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  2. History of urban planning - Wikipedia

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    In 1910, Thomas Adams was appointed as the first Town Planning Inspector at the Local Government Board, and began meeting with practitioners. The Town Planning Institute was established in 1914 with a mandate to advance the study of town-planning and civic design. [39] The first university course in America was established at Harvard University ...

  3. Urban Development Authority (India) - Wikipedia

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    An Urban Development Authority for each town is created per the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India. The authority consists of planners and bureaucrats who are specialised in civic planning. The officials of the authority work with state governments in town planning activities.

  4. Urban planning - Wikipedia

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    Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation ...

  5. Five-Year Plans of India - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Integrated Schematic National Programs for Economic Development The article's lead section may need to be rewritten. Please help improve the lead and read the lead layout guide. (December 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) From 1947 to 2017, the Indian economy was premised ...

  6. Patrick Geddes - Wikipedia

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    His principles for town planning in Bombay demonstrate his views on the relationship between social processes and spatial form, and the intimate and causal connections between the social development of the individual and the cultural and physical environment. They included: ("What town planning means under the Bombay Town Planning Act of 1915 ...

  7. Municipal governance in India - Wikipedia

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    It was the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992 that brought constitutional validity to municipal or local governments. Until amendments were made in respective state municipal legislations as well, municipal authorities were organised on an ultra vires (beyond the authority) basis and the state governments were free to extend or control the functional sphere through executive ...

  8. Unified settlement planning - Wikipedia

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    Unified settlement planning (USP) is the component of regional planning where a unified approach is applied for a region's overall development. The USP approach is most often associated with urban planning practices in India .

  9. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    The PRi structure did not develop the requisite democratic momentum and failed to cater to the needs of rural development.There are various reasons for such an outcome which include political and bureaucratic resistance at the state level to share power and resources with local-level institutions, the domination of local elites over the major share of the benefits of welfare schemes, lack of ...