and promoting existing green spaces; making green spaces and parks integral part of planning and development process’, involving communities and users in the siting, planning and designing of green spaces; fostering multidisciplinary approach, based on collaboration with all the stakeholders, adopting a bottom-up approach for siting the open/ green spaces based on equity and in close proximity to the community, with priority going to neighborhoods/communities found deficient in green spaces, remains critical. For ensuring adequate provision of green spaces prevailing legal/developmental framework needs to be appropriately, reviewed, revised and redefined. Green Spaces need to be made integral part of the urban infrastructure and adequately reflected in the local infrastructure plans. Looking at the multiplicity of usages/purposes served and large number of benefits accruing, cities would need to be made more clean, green and eco-friendly by providing quality green spaces at prescribed norms, as part of urban infrastructure/ long term planning, development , management process. This can help and ensure making cities; more livable, sustainable, safe, inclusive, resilient, happy and healthy places to live in and work.
The Casbah of Algiers, in Algeria; From an Urban Slum to a Sustainable Living...drboon
In the face of rapid economic development, people increasing needs and changing lifestyles, most historic centers in the Arab world have experienced problems in making the necessary adaptation to the present needs and change. In the Casbah of Algiers, while the number of houses was reducing due to dereliction the density was rising and reached 4,000 persons/ha, making it one of the highest densities in the world. In addition, lack of services and poor sanitation has accelerated the dilapidation and decline of the Casbah, to become an urban slum in the heart of the capital Algiers. The Casbah of Algiers presents an urgent case for urban conservation. UNESCO inscribed it on the World Heritage list in December 1992, but since then there has been continuous disrepair, from 1,200 historic buildings in 1962 only 400 have remained and the number is still decreasing. The cultural heritage of the Casbah should be recognized as a valuable resource for future development. This paper attempts to propose an urgent integrated urban conservation action to rescue the Casbah from vanishing to become a sustainable living heritage.
Heritage Conservation.Strategies and Options for Preserving India HeritageJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation looks at the role , relevance and importance of built and natural heritage, issues faced by heritage in the Indian context and options which can be leveraged to preserve and conserve the heritage.It also lists the challenges faced by the heritage due to rapid urbanisation, land speculation and commercialisation in the urban areas. In addition, ppt lays down the roadmap for the preservation, conservation and making value addition to the available heritage by making it integral part of the planning , designing and management of the human settlements.
Role and Relevance of Architects and architecture in SustainabilityJIT KUMAR GUPTA
This brief text on Role, Relevance and importance of Architects and profession of Architecture in making this world and human settlements more livable, climate responsive and sustainable has been prepared as commitment of the professionals and profession of Architects on this World Environment Day ; June 5th , 2024 , with the hope that profession would be understood, valued ,appreciated and empowered in the right context for enabling it play its designated role in making built environment qualitative, cost-effective, energy-efficient, eco-friendly, safe and sustainable.
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Text refers to need, role, relevance and importance of empowering urban local bodies by bridging gap between resources available and responsibilities bestowed, for enabling ULBs to operate and function as institutions of local governance more effectively and efficiently.
Construction Industry Through Artificial Intelligence -.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Considering the role, relevance and importance of construction sector in promoting economy, generating employment and creating wealth besides providing infrastructures and amenities, there is need to make the sector more effective, efficient, productive and sustainable. Driven manually, construction sector remains in the slow lane of creating quality built environment which are cost-effective, energy efficient, least consumers of resources and generators of waste. Artificial intelligence can help and empower the construction to make it more valuable, productive and qualitative besides supportive of environment and ecology. However, construction sector must be ready to co-operate and collaborate with IT industry to look for options and opportunities to make construction sector more qualitative and productive. Majority of urban ills and climate related issues can be resolved if Artificial intelligence can be embedded as integral part of the construction industry right prom planning, designing, construction, operation and management of the built environment and infrastructures. Communities and nations will save lot of valuable non-renewable resources if the construction sector is transformed from human led to technology led by the induction of Artificial intelligence. However, Construction industry has to search the areas where Artificial intelligence can be used effectively and intelligently.
