Objective of survey for the town planning are:
The people, their interests and occupations and how they follow them,
The land and buildings and how they serve their interests.
The data collected in surveys are properly analysed in relation to the area under consideration and they are recorded on maps, charts, schedules and models. The planning survey does not start just of its own, it has to be organized with meticulous care from beginning to end and various processes concerned with such survey are suitably collected, processed, arranged and interpreted. Thus, the essential ingredient of a purposeful town planning survey is to arrange the facts of investigation in the best possible scientific manner.
The objective of a town planning survey is to gather information and feedback from residents and stakeholders in order to identify their needs, preferences, and priorities related to the town’s development and planning. The survey is intended to provide insights into residents’ attitudes towards the town’s current development and planning policies and identify opportunities for improvement or changes. The survey results can help guide decision-making and policy development related to zoning, transportation, housing, infrastructure, and other areas of town planning. Overall, the goal of a town planning survey is to ensure that the town’s development and planning policies align with the needs and priorities of the residents and stakeholders, and promote a livable, sustainable, and prosperous community.
Advantage of survey for the town planning are:
The survey draws attention to the inter-relation between various complicated activities of a town life.
The survey stresses the local requirements and appropriate treatment to be given socially, conveniently and artistically.
‘Survey before Plan’ the principle advocated by Sir Patrick Geddes
It is the ‘Diagnosis before treatment’ or ‘Diagnostic approach’ without which no adequate planning scheme can be prepared for a town.
The survey data so collected can be analysed and will be represented in the form of maps, charts, tables and models. Such a fully illustrated and clearly documented survey is helpful and advantageous.
Role of survey for the town planning are:
- To evaluate the effects of development,
- To present detailed reasoned reports,
- To provide the necessary understanding before decisions for development are made,
- To study the situation with respect to objective effectually.
TYPES OF SURVEYS
- Civic or Socio- Economic Survey
survey conducted at local level for re-development scheme, slum improvement
scheme and Master plan.
house to house survey is the socio-economic survey which is the foundation stone of the planning structure.
from this survey the town planner/ urban planner can make a correct diagnosis of various ills from which the town is suffering and prescribe the correct remedies for their cure. - Town Survey : They are done at town level and apart from data collected from the regional surveys it also includes,
i. Physical Survey
ii. Social Survey
iii. Economic Survey - Regional survey
They are those surveys which are done over a region dealing with,
Physical factors
Physical economic factors
Social economic factors
consist of number of townships and villages.
Surveys for regional highways, regional transport, regional water supply come under regional survey.
It helps to develop the whole region in a co-ordinated manner. - National Survey :
Collect information of natural resources and potentialities and to locate the industries in different regions .
Survey for fixing railway alignments, Irrigation, Hydroelectric works, Heavy industries come under national survey.
TOWN SURVEY
PHYSICAL SURVEY
SOCIAL SURVEY
ECONOMIC SURVEY
PHYSICAL SURVEY
The data can be collected either by Land Survey or Aerial Survey.
A. Natural features:
• Location in relation to other major towns in the region.
• Topography
• Climatology
B. Conditions of the Buildings:
Based on the perception of the respondent, condition of the Census houses, was classified as ‘good’, ‘livable’ or ‘dilapidated’ and code ‘1’, ‘2’ or 3 assigned respectively in census of India.
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