GPSC Town Planner, Class-1, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department Syllabus:
There are two papers in this exam. The first paper is 100 marks and the second paper is 200 marks. First paper is in Gujarati language and the second paper is in the English language. There are 100 questions in the first paper and 200 questions are in the second question paper.
GPSC Town Planner Class I Exam Syllabus:
Part-1 Syllabus of Preliminary Test:
1) Geography of India-Physical, Economic, Social, Natural Resources and population related topics- with special reference to Gujarat
2) Cultural heritage of India-Literature, Art, Religion and Architecture- with special reference to Gujarat
3) History of India with special reference to Gujarat
4) Indian Economy and Planning
5) Indian Polity and the Constitution of India:
- Preamble
- Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Composition of Parliament
- Powers of the President of India
- Powers of Governor
- Judiciary
- Provisions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward classes of the society
- Attorney General
- NITIAayog
- Panchayati Raj Institutions
- Finance Commission
- Constitutional and Statutory Bodies: Election Commission of India, Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General; Central Vigilance Commission, Lokpal and Lokayukta, Central Information Commission
6) General Mental Ability
7) General Science, Environment and Information & Communication Technology
8) Daily events of Regional, National and International Importance including Sports
Part-2 Syllabus of Preliminary Test:
1. Planning History and Theory
Ancient and Medieval Cities in India: Urbanization in the medieval period
including a study of cities like Varanasi, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Dholavira and
Lothal; Chola dynasty sponsored famous towns like Thanjavur, Nagapattinam,
Kanchipuram and Madurai;
Mughal and Colonial Built Environment: Mughals and Vijayanagara
Kingdoms built grand cities like Shahjahanabad in the north and Hampi – the
capital of Vijayanagara Kingdom in the south; Mughal towns and cities; City and
regional planning during the British Raj involving cantonments, model towns,
capital towns like New Delhi; Regional planning efforts involving development
of port cities such as Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, etc.; Construction of railways,
and road networks; The Portuguese port towns of Cochin, Cannanore, Goa,
Daman and Diu. Contributions of scholars like Sir Patrick Geddes to Indian
planning; Governance and planning legislation during the British period include
a study of improvement trusts, municipalities, etc.
Urban Theories: Concentric Zone Theory, Sector Theory, and Multiple Nuclei
Theory with a focus on the contributions of Robert E. Park, Louis Wirth, etc.;
Land Use and Land Value Theory of William Alonso; From the world city to the
global city.
Theories of Planning: Rational Planning Model; Advocacy Planning Model;
Political Economy Model; Equity Planning Model; Radical Planning model;
Collaborative Planning Theory.
2. Planning Techniques
Scales and Preparation of Maps: Maps as a representation of reality,
Elements of Maps; Graphical, linear and areal scales, Notations involving basic
discipline of maps; Measurement of areas; Learning to prepare base maps;
Contents of base maps at various scales; Choice of appropriate scales for region and settlement level plans, town development plans, zonal development
plans, layout plans.
Data for Planning and Socio-Economic Surveys: Data requirements for
urban and regional planning; Sources of primary and secondary data;
Quantitative and Qualitative methods of data collection, Validity and reliability
of data, Questionnaire design, measurement scales and their applications,
sampling techniques, types of socioeconomic surveys; Self-surveys,
interviews, mailed questionnaires and observer participation, focus groups etc.
Physical Surveys: Techniques of conducting surveys for land use, building
use, density, structural condition of buildings, heights of buildings, land
utilization and physical features of land; Data requirements for various types of
regional plans; Techniques for conducting regional surveys.
Analysis and Presentation of Data: Land suitability analysis, Land use
classification, coding and analysis; residential and non-residential density
patterns and their analyses; population and economic analysis. Tabulation of
data, graphical presentation of data; Preparing pie diagrams, histograms, bar
charts, normal, semi-log and double log graphs and their uses; colour, black
and white presentation techniques; Understanding the discipline of illustrations
and tables. Colour, black and white presentation techniques; Basic discipline of
presenting illustrations; Presentation of spatial data, analysis and proposals.
3. Transport Planning
Transport System: Types and characteristics of transport systems;
Determinants of transport demand; Planning norms and standards; Principles
of transport infrastructure planning and design of roads and intersections, street
infrastructure elements; Pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure; Parking facilities;
and Principles of traffic management.
Land use – Transport Integration: Land use transport integration: definitions
and concepts, land use transport cycle, importance of accessibility; Factors
affecting land use-transport integration, and tools for land use-transport
integration; Key elements of integration; Integrating land use and transport in
the planning process; Institutional integration and legal mechanisms for
integration.
Traffic Impact on Land Development: Principles of traffic impact analysis,
land development attributes, traffic generation rates of different land use; Land
development impact on traffic congestion on road segments, intersections and
parking, impact on public transportation, pedestrian traffic and safety.
Transport Planning Policies and Projects: Transport planning policies of
central and state governments; Transit Oriented Development: Definition,
concepts and key components; Principles of TOD, planning norms and
standards of TOD, pre-requisites of TOD, financing of TOD projects, role of
stakeholders; Golden Quadrilateral project, corridor development projects,
expressway projects; Metro rail networks projects of urban and regional
significance.