Making Urban India a Role Model of Planned Urban Growth a.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Known for productivity, promoting economy, employment and innovations cities, when properly planned, rationally developed and professionally managed, have been labelled and recognized as engines of economic growth. Prosperity and urbanisation are known to have positive co-relation with rational urbanisation, leveraging growth and development of any community, city, state and region. In majority of developing countries, where urbanisation remains unregulated, forced largely by rural push and less by urban pull, cities invariably remain in crisis, crisis of population, crisis of poverty, crisis of development and management. Cities need to be cared ,incentivized, empowered and made more productive, effective, efficient and humane.
Redefining Globalization, urbanisation and LocalisationJIT KUMAR GUPTA
If cities are to made more livable, humane and productive, it is time that intent, contents and scope of globalization must be revisited and reviewed, both critically and objectively. Globalisation would need redefinition for promoting universality and inclusiveness among people and nations to have basic amenities and quality of life for all its residents , including poorest of the poor to lead a dignified life. Failure to redefine globalization, rationalise urbanisation, restore localization empowering poor and promoting universalisation and inclusivity; will invariably lead to making SDGs merely a paper exercise. In addition, making the world, cities and communities sustainable, livable, safe and inclusive, would remain merely a dream and a mirage, for future generations and communities, making planet earth as their preferred place of residence.
Knowing, Understanding and Planning Cities- Role and Relevance Physical Plan...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Cities are known for its complexities and operational inefficiencies. cities remain dynamic ,ever evolving, ever devolving, never static and never finite.
All cities remain different, distinct, unique and universal. No two cities are similar. Each city has its own strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Accordingly, problem faced by any city cannot be viewed, dissected, analyzed and enumerated, while sitting within the four walls of the air-conditioned rooms and by the so called intellectual sitting in the so called offices determining the future of cities and towns. Neither the cities can be made more rational by limited knowledge agencies providing consultancy to cities , states and nations.
For realistically and rationally understanding, analyzing the cities and having simple, cost-effective and quality solutions to the problems and challenges faced , Cities have to be walked through and concerns of the various communities have to be properly understood and appreciated.
Prime reason for inability and lack of capacity on the part of majority of physical planners, engaged in the art and science of planning, designing and developing the cities, to address the issues and challenges faced by cities , realistically and rationally, has genesis in the lack of understanding of the origin, growth and development of cities.
Lack of capacity in majority of town planners, has roots in the quality of education imparted and seriousness and commitment on the part of both teachers and taught involved. As it stands today, majority of institutions involved in imparting education in planning are being run on an ad-hoc manner and by proxy. Only few institutions have regular teachers and regular students. Majority of planning institutions are being run on proxy with proxy students and proxy teachers. Education system including curricula used for teaching, needs, review, revision and redefinition to make it more relevant to rational for addressing the issues and challenges faced by the cities and towns.
Land as a Resource for urban finanace- 24-1-23.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
PPt tries to brief Land, as a gift of nature, is being grossly misused, abused , manipulated Land is globally used for providing platform for all human driven activities, based on living, working, culture of body/ mind and travel.
Limited availability, coupled with large number of human beings trying to source land, has invariably created large demand for land resource for human consumption. Land, in urban context, is required for meeting the specific needs of urban dwellers for residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, travel& traffic purposes besides providing space for infrastructures , amenities, services, trade and commerce etc. Land in urban context remains under large demand and command high price due to concentration of large population in small physical area, with stakeholders making competing claims.Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused. In order to make optimum use of land resource on 24x7x365; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all ULBs are made to focus on eliminating culture and practices promoting un-authorized/ illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the cities. Land needs to be effectively leveraged to generate resources for ULBs to make cities vibrant.
