DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

DR. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE UNIVERSITY

Ranchi, Jharkhand.

MINOR VOCATIONAL
COURSE
(MVC)

Course Name:
URBAN PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Department:
SOCIOLOGY

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Course Outcome
• To understand the concept and evolution of Urban Planning and Development and perspective
of Urban Planning and Development in the Indian context.
• To understand the legislations and guidelines of Urban Planning and Development both in
India and countries across the world.
• To identify the various thematic areas in which Urban Planning and Development can be done.
• To be able to identify the key outcomes of Urban Planning and Development.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, the learners are expected to be able to:
• Give various definitions of Urban Planning and Development
• List out various provisions related to Urban Planning and Development
• Discuss the importance of Urban Planning and Development in various thematic areas
• Describe key outcomes of Urban Planning and Development
Programme Objective
• To impart knowledge and understanding about Urban Planning and Development through
exhaustive learning.
• To expand the capacity of learners on various theoretical and practical aspects of Urban
Planning and Development.
• To develop professional knowledge in formulation, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of Urban Planning and Development projects and programmes, and
• To develop expertise in various thematic areas of Urban Planning and Development
Programme Outcome
• Fresh graduates who complete this programme will be the potential candidates suitable for
employment at the grassroots, supervisory and other middle level positions in the corporate
organizations handling projects related to Urban Planning and Development.
• The programme also strengthens the efficiency and effectiveness of in-service personnel
working in government, private or corporate sectors and handling various Urban Planning and
Development projects and programmes.
• In-service professionals will be more potential candidates suitable for higher level positions in
the field of Urban Planning and Development. In addition and can act as more resourceful
persons in the field.
• This course also provides scope for those interested in the field of Urban Planning and
Development as a part of self-employment.

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SEMESTER–II (MVC–201T)
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT [45 Lectures]
04 Credits (3L/1T)
Marks : 75 [ESE (T): 3 Hrs.] + 25 [ESE (P): 3 Hrs.) = 100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE) = 40
End Semester Examination (ESE): Theory
There will be TWO group of Questions. Group A (15 Marks) carries very short answer type compulsory
questions. Answer 4 out of 6 subjective/descriptive questions given in Group B (60 Marks). Candidates are
required to answer in their own words as far as practicable.
End Semester Examination (ESE): Practical
As per the structure developed by the Department.

Learning Outcomes:

• To facilitate the student to the gain in depth knowledge in the concepts and dynamics
of Urban Development.
• To impart knowledge on various techniques of Urban Planning.
• To enable the students to understand the concept of Urban Governance and its
institutional framework.
• To enable the students to examine the development of the idea of urban management.

Unit 1: Urban Development and Planning: Concept and Dynamics [15 Lectures]
✓ Urbanization and Planning: An Overview
✓ Theories of Urban Development and Urban Planning
✓ Evolution of Urban Development: Global Overview
✓ Urban Development Experience in India
✓ Urban Land Use Planning for City
Unit 2: Urban Governance [15 Lectures]
✓ Governance: An Overview
✓ Urban Governance: Institutional Framework
✓ Urban Governance: Structural Framework

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✓ Urban E-Governance

Unit 3: Urban Management [15 Lectures]

✓ Development Management: An Overview
✓ Urban Management and Management of Urban Services
✓ Financial Management
✓ Urban Assets Management

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED READINGS

1. Aijaz R. (2007), Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India Asia Research
Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
2. Aziz,A. and Arnold D.D. (1996), Decentralised Governance in Asian Countries. New
Delhi, Sage Publications.
3. Chamaraj K. (2006), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban renewal Mission JNNURM) -
a critique Delhi Human Development Report 2006
4. Chaubey P K. (2006), Urban Local Bodies in India: quest for making them selfreliant
New Delhi, Indian Institute of Public Administration.
5. Dreze, Jean and Amartya Sen, (1996), India, Economic Development and Social
Opportunity, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
6. Jha G. (1993), Seventy-Fourth Constitution Amendment and the empowerment of
municipal government: a critique, Urban India Xl1l Gune-December)
7. Jha G. (2003), Municipal Financial Resource Mobilisation Status, Concerns and Issues
New Delhi, Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (P) Ltd
8. Jha G. (2006), Urban Governance: municipal finance imperatives Pune, State Institute
of Urban Development, YASHADA
9. Mathur O. P. (2006), Urban Finance, India Infrastructure Report Delhi, Oxford
University Press