4. Housing and Environment Planning
Problem of Housing: Significance of housing in economic and social
development; Basic Terms in housing, understanding concepts of Housing
need, demand, supply and shortage; Housing data analysis from Census;
Housing typologies; Housing development process; Nature of housing problem
in urban and rural India, Public health issues in housing; Housing for the poor,
houselessness in India, old housing.
Housing Policy and Finance: Evolution of housing policy in India, Role of the
government and private sector in housing; housing programmes for the poor
and night shelters; Examples of housing projects, Introduction to housing
finance; Affordability and Cost of housing; Role of Financing organisation.
Critical Review of Current housing programmes.
Ecosystem, Urban Ecosystem and Quantitative Ecology: Eco-system and
their relevance to environment, Impact of advanced agriculturemethods,
urbanization and industrialization on nature; Pollution, types, sources,
remedies; Urban ecosystem approach, evolution and significance; Introduction
to quantitative ecology, Identification of ecological parameters for planning at
different levels, Site planning, Settlement planning, Regional planning. Data
needs, formats for data collection Types of analysis required to evolve
ecological parameters; Environmental impact assessment, Methods and their
appraisal. preparation and analysis of resource inventories and resource
matrices.
Resource Planning and Management: Finiteness of resources, examples of
transfer from one resource to another in history in different parts of world;
Development, utilization and conservation of resources, resource planning,
integrated resource planning approach; Resource regions, their problems and
potentials; Resource management, traditional and contemporary approaches.
Resource development in India, some selected areas (energy, water,
manpower, etc.); and Government’s 8 missions under the National Action Plan
on Climate Change.
5. Metropolitan Regional Planning
Metropolitan Cities, Agglomerations and Regions: Defining cities,
metropolitan cities, mega cities, metropolitan agglomerations, conurbations,
and metropolitan regions; Physical, economic and political structures of
metropolitan regions; and Globalisation and extended metropolitan region;
desakota model, and territoriality of rural-urban interactions.
Metropolitan Regional Planning: Theories about the evolution of metropolitan
regions; Techniques for the delineation metropolitan regions; Approaches to
preparing metropolitan regional plans; Organizations involved in the planning
of metropolitan regions; Implementation of regional plans in India.
Perpherialization of Metropolitan Regions: Nature and causes of
development in the peripheral areas of metropolitan regions; Actors involved in
the development in the peripheral areas; Role of the private sector in the
development of peripheral areas.
Peripheral Development and Physical Environment: Environmental assets
in peripheral areas of metropolitan regions and their uses; Condition and status
of forests, water bodies, etc.
6. Infrastructure Planning
Water Supply System: Water supply systems and networks, and network
mapping; Water sources, quality and quantity requirements, and water
requirement for various land uses; Factors affecting water demand; Storage
facilities and distribution systems; Rain water harvesting systems and locational criteria, implications on land use and density of water harvesting system;
Innovative Methods and successful urban water supply system practices;
Water programmes and policies.
Sanitation and Sewerage System and Storm Water Drainage: General
considerations and principle of sanitation and sewerage systems;
Sewagedisposal and treatment methods; Characteristics of waste water,
industrial pollutants and their affects; Open defecation; Manual scavenging;
Innovative approaches of sewage disposal in urban areas and low cost
appropriate technologies for sanitation; Strom water drainage networks, and
network mapping; Estimations of sewer generation and network requirements;
Elements of Solid Waste Management, Classification and Characteristics of
Solid Wastes; Methods for Solid waste Collection, Storage, transportation and
disposal; Processing and Treatment of Solid Wastes; Land Filling methods of
Solid Waste Management.
Social Infrastructure: Social infrastructure typologies; Planning norms and
space standards for education, health, recreation and socio-cultural facilities;
Amenities for urban and rural settlements; Significance of education and health
infrastructure in planning; Locating education and health facilities;
Understanding scalogram and other techniques.
Policies, Programmes and Projects: Understanding prevalent policies,
projects and missions, for example, JnNURM, AMRUT, HRIDAY, Smart Cities
Mission, etc.; Norms and standards for different types of infrastructure; Nature
and content of infrastructure in development plans at different geographical
levels; Making assessment of infrastructure requirements in plans.
7. Urban and Regional Governance
Evolution of Urban and Regional Governance: Comprehending
governance; History of governance of urban and regional after 1947;
Organizations involved in planning, development and management of urban
and rural areas; Present status of urban and regional governance in India.
Devolution of Local Government: Need for decentralization and devolution
of powers from state governments to local government; District Planning
Committees and Metropolitan Planning Committees; Current position of
implementation of 73rd and 74th amendment acts.
Coproduction: Role of the Third Sector: Shift from government to
governance; Context of governance for greater involvement of the private
sector; Ideas of good governance; Public private partnerships; Role of global
players such as the World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, the private
sector, INGOs, NGOs, CBOs.
Land Administration and Management: Models of land assembly in India -
Bulk land acquisition, land reconstitution, etc.; Land administration and
management; Understanding maps of land records; Methods of keeping land
records in urban and rural areas.
