Development Plan

Statutory Development Plan (DP) is the most important and powerful tool for planning an urban area, and facilitating its growth at macro level. Conventionally, such plans focused on controlling the development instead of promoting and facilitating it. Also often they do not effectively integrate land use, transportation, infrastructure, environment and other key sectors, and merely become an exercise in mapping existing and identifying proposed zoning and control regulations. In this studio, the students are expected to develop core competencies in making a Development Plan for the city of Rajkot, which would go beyond the conventional ?predict and provide? approach. The key focus of the exercise is to focus on the city and regional economy, local socio-cultural aspects and critical issues the city currently facing. The city contributes to the economy of the state with heavy and small scale industries under the patronage of GIDC and GSFC. The city is also home to several CNC machine, auto parts manufacturers and about 500 foundry units. But a decline in Industries is observed over time. Inorder to plan the city, various national and international case studies were undertaken, the students will understand and explore different approaches and principles of planning, zoning and regulations in order to to prepare a plan that strives to be equitable, robust, and yet adaptable; and is able to withstand the uncertainties of the future. At the end of the semester, the students will prepare a Development Plan with proposals integrating various sectors such as zoning, land use, transport, infrastructure, housing, economy, environment etc; identify various projects, estimate costs, identify revenue sources, and suggest a monitoring mechanism to ensure maximum implementation of the plan.