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10. Mathur M P. (2007), Impact of the Constitution (74th) Amendment Act on the urban
local bodies: a reviewNIUAWP 07-02 (National Institute of Urban Affairs). 2007,
Documentation of Best Practices, Delhi, NIUA.
11. Mathur, Kuldeep (2009), From Government to Governance, National Book Trust,
New Delhi. Mathur, O.P. (ed.) (1999) India: The Challenge of Urban Governance,
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi in collaboration with
Centre for Urban & Country Studies, University of Toronto. New Delhi: NIPFP.
12. Mohan, R., and S. Dasgupta, ‘The 21st Century: Asia Becomes Urban’, Economic and
Political Weekly, January 15, 2005.
13. Mohanty P.K. (1995): Reforming Municipal Finances: Some suggestions in the
context of India’s Decentralization Initiative, Urban India, Vol. XV (No.1), January-
June. NIUA (1998); Project Development Experience in Urban Environmental
Infrastructure, Paper and Presentations at International Seminar, Compiled by Jha
Gangadhar, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, Vol. I & II. NIUA (2000)
‘Urban Statistics – Hand Book 2000, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi.
14. O. P. Mathur, India’s Urban Sector : An Assessment, National Institute of Public
Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, 2005.
15. Pierre, Jon (ed.) (2000), Debating Governance, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
World Bank (1992), Governance and Development, World Bank, Washington DC.
16. Task Force on Planning of Urban Development, p.68, Planning Commission,
Government of India, 1982.
17. Tewari, V. (2004), Municipal reforms for sustainable urban infrastructure
development in India,Paper presented at the United Nations Asia Pacific Leadership
Forum:Sustainable Development for Cities, Hong Kong, 25-27 February 2004.
18. UN-Habitat, State of the World’s Cities, Nairobi, 2006. 9) UN – Habitat, State of the
World’s Cities, Nairobi, 2008 Part 3.2 pp.130 – 140 “Cities and Climate Change”.
City examples from UN – Habitat Best Practices database,

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19. Urban Statistics Handbook, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi,
2008.
20. Vaidya,C., Urban Issues, Reforms and Way Forward in India, Working Paper,
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, GOI, July 2009.

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DR. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE UNIVERSITY
Ranchi, Jharkhand.

SEMESTER–IV (MVC–401T)
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
[45 Lectures]
04 Credits (3L/1T)
Marks : 75 [ESE (T): 3 Hrs.] + 25 [ESE (P): 3 Hrs.) = 100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE) = 40
End Semester Examination (ESE): Theory
There will be TWO group of Questions. Group A (15 Marks) carries very short answer type compulsory
questions. Answer 4 out of 6 subjective/descriptive questions given in Group B (60 Marks). Candidates are
required to answer in their own words as far as practicable.
End Semester Examination (ESE): Practical
As per the structure developed by the Department.

Learning Outcomes:

• To facilitate the learners to acquire knowledge and skills on various challenges related
to Urban Planning and Development.
• To enable the students to gain in depth knowledge on the relevance of urban
infrastructure.
• To emphasize upon the importance of Urban Poverty and Inequality.
• To facilitate the learners to acquire knowledge and skills on various challenges related
to Sustainable Urban Ecology and Environment.

Unit 1: Urban Challenges and Urban Infrastructure [15 Lectures]

✓ Housing and Urban Industrialisation
✓ Urban Land Market and Urban Paradoxes
✓ Water, Sanitation and Waste Management
✓ Transport System and Energy Management
✓ Urban Health Care and Urban Education
✓ Urban Law and Order, Urban Safety and Security

Unit 2: Urban Poverty and Inequality [15 Lectures]

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✓ Informal Sector: An Overview

✓ Informal Settlement and Urban Poor
✓ Urban Unemployment
✓ Gender Dimensions of Urban Poverty

Unit 3: Sustainable Urban Ecology and Environment [15 Lectures]

✓ Pollution
✓ Urban Heritage
✓ Water Bodies, Water ways and Wetlands
✓ Open Spaces

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED READINGS

1. Alam, S. M. 1965, Hyderabad-Secunderabad (Twin Cities): A Study in Urban
Geography, Allkd Publishers, Mumbai.
2. Allen,Adriana 2001,“Environmental planning and management of the peri-urban
interface (PUI): perspectives on an emerging field”, Development Planning Unit,
University College London, 9–10 November 2001.
3. Audretsch, B.D. and Feldman, M.P. (1996) ‘Knowledge spillovers and the geography
of innovation and production’, American Economic Review, 86 (3): 630-40.
4. Bhole, Vijaya (1988), Housing and Urban Development in India, Classical
Publications, New Delhi
5. Brusco, Sebastiano (1982) ‘The Emilian model: productive decentralization and social
integration’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 6 (2): 167-84.
6. Coe, M. Neil, Dicken, Peter and Hess, Martin (2008) ‘Global production networks:
realizing the potential’, Journal of Economic Geography, 8 (3): 271–95.
7. Cohen, D. Stephen (2007) Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment:
Avoiding Simplicity, Embracing Complexity, New York: Oxford University Press.

