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Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
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M.U.R.P. - Discipline - 15
City Planning: Historical development of city planning, principles of city planning, new towns, survey methods, site planning, regulations and building bye-laws.
Housing: Concept of shelter, housing design and policies, role of government agencies, finance and management.
Landscape Design: Principles of landscape design, landscape elements, materials, planting design.
Computer Aided Design: Application of computers in architecture and planning, understanding elements of hardware and software, programming Visual Basic, Java.
Environmental and Building Science: Elements of environmental science, ecological principles concerning environment, role of micro-climate in planning and design, climate control through site planning, elements of solar energy in planning, principles of lighting and illumination, noise pollution and control.
Planning Theory: Planning process, comprehensive planning, land use and density in residential and non-residential areas, central place theory, rank size rile, settlement pattern, land utilization and district level planning.
Techniques of planning: Application of remote sensing techniques in urban and regional planning, planning surveys, methods of preparation of urban and regional development plans, structure plans, strategy plans etc and site planning principles and design.
Traffic and Transportation Planning: Principles of traffic engineering and transportation planning, methods of conducting traffic and parking surveys, design of roads, intersections and parking areas, hierarchy of roads and levels of services, traffic and transport management in urban areas, traffic safety and traffic laws.
Urban Service and Networks: Planning principles of distribution and supply systems for water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste disposal and power supply, health and demography related aspects of standards at town, neighborhood and site levels.
Urban Administration and management: Concept and meaning of planning laws, development control of zoning regulations, laws relating to land acquisition, land ceiling regional and urban plan preparations, local taxation, revenue resources, and fiscal management.
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