International Journal of Town Planning and Management
Volume 6, Issue 2 (2020)
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Livability in the Micro-urban Blocks: A Case of an Urban Block in Oppanakara Street, Coimbatore
Abstract: India is among the most popular developing countries in the world. Urban Transformation in India have reflected on the Urban Expansion in the previous decades and called for the making of vital and lively urban places. The research has been taken forward by Urban Planner to test the relationship between Urban Design, Urban Morphology and Urban Vitality in Indian Cities. Coimbatore City, in State Tamil Nadu has faced Urban Agglomeration …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 01–09 Read article
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Importance of Traffic and Transportation Plan in the Context of Land Use Planning for Indian Cities
Abstract: Traffic congestion is one of the important issues in developing cities and it depends on the change in land use. Regulation of zoning and land use play as major role to mitigate the traffic congestion. Integration of Land use and transport system is one of the good solution to manage the traffic congestion is developing cities. In the past decades, Urban sprawl has resulted in to loss of high quality …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 10–15 Read article
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Changes in Urban Dynamics: Planning for Future Urban Resilience for Healthier and Safer Life
Abstract: The novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) has spread in cities and communities around the world and the story of COVID-19 pandemic in many global cities has so far been very different. Cities and urban areas are on the frontline of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic across the world. Historically pandemics and diseases shape cities and urban forms. Emerging from Hubei Province in the city of Wuhan-China, the COVID-19 disease has affected not only …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 16–28 Read article
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Review of Impact of Sanitation on Children in India
Abstract: An improved sanitation facility is one that hygienically separates human excreta from human contact. Improved sanitation facilities are used by less than two thirds of the world population. The global picture masks great disparities between regions. Virtually the entire population of the developed regions uses improved facilities, but in developing regions only around half the population uses improved sanitation. The purpose of the study was to review the relevant literature …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 29–41 Read article
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Development Plan for Semmancheri Town Panchayat in Chennai Metropolitan Area
Abstract: Urban agglomeration is a result of population diffusion from metropolitan centres due to land scarcity. This has created complex problems such as deficiency of land, inward and outward movement of people around the areas. It also influences the economic, social, spatial segregation of population between the core cities and peripheral areas. Semmancheri is one among the peri-urban area in Chennai facing serious problems like dynamism of planning issues and land …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 42–50 Read article
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Parking Management Plan for Old Washermanpet, Chennai, India
Abstract: This project is to avoid congestion in the parking area by implementing a parking management system. Mainly in Public places such as market areas, hospitals, function-halls, offices, shopping malls, and Commercial hotspot areas. Old Washermanpet is a very busy commercial shopping area, comprising of various shopping complexes of electronic goods, household goods, clothes, jewelry, etc. Due to the non-availability of a specific parking area, they keep their vehicles along the …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 51–56 Read article