COST-EFFETIVE and Energy Efficient BUILDINGS ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Built environment is known for its capacity, capability, role, relevance and importance to change the quality of life of the occupants and communities. Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle through designing, construction, operation. It calls for making buildings green and sustainable.
Making Buildings cost-effective , Energy Efficient ptxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation focuses on options which need to be leveraged to make buildings sustainable, cost-effective, energy efficient, resource efficient, qualitative over its entire life-cycle
Ppt briefs about role, relevance, importance of the rating systems applicable in India, criteria used in assessing
greeness, weightage allocated, , brief of how these rating systems are applied, parameters involved; weightage granted, levels of rating granted , incentives given by states for green rated buildings and brief of suggestions, how to make rating system more effective, efficient, objective and transparent.
The phenomenon of global warming remains more pronounced in the urban areas, for the reason cities house large concentration of people and activities in a small/compact urban space.Densely-built downtown areas tend to be warmer than suburban residential areas or rural areas.. UHI not only raises urban temperatures but also increases ozone concentrations because ozone is a greenhouse gas whose formation will accelerate with the temperature. Tokyo, an example of an urban heat island. Normal temperatures of Tokyo go up higher than those of the surrounding area. However, it needs to be understood and appreciated that climate change is not the cause of urban heat islands but it is causing more frequent and more intense heat waves which in turn amplify the urban heat island effect in cities. Major reasons for ever growing global warming and climate change can be attributed to the; Nature and natural; Human-Driven; population; Rapid Urbanisation; Irrational Urban planning; High Density; Inefficient Transportation ;Large generation/consumption of fossil fuel based Energy; Unsustainable Buildings; Polluting Industry & Manufacturing; Unsustainable Agriculture; Irrational Development; Large scale Deforestation; Lack of open spaces and individual life-choices;
Making and Unmaking of Chandigarh - A City of Two Plans2-4-24.pptJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation is a narrative of a
capital city- known for its innovative planning, designing, construction and management of a new capital . It briefs about the principles used in the planning and designing of city -by the first team of planners led by Albert Mayer and Mathew Nowicki-- followed by the second team led by Le- Corbusier, P Jenerette, Jane B Drew , Maxwell Fry. It also details about the various aspects of the city planning, planning of the sector as a neighbourhood, typologies of
various developmental controls used for regulating the construction of buildings. Innovations used for regulating the growth and development of periphery; redensification of city in case city exceeds its planned population of half a million, creating a narrative of city and periphery, innovative landscaping, defining an edict for the city to educate the future citizens of the capital city to safeguard the future growth and development besides lessons learnt from planning and designing the new cities.
Planning and Designing Green buildings-.issues, options and strategiesJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Affordability and sustainable development are considered anti-thesis across the world. Generally there exists conflict between the approach to sustainable built environment and affordable buildings. Sustainable development is considered more expensive. According to Middleton, ‘Sustainability and affordability aren’t mutually exclusive goals. It’s not about adding extra, but thinking more carefully about the design of buildings and incorporating technologies that can offset the rising costs of energy, water and other services. Affordability and sustainability are known to fit together perfectly’.
Through excellent design, buildings can be made more sustainable and affordable. Smaller the footprint of buildings, lower will be the upfront costs and embodied energy and lower shall be the running costs of buildings. Looking at the entire context of health, rising cost of amenities/services; Sustainable/Green designs are now being increasingly adopted, to make built environment more cost-effective and affordable. Considering the enormous amount of built environment to be created, India will have no option but to tread the path of sustainability and sustainable development in the built environment. Sustainable built environment would also help in and go a long way in achieving the majority of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals for the reason, built environment is known to be the largest consumer of energy, avoid wasteful use of resources and minimise generation of waste. Global sustainability will be largely contingent upon how effectively and efficiently we can make our buildings sustainable and qualitative through innovative/green design solutions based on local climate and culture, valuing site planning, embedding orientation, cross ventilation, using renewable/waste materials and involving state of the art building technologies.
