Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India

TARGET GROUP: URBAN CAPACITY BUILDING

OBJECTIVES

·        To identify and propagate the need for continuous urban capacity development.

·        To recognize the planning, urban design, architecture, and civil engineering are distinct professions with dedicated degree programmes and qualifications.

SUMMARY

Over the years, the discipline called ‘Urban planning’ (and its allied nomenclatures) have gained a lot of importance globally. The research and education sector has grown as well. However, in terms of perception and employability, this field and its expertise remains ironically underrated and under-utilised in both public as well as private sectors in India. This is largely due to legacy issues as well as practical overlapping of the roles/skill sets of a planner, architect, urban designer and a civil engineer. At times, it has also been observed that the planner’s role is being catered to by the professionals from a field which are not even related to any of the aforementioned domains of expertise. This lack of clarity amongst the potential users of the planning skill sets as well as the public at large, is also hampering the overall quality of work outputs and their intended outcomes.

REFERENCE

https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-09/UrbanPlanningCapacity-in-India-16092021.pdf