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8. Durand-Lasserve, Alain 1998, “Rural–urban linkages: managing diversity.

Governance as a matrix for land management in the metropolitan fringes”,
international workshop on Rural–Urban Linkages,Curitiba, Brazil, March 1998.
9. Government of India (2007), “National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy”, Ministry
of Housing and Poverty Alleviation
10. Healey, Patsy 1997, Collaborative Planning Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies,
MacMillan, London.
11. HUDCO (2004), “Trends and Gaps in Housing and Basic Amenities in India, 2001,
(mimeo)
12. Iaquinta, David L and Axel W Drescher 2001, “More than the spatial fringe: an
application of the peri-urban typology to planning and management of natural
resources”, Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9–10 November
2001.
13. Imbs, J. and Wacziarg, R. (2003) ‘Stages of diversification’, American Economic
Review, 93(1): 63-86.
14. Kaldor, N. (1966): Causes of the Slow Rate of Economic Growth of the United
Kingdom, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
15. Kaldor, N. (1967): Strategic Factors in Economic Development, New York State
School of Industrial and Labour Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca.
16. MacGregor, Sherilyn 1995, “Planning change: not an end but a beginning” in Eichler,
Margrit (editor), Change of Plans: Towards a Non-sexist Sustainable City, Garamond
Press, Toronto, pages 151–167.
17. Markusen, Ann (1996) ‘Sticky places in slippery space: a typology of industrial
districts’, Economic Geography, 72(3): 293-313.
18. Marshall, A. (1920) Principles of Economics, London: Macmillan.
19. National Housing Bank (2010), “Report on trend and Progress of Housing in
India”(mimeo)

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20. Odeyar d.Heggade and Francis Cherunilam (1987), Housing in India, Himalaya
Publications, New Delhi
21. Porter, M.E. (2003) ‘The economic performance of regions’, Regional Studies, 37(6-
7): 549-78.
22. Schmitz, Hubert (1999) ‘Collective efficiency and increasing return’, Cambridge
Journal of Economics, 23(4): 465-483.
23. Tacoli, Cecilia 1998, “Rural–urban interactions; a guide to the literature”,
Environment and Urbanization Vol 10, No 1, pages 147–166.

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DR. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE UNIVERSITY
Ranchi, Jharkhand.

SEMESTER – VI (MVC–601T)
DYNAMICS OF URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT [45 Lectures]
04 Credits (3L/1T)
Marks : 75 [ESE (T): 3 Hrs.] + 25 [ESE (P): 3 Hrs.) = 100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE) = 40
End Semester Examination (ESE): Theory
There will be TWO group of Questions. Group A (15 Marks) carries very short answer type compulsory
questions. Answer 4 out of 6 subjective/descriptive questions given in Group B (60 Marks). Candidates are
required to answer in their own words as far as practicable.
End Semester Examination (ESE): Practical
As per the structure developed by the Department.

Learning Outcomes:

• To create awareness about the concept of sustainability and Sustainable development

Goals.
• To enable the students to gain insight in the concept of urban development policies and
programmes.
• To foster students to gain knowledge about the various reforms related to urban planning
and development.
• To enable the students to gain insight in the concept of municipal finance and diaster
management.

Unit 1: Sustainable Development and Disaster Management [15 Lectures]

✓ Sustainable Development: An Overview
✓ Public Administration and Sustainable Development
✓ Natural Resource Management and Environment Management System
✓ Meaning and Classification Of Disasters
✓ Disaster Management –Recent Trends
✓ Community Based Disaster Management
✓ Disaster Management Strategies

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Unit 2: Urban Development Policies and Programmes [15 Lectures]

✓ Urban Development Policies: A Global Overview
✓ Urban Development Policy Perspectives In India
✓ Urban Development Programmes In India

Unit 3: Urban Reforms and Municipal Finance [15 Lectures]

✓ Legal and Structural Reforms
✓ Decentralization: An Overview and Planning Process
✓ Fiscal Decentralisation – Indian and Global Overview
✓ Municipal Finance In India

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED READINGS

1. Pearce, P.W. and Atkinson, G. (1992),Measuring Sustainable Development, CRERGE
University College of London.
2. Grossman, G. and Krueger, A. (1995),“Economic growth and the environment”,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110, pp 353–77.
3. Kuznets, S. (1955),“Economic growth and income inequality”. American Economic
Review 45, pp 1–28.
4. Vandana, Shiva (2000), Stolen Harvest, South End Press, pp 61–62 Tobla,
5. M.K. (1984), Sustainable Development, Butterworth, London. Panchauri,
6. R.K. (1977),Energy and Economic Development in India, Prager Publisher, New
York.
7. Brown, L.R. (1981), Building a Sustainable Society, W.W. Norton, New York.
8. Kothari, R. (1982), Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific:
Experiences and Prospects, UNEP. Meadows, D.H., et. al. (1972), The Limits to
Growth, Signet, New York.
9. Beall,J;Crankshaw,O and Parnell,S (2002),Uniting a Divided City,Earthscan, London.
Gianpaolo Baiocchi, “Decentralisation of Government in Brazil—Perils and

