Legal Issues in Urban Planning
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The official GTU curriculum for Legal Issues in Urban Planning (subject code 3724816) as prescribed for TACP · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 58 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3724816)Unit 1 Law, Indian Constitution Evolution of Planning Legislation
- Sources of law: custom
- legislation and precedent
- Meaning and terms of law: legislation
- bill, act, regulation, and bye-laws
- Significance of law and its relationship to urban and regional planning
- benefit of statutory backing
- eminent domain powers and police powers
- Concepts and contents related to planning
- provision regarding property rights
- legislative competence of Local
- State and Central government to deal with various matters concerning Town and Country Planning
- An over view of legal tools connected with urban and regional planning and development
- Town and Country Planning Act, Improvement Trust Act, Development Authorities Act: objectives
- procedures for provision an implementation of regional plans
- master plans and town planning schemes
- Concept of Arbitration
- betterment levy development charges and public participation in statutory planning process
- concept of structure plan
- local plan and action plan under the Law
- Interface between policy and legislation pertaining to urban development. 07 Subject Code 3724816 w.e.f
Unit 2 Policy and Acts
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Environmental Protection Act
- Land Acquisition Act: Concepts
- procedure for compulsory acquisition of property and determination of compensation
- Acts pertaining to SEZ
- disaster management, and legal aspects of innovative techniques such as Transfer of Development Rights
- Accommodation Reservation (AR)
- Air Rights
- Climate change and urban development etc
Unit 3 Habitat Laws and Significance of Land Development Control
- Laws relating to Slum Clearance
- landscape and traffic
- Laws relating to conservation and restoration
- historical monuments
- archaeological sites and remnants of national importance
- contract management and execution of projects
- NULM mission
- Model State Affordable Housing Policy for Urban Areas
- Role of CRGFTLIH
- Objectives of legal tools
- Role of MHUPA
- critical evaluation of zoning
- sub-division regulations
- building regulations and bye-laws
- development code zoning
- periphery control
- land conversion in the peri-urban areas
Unit 4 Professional Practice
- Aims and objectives of professional institute
- sister bodies
- professional role and responsibility of planning consultants
- professional ethics and code of conduct and scale of professional charges
- International Agreements (ICC- INCOTERMS
- GATT and WTO) and its impact in India
- Formulation of Consultancy project proposal and outlines (EOI, RFP, etc)
- Proposal Evaluation (QCBS, CBS, etc.) Formulation of Consultancy Contract Agreement and Contract Management Scale of Professional Charges, and Collaborative projects
- Framework for mobile governance
- Role of Inter- Disciplinary groups
- appreciation of decision making process and the process in relation to varied consultancy assignments in planning
- Management of office and personnel
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