8. Risk, Disaster Mitigation and Management
Basic Concepts of Disaster Management: Disaster: Definitions, concepts,
types and perceptions; Recent initiatives at national and state level; Kyoto
Framework of disaster mitigation and management; Paris agreements; Disaster
management policy at the national and state levels; Disaster management
statutes at national and state levels.
Disaster Management Mechanisms: Disaster management mechanisms at
national, state and district levels; Select global practices; Disaster and
development; Development plans and disaster management plans; Roles
played in disaster management by INGOs, NGOs, CBOs and armed forces;
and Community Based Disaster Preparedness.
Disaster Risk Mitigation: Natural Disasters: cyclones, floods, earthquakes,
landslides etc.; Disaster as a physical phenomenon, causes and consequences
of mitigation and management practices; Risks’ mitigation strategies in
development plans inclusive of industrial, chemical and biological disasters;
Land use planning, building bye laws and disaster safe construction practices.
Disaster Preparedness and Post Disaster Management: Forecasting and
early warning systems for various types of disasters; Role of communication
and information technologies in disaster management; Disaster education and
awareness; Case studies on natural disasters; Climate change and its
implications in disaster mitigation; Post-disaster management including
rehabilitation and reconstruction of disaster affected areas; Safe hill area
development guidelines and coastal zone regulations for safe habitation.
9. Planning Legislation:
Concept of Law: Sources of law (custom, legislation and precedent); meaning
of the term of law, legislation, ordinance, bill, act, regulations and bye-laws;
significance of law and its relationship to urban planning; benefits of statutory
backing for planning schemes.
Indian Constitution: Concepts and contents of Indian Constitution; Rights and
their implication on planning; Fundamental provisions regarding property rights;
evolution of planning legislation and overview of legal tools connected with
urban planning and development; model town planning laws.
Statutory Framework for Planning and Development Law: Evolution of town
planning legislation, town planning laws, town planning as a state subject, 73rd
and 74th amendment and its implications for planning law, current amendments
in planning and development laws.
Planning law and its interface with other laws affecting development:
Current laws related to environment, heritage, housing, real estate, property
law and their interaction with planning law; PPP and contract laws; any other
Acts relevant at a particular time, for example, special investment region acts
model community participation law.
Acts and Policies: Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976
and Rules, 1979; Gujarat Infrastructure Development Act, 1999; The Real
Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016; Land Acquisition
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Policies
and programs of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA).
10. Project Planning and Management
Project planning, Project Formulation and Appraisal, Project Management and
Implementation, Project Evaluation and Monitoring, Regulatory Frameworks
Governing Projects, National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy (2007) -
Social Impact mitigation; National Environmental Policy (2006) – Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP).
11. Urban and Regional Planning in India:
What is Planning and who are the Planners: Various meanings of the term
planning, distinction between land use planning and spatial planning; Goals and
objectives of planning, orthodoxies of planning; Planning at various spatial
scales; Planning challenges; Planners and their different roles.
History of Planning before 1991: Planning in the central Five Year Plans;
Planning guidelines: Urban Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI)
Guidelines 1996; Story of master plan preparation and their implementation or
lack of it; Planning institution building prior to 1990s; Programmes for planning
like IDSMT, etc.
Current Nature of Planning: Mission mode planning versus plan based
planning, JNNURM, SEZs, SCM; Planning in a globalised and networked India;
Planning Guidelines: Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and
Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2015, Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban
Mission, 2016; Sustainable Development goals and their relationship with
spatial planning.
Plans and Policies: Types, substance and dimensions of various kinds of
development plans; Rethinking about development plans; need of development
plans; Planning policies versus economic policies; Politics and spatial planning;
Spatial plans for rural settlements; Integration of spatial and economic plans.
12. Urban Information Systems and Spatial Analysis:
Urban Information Systems: Importance of urban information systems,
information scales and levels; Pre-requisites for using planning information
systems; Representing, modelling and impact analysis of the data; Query
measurement and transformations; Summary statistics and inferences.
Urban Information Systems for Planning: Urban information systems for
planning; Tools for spatial data handling-type systems, nature, hierarchy and
values; Raster and vector data structures; Analysis of tools and software;
Spatial data models, geo-database; Geospatial information regulation statutes
and policy guidelines.
Government Initiatives and Urban Information Systems in Planning:
National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS), National Urban
Information System (NUIS), NUIS guidelines and design standards; National
urban observatory, municipal information systems, the National E-Governance
Plan (NEGP) and land information systems; Global navigation satellite
systems.
Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing Techniques:
Geographic Information Systems: Concept, components, and benefits; Spatial
data entry into GIS, data structure for GIS; Mapping and spatial analysis
software, linking of attribute data, spatial data aggregation, spatial data
generalization; Raster data capture; Cloud based GIS on Bhuvan platform; GIS
based master plans; Resource satellite, and sensing capabilities; Aerial
photography; Digital survey; Raster data processing and analysis; Resolutions;
Geo-Rectification; Geometric distortions, image enhancement, transformation,
segmentation; Image interpretation and analysis, 3D terrain modelling.
13. Current Trends and recent advancements in the above field.
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