_Neighborhood Planning in Capital City of Chandigarh- An Appraisal (2) - Copy...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Neighborhood as an idea, concept, option and strategy has been extensively used locally and globally by the Urban Planners to plan and decentralize cities, create cities within cities, promote self-contained communities and to make cities more humane, safe and socially vibrant. Neighborhood has also been used recently to define the city in terms of travel time - making 10/15 minutes city
Accordingly, large typologies of NH ,in terms of planning and designing , with varying shapes, sizes and contents have emerged in the urban context. Americans have used superblock and French using Sector for defining the neighborhood. Despite distinct advantages, holding high degree of relevance in urban and local area planning , NH planning has not been able to deliver the envisioned objectives of safety and social vibrancy. Cities in the process have been socially, economically and physically fragmented, leading to clear division of cities into different communities with little economical and social connectivity. Variance of planning and designing norms followed at NH and sub-neighborhood levels have promoted more dichotomy and contradictions with varying quality of life inducted at local level. Differential population and infrastructures have divided the city into the categories of high/low end NH units. Fabric and morphology of cities, in large cases, has been distorted with urban settlement emerging as a distinct social map of communities graded economically and socially,on the basis of area/location . In the process, the way NH planning concept has been used, neighborhood planning has emerged as an instrument of social and economic segregation/division. In fact in number of cases, concept has been used, misused, abused in intent and content to divide the cities into distinct social and economic layers. Instead of unifying , concept has led to division of cities.
Genesis of modern application of NH can be found in the planning and designing of Chandigarh where entire city fabric of capital city was woven around Sector as the basic unit of planning, concptulasied as self-contained and self-sustaining unit at the local level. However, the way sectors have been planned, it has led to dividing the cities into different and distinct communities. Individual status in Chandigarh can be judged from his/her residence. Concept of Sector has done more damage than good to the fabric of the city. Chandigarh is likely to face considerable problem in making city socially and economically cohesive/vibrant,. Sectors in Chandigarh remain anti-thesis to the basic concept of NH planning of safety, involving walkability, vehicular movement, putting commercial space in the centre. Considering role, relevance, importance and usability , NH needs to be planned, designed with care and caution, in order to make cities socially and economically vibrant, inclusive. NH planning deserves a new definition and approach to make it relevant and rational.
Reviewing, Revising and Redefining Master Plans and Development Plans to Ma...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Looking at its efficacy and efficiency, it can be seen and observed that Master Plans/ Development Plans have done more damage than good for the planned growth and development of the cities to which they have been made applicable. These plans have been violated with impunity both by the people, communities, cities and parastatal agencies; for the betterment/welfare of which these plans were prepared. These plans have been visualized as controller of development rather than promoters of development. Instead of planned development , these plans have been usherers of the unplanned development. These plans are known to be responsible for promoting large number of slums besides making quality of life poor for majority of the urban inhabitants. Cities under Master Plans are also known to promote exclusion rather than inclusion. Master Plans/Development Plans are known to promote prosperity for few and marginalize the large proportions of the local community by making them poor. Instead of catering to urban dynamism, Master Plans/Development Plans try to freeze the city, for next two decades, to which it is made to serve. Accordingly, these plans need to be reviewed , rationalised, revised and redefined to make them better Master Plans/Development Plans
Rationalizing the Planned Growth of Urban India- paper.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Rapid and uncontrolled growth in population experienced by urban areas has adversely impacted and generated considerable pressure on land resource in cities and towns , leading to large scale conversion, sub-division and illegal occupation of urban land. Unregulated and regulated pressure on land has largely been met by means of both formal/informal sub-division and development of land. Growth of the urban settlements and entire mechanism of urban planning and development remains land based/ land focused, based on a strategy of sub-division of the land, dictated by the economic forces prevailing in the market. Irrational and ineffective public policies of urban planning and land sub-division, devoid of prevailing ground realities, have turned out to be incompatible with the demands of urban expansion, leading to large scale un-authorized and illegal sub-division of land. In the process, valuable land resources, gift of nature, has been misused, abused and mutilated in this race of uncontrolled and irrational urbanisation. In order to make optimum use of land resource; making city planning, growth, development and management ,both rational. realistic, orderly and promoter of quality living, it will be critical and essential, that all urban centres are made to focus on eliminating the culture and practices promoting un-authorized/illegal sub-division of land for ushering an environment and era of planned urban development in the country.
