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Town Planning Urban Management CSS Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for the subject of Town Planning & Urban Management for the CSS exam. It outlines 9 sections that will be covered, including the history of urban planning, managing urbanization, housing and economic development, and sustainability. It also provides a list of 17 suggested reading materials on topics like urban sustainability, growing greener cities, poverty, and smart cities.

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Town Planning Urban Management CSS Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for the subject of Town Planning & Urban Management for the CSS exam. It outlines 9 sections that will be covered, including the history of urban planning, managing urbanization, housing and economic development, and sustainability. It also provides a list of 17 suggested reading materials on topics like urban sustainability, growing greener cities, poverty, and smart cities.

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CSS Syllabus

Subject: Town Planning &


Urban Management

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Paper: Town Planning & Urban Management
(100 Marks)
I. Definition of Town Planning, Goals and objectives of Town Planning: Town Planning as a
multi-disciplinary approach and relationship of Town Planning with other professions.
II. Historical Perspective of Urban Planning: Planning of historical towns in the world. Examples
of planned towns in Europe, Nile Valley region, Euphrates and Tigris Valley region and Indus
Valley region (Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Kot Diji and Mehr Garh and Gandhara Civilization).
III. Urban Rural Differences and Hierarchy of Settlements: Urbanization and its effects on the
environment of urban areas.
IV. History of planning in Pakistan: 5 year plans, Regional Plans, Master Plans etc.
V. Managing Urbanization

• How to manage urbanization


• Best Practices
• Land use classification policy
• Building and development control
• Removal of encroachments
• Introduction to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
VI. Housing community and Economic Development: To prepare professionals withthe skills and
knowledge of equitable development. Commitment to expanding opportunities and providing
quality of life for disadvantaged groups.
VII. Public Policy and Urban Design Management: Solving social and environmental problems
using:
a. Economics,
b. Policy analysis,
c. Political science and
d. Urban Design
VIII. Sustainability, Environmental Policy and Planning: How society conserves andmanages its
natural resources and works to promote development, while conserving and maintaining healthy
environment.
IX. Urban Information Systems: Use of planning related software and spatial analysistools and
systems e.g., GIS, SPSS etc.

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SUGGESTED READINGS
S.No. Title Author
1. Introducing Town Planning Clara Greed
2. Introduction to Town and Country Planning John Ratcliff
3. Town Planning for the Third World A.K. Bhatti
4. Contemporary Urban Planning J.M. Levy
5. Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Peter J. Loughlin,
6. Town and Country Planning in the UK J.B. Cullingworth,Vincent
Nadin
7. Town Planning in Practice Raymond Unwin,
8. World Cities and Urban Mike Janks

9. Urban Land Use Planning Philip R. B


10. Environmental Science: A Global Concern William P
11. Megacity Management in the Asian andPacific Stubbs, Jeffery GilesClarke
Region (Vol-2)
12. Dying Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle Somaiya N

13. Handbook on Urban Sustainability Springer


14. Emerald Cities – Urban sustainability andEconomics Joan Fitzgerald

15. Growing Greener Cities Eugene Birch, Susan


Wachter
16. The Earth scan Reader in Sustainability Cities David Sattethwaite

17. The Poverty Curtain Dr. Mehboob –ul-Haq


18. Reflections on Human Development Dr. Mehboob –ul-Haq
19. Smart Cities Anthony Townsend

All of these books are available on our website with FREE Delivery
all over Pakistan. Click Here: https://cssaspirants.pk/css-books/

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