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Professional roles and responsibilities of planning consultants - Nidhi Ajmera - 06-16-2021

Professional roles and responsibilities of planning consultants

The Planning Consultancy Services can be grouped in three categories:
1. Urban and Regional (including rural area and environment) planning
2. Transport Planning
3. Policy Studies.

1. Urban and Regional (including rural area and environment) Planning

• 1. Statutory Plans (as per Act);
  
• 2. Non-Statutory Area Development Plans;
  
• 3. Infrastructure Project Planning and Studies (Water supply, Sewerage, Drainage, Solid Waste Management, Power Supply, etc.);
  
• 4. Monitoring and Evaluation;
  
• 5. Impact Assessment Studies;
  
• 6. Technical Assistance / Advisory Services / Project Management Consultancy; and
  
• 7. Institutional / Capacity Building Studies / Training.
  

2. Transport Planning

Transport Planning can be further classified into the following six categories

• City / Urban Transport Plans;
  
• Regional / State Level Transport Plans;
  
• Project Planning Studies (BRTS, Metros, LRTS, Monorail, Tunnels,
  
• Elevated Roads, Grade Separators, Bridges, Airports, Sea Ports, Inland, Water Transport, Regional Rail Rapid Transit System (RRTS), Multimodal Logistic Hubs, etc.);
  
• Monitoring and Evaluation / Impact Assessment Studies;
  
• Technical Assistance / Technical Advisory Services to Government Authorities; and
  
• Institutional / Capacity Building Studies / Training
  

• 3. Policy Studies 
  
• City level Policies
  • Urban Land Policy Studies• Housing Policy Studies• Climate Resilient and Disaster Management Studies• Transport Policy Studies• Public Transport Policy• Resource Mobilization Studies• Land Pooling / Assembly Strategies
  
• Urban Governance Studies
  2 State level Policies• State Urban Development Policy• State / Regional Development (all sectors) Vision / Policy• Rural Development Policies
  

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RE: Professional roles and responsibilities of planning consultants - Marius Titulescu - 09-13-2023

Thanks for describing these roles.
Which one is your favorite?
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Marius from W2C Shipping

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