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DETAILED SYLLABUS
1. Concepts and Definitions
a. Shelter as a basic requirement, determinants of housing form, Census of India definitions, Introduction to policies, housing need, demand and supply, dilapidation, structural conditions, materials of constructions housing age, occupancy rate, crowding, housing shortage, income and affordability, poverty and slums, houseless population.
b. Various housing typologies viz. traditional houses, plotted development, group housing, multi-storied housing, villas, chawls, etc., slums and squatters, night shelters, public health issues related to housing, various theories of housing, concept of green housing, green rating of housing projects..
2. Social and Economic Dimensions
a. Housing as social security, role of housing in development of family and community well being, status and prestige related to housing, safety, crime and insecurity, deprivation and social vulnerability, ghettoism, gender issues, housing and the elderly Contribution of housing to micro and macro economy, contribution to national wealth and GDP, housing taxation, national budgets, fiscal concessions, forward and backward linkages
3. Housing and the City
a. Understanding housing as an important land use component of city plan / master plan, considerations for carrying out city level housing studies projections, land use provisions.
b. Suitability of land for housing, housing stress identification, projecting housing requirements, calculating housing shortages, housing allocation
4. Planning for Neighbourhoods
a. Approaches to neighbourhood living in traditional and contemporary societies, elements of neighbourhood structure, Planning and design criteria for modern neighbourhoods, norms and criteria for area distribution, housing and area planning standards, net residential density and gross residential density, development controls and building byelaws, UDPFI guidelines, NBC 2005 provisions.
5. Case studies of neighbourhood planning.
STUDY MATERIAL:
1. Shelter in India: Sustainable Development Series Aromar Revi 1990 Stosiusloc/ Advent Books IDivision
2. Housing : A factual Analysis Beyer Glen H, 1958 The Macmillan Co. NY
3. Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature Douglas Farr 2007 John Wiley & Sons
4. People and Housing in Third World cities Dwyer, DJ. 1981 Orient Lcogrna;
1. Concepts and Definitions
a. Shelter as a basic requirement, determinants of housing form, Census of India definitions, Introduction to policies, housing need, demand and supply, dilapidation, structural conditions, materials of constructions housing age, occupancy rate, crowding, housing shortage, income and affordability, poverty and slums, houseless population.
b. Various housing typologies viz. traditional houses, plotted development, group housing, multi-storied housing, villas, chawls, etc., slums and squatters, night shelters, public health issues related to housing, various theories of housing, concept of green housing, green rating of housing projects..
2. Social and Economic Dimensions
a. Housing as social security, role of housing in development of family and community well being, status and prestige related to housing, safety, crime and insecurity, deprivation and social vulnerability, ghettoism, gender issues, housing and the elderly Contribution of housing to micro and macro economy, contribution to national wealth and GDP, housing taxation, national budgets, fiscal concessions, forward and backward linkages
3. Housing and the City
a. Understanding housing as an important land use component of city plan / master plan, considerations for carrying out city level housing studies projections, land use provisions.
b. Suitability of land for housing, housing stress identification, projecting housing requirements, calculating housing shortages, housing allocation
4. Planning for Neighbourhoods
a. Approaches to neighbourhood living in traditional and contemporary societies, elements of neighbourhood structure, Planning and design criteria for modern neighbourhoods, norms and criteria for area distribution, housing and area planning standards, net residential density and gross residential density, development controls and building byelaws, UDPFI guidelines, NBC 2005 provisions.
5. Case studies of neighbourhood planning.
STUDY MATERIAL:
1. Shelter in India: Sustainable Development Series Aromar Revi 1990 Stosiusloc/ Advent Books IDivision
2. Housing : A factual Analysis Beyer Glen H, 1958 The Macmillan Co. NY
3. Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature Douglas Farr 2007 John Wiley & Sons
4. People and Housing in Third World cities Dwyer, DJ. 1981 Orient Lcogrna;