Growth pattern of towns Natural and Planned,
Types of zoning and importance,
various road networks(Grid iron pattern, shoe string development,
Surveys for data collection, physical survey, social survey, economic survey, civic survey,
Town aesthetics, landscape architecture,
Rehabilitation of slum and urban renewal,
1. Transportation Engineering – II (Town Planning)
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Course Learning Outcomes:
• At the end of this session, the student will be able to explain
various data and survey methods employed in town planning
Surveys in Town planning
2. Prof. (Dr.) Sachin Kishor Patil
B.E. Civil, M.E. Civil Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. (IIT, Bombay)
❑ Professor & Head of Department
❑ Department of Civil Engineering
❑ AMGOI, Vathar, Kolhapur, MH, India.
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3. Surveys
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Collection of info and data
Geddes- “Survey before plan Principle”/Diagnosis before
treatment”
Data as evidence
Cause and need
Inter relation of units
Identification of Evils of town development
Public opinion
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5. A. Town Survey
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Survey done at much small scale/Community
Physical Survey
Social Survey
Economic Survey
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6. A. Town Survey - a. Physical
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a) Physical Survey
1. Natural features like topography, physically difficult land, geology,
landscape, soil, Climate data,
2. Land use
3. Physical economic factors like agricultural value of the land, mineral
resources and water gathering lands, areas with public services,
transportation linkages
4. Conditions of buildings – Life and structural
5. Communication survey by
1. Highways
2. Traffic at junctions
3. Parking
4. Origin and Destination
5. Accident study
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7. A. Town Survey - b. Social
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b) Social survey
Population
Trends
Characteristics
Migration
Demographics- Age,
Education, Variation
Density
Housing
Classes
Height
Materials
Rented/Owned
Community facility
Education
Health
Recreational
Other amusements
8. A. Town Survey - C. Social
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b) Economic survey
Occupational- Nature of job
Cultivation/Agri.
Trade
Industry types
Location
Raw materials availability
Workers count
Survey of commerce
Turn over
Goods handled
Transportation used
Utility
Water supply
Drainage
Electricity
Telephone
Street lighting
9. B. Regional Survey
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done over a region dealing with
PHYSICAL FACTORS
like topography. physically difficult land, geology, landscape etc.
PHYSICAL ECONOMIC FACTORS
like agricultural value of the land, mineral resources and water
gathering lands. areas with public services, transportation linkages
etc.
SOCIAL ECONOMIC FACTORS
like areas of influence of towns and villages. employment,
population changes etc
C. National Survey
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10. D. Civic –Socio-Economic
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Local level
Physical features
Communication
Traffic
Open spaces
Housing
Population
Health
Landscape
Cultivation
Amenities
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11. Surveying techniques
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SELF SURVEYS - mailing questionnaires to the to be surveyed
persons
INTERVIEWS - by asking questions to the people to be surveyed
DIRECT INSPECTION - when the surveyor himself inspects the
situations concerned
OBSERVERS PARTICIPATION - when the observer himself
participate in acquiring the data required
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12. Surveying Questionnaire
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NOMINAL where there is no ordering, like asking of sex, age,
employment in any particular service etc.
ORDINAL where there is a specific order of choices like asking of
priorities, housing conditions, climate etc.
INTERVAL where an interval of time is given importance like time
taken to shift from Lower Income Group (LIG) housing to MIG housing,
time interval to change from two wheelers to four wheelers etc. this
provides an yardstick of measurements
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