Suggestion and Options for integrating villages. within the framework of the...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Preparing Master Plans/Development Plans for any urban settlements, basically and essentially, involves declaring a planning area for which the said long term plans are prepared. Planning area invariably includes and involves, number of rural settlements, which comprise of the planning area besides the urban settlement. It has been observed that in majority of cases, while detailed studies and analysis are carried out of the urban settlements but villages in the study and analysis remain marginalized, diluted and muted. Despite the fact, villages have critical role in the rational development of the urban settlement, but in preparing Master Plans their role and relevance is not made part of the said plan. Accordingly, this text tries to bring out the typologies of villages falling in the planning area and the suggested framework to develop these villages in making Master Plans, better Master Plan. In order to improve Master Plan qualitatively, quantitively, both in intent, contents and scope, It will be appropriate that all the villages falling in the planning area must be studied , analyzed and made integral part of the final outcome of the proposals of Master Plan. In-fact one Chapter must be exclusively dedicated to detail out the issues faced by the Villages and options which can be leveraged to promote the rational growth of villages ,as an integral part of the long term development of the urban settlement , for which the Master Plan is being prepared. This will help not only in integrating the urban- rural settlements falling in the planning area, but would also go a long way in promoting and ensuring rational growth and development of the urban settlement, for which the Master Plan is being prepared.
Making cities Climate Responsive and SustainableJIT KUMAR GUPTA
“Decarbonization” of cities ,as an issue ,as an option and as a strategy , has been gaining currency in the parlance of; making planet earth livable and sustainable. “Decarbonization has been globally valued for keeping the global temperature below 1.5C, and achieving the agenda and goals defined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, defined by UN for achieving universal sustainability. Despite distinct role and relevance, criticality and importance of decarbonization of cities has neither been properly understood and appreciated nor made integral part of the architectural practice and art and science of designing and construction of buildings. Consuming one -third of global energy (33%) and generating 39% of greenhouse gas emissions buildings have been considered as the major player in the domain of climate change and global warming. Since Architects and Architecture are
actively involved in the making and unmaking of buildings, accordingly it becomes important that planners and architects must play a significant role in making
cities and buildings least consumers of energy and generators of the minimum greenhouse gas emissions. This objective can be achieved if decarbonizing cities/buildings is made a distinct reality . Issue of decarbonizing the cities/buildings assumes importance for the reason, that world’s building floorspace is likely to be become double by the year 2060, with the addition of large number of newcities/ buildings due to rapid urbanization, population growth and economic development ; required for catering to
to the needs of additional population opting for urban living.
