Professional roles and responsibilities of planning consultants
June 10, 2021
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
1. City / Urban Transport Plans;
2. Regional / State Level Transport Plans;
3. 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.);
4. Monitoring and Evaluation / Impact Assessment Studies;
5. Technical Assistance / Technical Advisory Services to Government
Authorities; and
6. Institutional / Capacity Building Studies / Training
3. Policy Studies
1. 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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