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Prospects” (paper presented at the International Conference on Democratic

Decentralisation, Thiruvananthapuram, 23-27 May 2000).
10. Anthony, GO Yeh, Jiang Xu and Kaizhi Liu “China’s Post-reform urbanisation:
Retrospect, Policies and Trends”, Londan, UK Harvey,
11. Vanessa (2008) National Urban Policy in the United States, SGS Economic and
Planning. Mukhopadhyaya
12. Partha(2010): Beginning a Conversation on Chinese Urbanization in Growing Cities
in a shrinking world: The Challenges of Urbanism in India and China (Ed) Gurung et
al, India China Institute, MacMillan ,New York ,pp 118-142
13. Piper Laurence and Deacon,R (2008) : Partisan Ward Committees, Elite
Accountability and Community Participation in Transformation,Vol66-67,pp 61- 82
Rebecca Abers, “From Ideas to Practice: The Partido dos Trabalhadores and
Participatory Governance in Brazil,” Latin American Perspectives 23, no. 4 (1996):
39.

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Ranchi, Jharkhand.

SEMESTER – VIII (MVC–801T)

MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES
[15 Lectures]
04 Credits (3L/1T)
Marks : 75 [ESE (T): 3 Hrs.] + 25 [ESE (P): 3 Hrs.) = 100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE) = 40
End Semester Examination (ESE): Theory
There will be TWO group of Questions. Group A (15 Marks) carries very short answer type compulsory
questions. Answer 4 out of 6 subjective/descriptive questions given in Group B (60 Marks). Candidates are
required to answer in their own words as far as practicable.
End Semester Examination (ESE): Practical
As per the structure developed by the Department.

Learning Outcomes:

• To enable the students to gain knowledge in the concept of project formulation and
management.
• To facilitate the students to understand the concept of monitoring and evaluation.
• To develop an understanding among students on the process of measurement and
sampling.
• To develop an understanding among students on the process of collecting and analyzing
the data.

Unit 1: Project Formulation, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation [15 Lectures]

✓ Project Formulation and Appraisal
✓ Project Management and Programme Planning
✓ Monitoring
✓ Evaluation

Unit 2: Measurement and Sampling [15 Lectures]

✓ Measurement
✓ Scales and Tests

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✓ Reliability and Validity

✓ Sampling

Unit 3: Data Collection and Analysis [15 Lectures]

✓ Quantitative Data Collection Methods and Devices
✓ Statistical Tools
✓ Data Processing and Analysis
✓ Report Writing

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED READINGS

1. International Tropical Timber Organization (2009), Manual for Project Formulation,
Third Edition; GI Series 13.
2. O’ Connor, B.N., Bronner, M. and Delaney, C. (1996), South – Western Training for
Organization, South – Western Educational Publications, Baylor Universities, Waco,
Texas. P. Nick Blanchard and James W. Thacker (2005), Effective Training: Systems,
Strategies and Practices, Prentice Hall India.
3. Steve Truelove (1997), Handbook of Training and Development, Beacon Books.
Vinayshil Gautam, Shobhana G. (2008), Training and Development, Indian Society for
Training and Development, New Delhi.
4. Baum W.C and Tolbert S.M. (1985) Investing in Development: Lessons of the World
Bank Experience, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Choudhary, S. (1988) Project
Management, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill. Harrison,
5. F.L. (1992), Advance Project Management, Metropolitan, New Delhi. Kohli,
6. K. N (1993), Economic analysis of investment projects: a practical approach, Oxford
University Press.
7. Lavagnon A. Ika, Amadou Diallo, Denis Thuillier, (2010) “Project management in the
international development industry: The project coordinator’s perspective”,
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 3 Iss: 1, pp.61 – 93

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8. Layard, R. and Stephen Glaister, (eds) Cost-Benefit Analysis, Second edition,

Cambridge. Prasanna Chandra (1988), Projects, Preparation, Appraisal, Budgeting and
Implementation, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. Sapru
9. R.K., (1994), Development Administration, Sterling, New Delhi. United Nations
Industrial Development Organisation (1998), Manual For Evaluation of Industrial
Projects, Oxford and IBH New York.
10.Levis, J.P. (2007), Fundamentals of Project Management, American Management
Association, New York. Richard Newton (2008), Project Management Step by Step,
Kindersely Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi.

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