Managing Planning and Development of Citie- 26-2-24.docxJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Cities in India are known to be in perpetual crisis; facing numerous crises in terms of; crisis of rational growth, crisis of orderly and planned development; crisis of effective and efficient urban management; crisis of making provision of basic infrastructure and services; crisis of climate change; crisis of global warming; crisis of poverty, pollution and population and crisis of making human living and prevailing environment qualitative. These urban crises have genesis in the fact that cities in India, lack ownership, command, authority and lack of willingness to run and manage cities professionally and objectively. In majority of cases, cities in India are run by proxy. In terms of physical growth and development; large cities are marked by multiplicity of agencies claiming right/ownership of development over the urban areas, whereas smaller cities face absence of such ownership and are made to run, operate and function like orphans
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
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This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
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The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
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Preface-Making Hill Area Great Place to Live.docx
1. Preface-Making Hill Areas Great Places to Live
Jit Kumar Gupta
Hill areas and hill settlements have always been source of great attraction, fascination,
learning and inspiration besides being most prized places to visit and stay in my life
spanning about 79 years. Hill areas have been valued for the reasons, they are known
to be reservoir and storehouse, having abundance of natural resources, quality
environment, diverse ecology, unique bio-diversity, simplicity, walkability and wealth of
flora and fauna. These natural assets are known to be crucial and critical for the balanced
growth and sustainable development of any community, state and nation. However,
during journeys made to hill areas, it was observed that despite being bestowed with
enormous natural gifts, hill areas, due to its sensitivity and fragility, are fast becoming
victim of the developmental forces generated by ever rising population, concentration of
population in few settlements, rapid in-migration, uncontrolled tourism, unplanned
development, haphazard urbanisation , increasing mobility, mechanised traffic and
transportation, and increasing globalisation. Under the impact of unplanned and
unregulated development, majority of natural gifts of hill areas are being diluted, muted,
marginalized and destroyed.
Majority of emerging challenges can be attributed to the manner in which scarce and
valuable land resource in the hill areas is being used, abused, diverted,
deprived/denuded of its valuable resources and being sub-divided for conversion from
forest/agriculture to non-agricultural uses involving residential , commercial, industrial,
institutional, transportation and tourism. In addition, hill areas are also suffering due to
unplanned and haphazard manner in which buildings are being planned, designed and
constructed, without caring for the existing terrain, slope, fragility, vulnerability, load
2. bearing capacity, flora and fauna. In addition, irrational and unscientific pattern of
planning, designing and creating highways have also made hill states vulnerable to soil
erosion, landslides, climate change and global warming.
Under the impact of ever increasing developmental pressure generated during last
seven decades, hill areas in India have recorded rapid population and physical growth
besides increased demand for land, infrastructures, services and amenities in the hill
settlements, for catering to the needs of the people and activities housed therein and
large number of tourists/ visitors coming into the hill areas. It needs to be understood and
appreciated that considering fragility and sensitivity; various development activities
undertaken in hill areas, without caring, valuing and giving due consideration to local
resources and prevailing eco-system, are known to adversely impact the environment
and ecological balance of hill areas
Considering the criticality, role, relevance and importance for humanity and communities,
the natural gifts available in hill area, deserve appropriate protection and scientific
preservation. Accordingly, hill areas need to be understood and appreciated for its
strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, related to its physical, structural,
environmental, cultural and social peculiarities before suggesting policies and launching
programs to make then sustainable.
Looking at the uniqueness, peculiarities and complexities, promoting planned
development of hill settlements and designing & construction of sustainable buildings
in hill areas, invariably remains challenging, complex and intricate task, requiring
different and distinct professional skillsets and thorough knowledge and understanding
of the basic structure/fabric of the hill areas. It also requires understanding and
appreciation of valuable resources, fragile environment, diverse ecology ,bio-diversity,
flora and fauna. These resources need to be protected, preserved and promoted along
with evolving sustainable options of making them safe against natural and manmade
disasters during the process of planning and designing of hill settlements and structures.
Despite the fact, hill areas occupy about one-sixth of the total geographical land mass
of the country and provide space for living and working to 10% of the total population, still
India, as a, nation, does not have any dedicated course and institution for planning and
designing of hill settlements and construction of buildings in hill areas. Planning human
settlements and construction of buildings in hill areas is either missing or is being offered
as an optional subject in the course curricula, defined in the syllabi of architectural and
engineering courses. Even literature available in the domain of planning of hill towns and
designing of buildings in hill settlements in the country also remains limited, far and few
which has diluted and marginalized the entire context of hill areas, in terms of physical
planning and architectural vocabulary. Majority of work related to planning and designing
of human settlements and constructing buildings in hill areas is being done on the
3. analogy of plain areas of the country, which has led to creating numerous development
and construction problems in hill settlements.
In order to bridge the gap, existing in the available literature, techniques and
methodologies, for planning of human settlements and designing/construction of
buildings in hill areas, it was thought prudent that a book, exclusively dedicated to both,
sustainable development and the built environment in hills, must be brought out on
priority, in order to create literature for the reference of professionals on issues of
vulnerability prevailing in hill states and possible options to address the emerging
developmental challenges. Besides bridging the gap existing in literature available on the
planning and designing of hill areas; the book is the outcome and has genesis in detailed
and in- depth discussions held with professional architects of state of Himachal Pradesh
to make the state and built environment safe, in the wake of large scale damage/
destruction/havoc cause by recent heavy rains, to the built environment, flora& fauna,
human beings and animals, in number of settlements falling in the hill state
Writing this book on hill areas, was both a challenge and a difficult task because of the
complexity and vastness of the subject and large variations which exist in population,
settlement structure, physical, social, economic characteristics, climate, culture,
physiography, topography, environment, ecology, resource and prevailing flora and
fauna, in the hill states of India, spanning the entire North- East and North- Westen part
of the nation. Considering the vastness , complexity, uniqueness, prevailing dualities and
contradictions in hill areas of the country , it was difficult to address the entire length,
breadth and depth of growth and development of hill areas in a holistic way, in a single
document. Further, the book is based on my limited involvement, knowledge and
understanding of the entire gamut of hill area planning, growth and development, which I
have been able to experience/ gain/gather, during my learning the art and science of
physical planning during my studies in the course of Master’s in City and Regional
Planning in the Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar; numerous visits made to hill areas;
detailed interactions held with experts during numerous seminars and workshops,
organized by the Town Planning Department and Architects, on the forum of Institute of
Town Planners and Indian institute of Architects; presentations made in the Himachal
State Institute of Public Administration and learning made during numerous interactions
held with students and faculty of Architecture and Sustainable Development in Hamirpur
and Nagrota Bagwan. For overcoming the challenge of limitation in the skill and
knowledge of Hill areas, valuable contribution was made by my co-author, Ar. Nand Lal
Chandel, former Architect-in – Chief, Department of Architecture, Himachal Pradesh, with
more than four decades of experience in Himachal, for enriching the text, which is
gratefully acknowledged.
Despite limitations , effort has been made to cover the entire gamut of planning and
designing of hill settlements and defining sustainable built environment, without
4. marginalizing the environment and ecology. In order to promote the rational and
sustainable planning and development of hill settlements, detailed intent, content and
methodology has been defined in terms of preparing realistic Development/Master Plans
of the hill settlements and its effective implementation. Suggested framework includes
confining the development of hill town within the defined urban limits and avoiding
sporadic /spread/peri-urban development, in order to minimise the misuse of land; make
urban development compact; make cities walkable and providing basic services cost-
effective and efficient. In addition, carrying out ,land suitability analysis has been
suggested for rationalizing and bringing objectivity in urban planning, for identifying areas
suitable for urbanization in hills. Mechanism of Town Planning Scheme has been
suggested as an option, to eliminate the acquisition of land and depriving farmers from
their precious land resource. Scheme helps in making land owners, co-parceners/integral
part of urban planning process for sharing the benefit of rapid urbanization. Book also
makes a detailed reference to the guidelines framed by The Indian Green Buildings
Council, regarding making hill cities green, sustainable, resource/energy efficient and
generators of minimum waste beside providers of quality living. Book also showcases
the provisions put in place for making hill cities sustainable in USA, citing the example of
hill city of Santa Rosa- California, to work as guidelines, for rationalizing the construction
of buildings and to make it supportive of the local environment and ecology.
In addition to looking at the planned and sustainable development of urban settlements,
book also focuses on providing guidelines to the architects/engineers regarding making
built environment sustainable. Book includes de,fining factors which must be valued and
kept in mind while selecting sites in hill areas for construction of buildings/location of
projects along with siting of buildings in the site plans for the architectural projects. In
order to ensure that built environment remains sustainable, book also provides detailed
principles, guidelines and methodology of planning, designing and construction of
buildings, including the options to be used for making buildings sustainable , cost-
effective and energy efficient over the entire life cycle of the buildings. Book also details
out the example of SECMOL school building, constructed in Leh, as a role model of
sustainable, vernacular and solar passive architecture. The building remains zero-energy
and zero-waste. In addition to looking at the new development, book also looks at the
causes which led to numerous disasters in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh and suggest
options to minimize and eliminate the chances of such disasters taking place again in
future.
Tourism , which has done more damage than good to the environment and ecology in hill
areas, has been dealt specifically by providing detailed study in two distinct chapters ,
which underlines the need for promoting sustainable tourism in the hill states. In addition,
looking at the enormous wealth of the manmade and natural heritage existing in the hill
state, agenda for promoting and managing heritage based tourism has also been
included and detailed in the book. While defining the agenda for sustainable tourism,
5. reference has been made to the best global practices and national tourism policy, put in
place by the government of India, to make tourism rational and sustainable.
This book titled, ‘Making Hills Great Places to Live’, is the nineteenth book in the series,
of my humble endeavor to make value addition to the available literature in the domain
of urban planning and architecture. My earlier books focused on subjects related to
healthcare, planning, architecture, environment, sustainability, shelter, heritage, land,
human settlements, Capital city of Chandigarh, Religious Capital Amritsar and Decoding
SDG11. I am indebted to Institute of Town Planners India, for publishing my two books
namely; Housing and Habitat Planning and Heritage Conservation and preservation, as
Readers’ Volumes; Institute of Architects for publishing my book, ’Readers Volume on
Housing; J K Cement for the book,’ Making Cities Great Places to Live”, Mr. N. K. Patel,
President ITPI for the book, ’Sourcing Land for urban Development”; Hindu College of
Planning and Architecture, Sonipat for the book Architecture Teaching Learning -Way
Forward” and Copal Publishers for printing the book- Decoding SDG11-Making Cities and
Communities- livable safe , resilient and inclusive.’
Looking at the entire context, I would like to dedicate the book, ‘Making Hills Great Places
to Live ’, to the people of hill areas; community of learned professionals, practitioners
and researchers engaged in the art and science of teaching and practicing architecture
and engineering; professions of architecture, physical planning, urban development,
construction and policy makers involved with the growth and development of Hill areas/hill
settlements in India. I hope, contents of the book shall be critically and objectively looked
into by all the stakeholders involved in the governance, management, planning of hill
settlements and designing and construction of built environment in the hill states of India,
town planning professionals , architectural fraternity faculty and researchers. Book is
intended to provide an overview of existing status of Hill areas of India and
problems/issues/challenges faced in the process of its growth and development, besides
suggesting different options/approached for making Hill areas role model of sustainable
development. It is hoped the book will help, support and make value addition to teaching
learning of both students and the faculty in the domain of hill areas; understand the
context and fine grains of hill settlements/area with more clarity; offering enough material
for researchers to look into finer elements of the hill areas to take the study forward for
effectively weaving hill areas in the national fabric.
I would like to dedicate this book to the sacred memory of my mother, Late Smt. Leela
Gupta who, as a teacher, made me where I stand today in my professional career, despite
all odds and hardships she faced in bringing me up and educating me to the extent
possible; and to my Late father, Sh. Ved Parkash Gupta, whose benevolence I was
deprived of in my early childhood. I would be failing in my duties, if I don’t acknowledge
the valuable and unqualified support, given by my wife Alka and my children Akhil, Nikhil,
Sapna, Niya and Aparna, in this endeavor of writing and making this book a distinct
reality.
6. December 23, 2023
Jit Kumar Gupta
Former Advisor, Town Planning,
Punjab, Urban Planning and Urban
Development Authority, Chandigarh
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