Professional Diploma in Urban Planning (Awarded by London Business University)

Objectives

This Program is designed to provide students to achieve the following goals:  

• Enhance skills to develop land by using plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas. 

Course Delivery Mode

• LBU COP &
• LBU International

Credit

• 10 Credits

Modules

1. Introduction
   1. Introduction of Urban Planning  
2. Ancient Urban Planning  
   1. Ancient cities 
   2. Egyptian cities 
   3. Greek cities
   4. Roman cities
   5. Medieval cities
   6. Renaissance cities 
3. Ancient Urban Planning in India
   1. Ancient Indian cities
   2. Ancient urban planning rules in India
   3. Indian cities during Mughal period
4. Modern Urban Planning  
   1. Industrial Revolution and its impact
   2. Modern urban planning initiatives
   3. Modern urban planning concepts and case studies
5. Urban Planning Legislation  
   1. Evolution
   2. Important committees
   3. IDSMT Scheme
   4. Important Sections of Land Acquisition Act and case studies
6. Development Plan  
   1. The need 
   2. Goals and Objectives
   3. Scores and Contents 
   4. Procedure for preparation
   5. Plan implementation
   6. Public participation
   7. General Guidelines of Development Plan
   8.  Important Measures in Development Plan
   9. Zoning regulation
   10. Density of population
   11. Sub-division regulations
   12. Floor area ratio (FAR)
   13. Factors to be considered in Development Plan and case studies  
7. Housing  
   1. Importance of housing
   2. housing problems in India
   3. National housing policy
   4. Housing agencies
   5. Housing finance institutions
   6. National housing Bank
   7. HUDCOLIC
   8. HDFC
   9. Commercial banks Housing co-operatives
   10. Neighborhood concept
   11. The concept and case studies  
8. Traffic and Transportation  
   1. Importance of transportation
   2. National transportation policy
   3. Important transport components
   4. Characteristics of traffic
   5. Transportation planning process
   6. Survey Analysis and model building
   7. Forecasting
   8. Evaluation
   9. Surveys of transportation planning
   10. Traffic control at junctions
   11. Parking and case studies  
9. Landscape Design  
   1. Importance of landscape design
   2. National Building Code of India 1983 guidelines
   3. Greenbelts and Landscaping
   4. Norms for planting of shrubs and trees
   5. Landscape design process
   6. Data collection
   7. Preliminary design
   8. Final design
   9. Post design and case studies  
10. Urban Conversation  
    1. Pro-conversative arguments
    2. Anti-conversation arguments
    3. Identification of heritage buildings and case study  
11. Planning Standards  
    1. The Basic Framework
    2. Distribution of landuse
    3. Developed area average densities
    4. Work Force
    5. Proposed landuse structure of urban centres in plain areas
    6. Proposed landuse structure in hill towns
    7. infrastructure
    8. Physical infrastructure
    9. Water supply
    10. Water requirement for institutional buildings
    11. Water requirement for industrial units
    12. Sewerage
    13. Drainage
    14. Electricity
    15. Solid waste disposal
    16. Social infrastructure
    17. Education facilities
    18. Health care facilities
    19. Socio-cultural facilities
    20. Distribution services
    21. Police
    22. Fire
    23. Commercial activity
    24. Hierarchy of commercial centres
    25. Areas of commercial centres
    26. Distribution of shops by type
    27. Norms for informal sector activities
    28. Variations in norms and standards by size of settlement
    29. Small towns
    30. Medium size towns
    31. Large and Metro cities  
12. Urban Planning Terminology  
    1. Apartment
    2. Bench mark
    3. Building
    4. Building bye-laws
    5. Building height
    6. Building line
    7. Building setback
    8. City
    9. Contour
    10. Coverage
    11. Cul-de-sac
    12. Development
    13. Development area
    14. Detached building
    15. Dwelling
    16. Dwelling unit
    17. Elevation
    18. Facade
    19. Green belt
    20. Habitable room
    21. Infrastructure
    22. Master Plan
    23. Metropolitan city
    24. Non-conforming use
    25. Obsolescence
    26. Open scape
    27. Plinth area
    28. Primate city
    29. Region
    30. Real Estate
    31. Right-of-way
    32. Row buildings
    33. Ribbon development
    34. Semi-detached building
    35. Sewerage
    36. Storey
    37. Town
    38. Urbanization
    39. Urban agglomeration
    40. Urban renewal
    41. Urban sprawl
    42. Zone  

Assessment Type

• Examination (via Online)

Academic Progression to MBA Programs

• Professional Diploma Students will have their credits (10) and fee (paid) carried to any MBA (or) MPM Programs in London Business University with direct exemption of studied subjects.

Student Benefits from LBU

1. Learn from Highly Experienced International Lecturers holding PhD Degrees.
2. Internationally recognized for further studies and employment around the world.
3. Study World Class UK, EU and Singapore Qualifications with flexible cost while stay-at-home without spending living expenses.
4. Learn with Hybrid Virtual Classroom via online or classroom learning.
5. 95 % of LBU Graduates are in Employment or Further Study within 6 months after successful Graduation.
6. 96.5 % of UOC Graduates are in Employment or Further Study within 6 months after successful Graduation.
7. Your visa will be considered as high priority after successful graduation from UoC Degree Programs (according to the rules and policy of the UK government).
8. Students may attend Graduation Ceremony in UK, EU or Relevant Countries according to their Degrees (expense incurred by the student).
9. Eligible students are able to apply for MRCCI Membership, BCCM Membership and CPD Hours from MEC.
10. Student can purchase Exclusive British Chamber of Commerce Student Package and can register for General Assessment Record for promoting career opportunities. (Application Fees may apply)
11. LBU will provide students with Official Private emails with LBU education domain (example – steve.student@lbu.edu.mm), so that students can study with full privacy and can access Global Education Benefits by using LBU education email.
12. LBU students will have license version access to 26 Microsoft Applications including word, power point, excel, project, etc., powered by Microsoft.
13. LBU will provide students Cloud Storage start from 50 GB to 5000 GB based on individual need for educational purposes.
14. Access to LBU E-Library.
15. Flexible & Secure Payment via Visa, Master Cards and Bank Transfer.
16. Professional Diploma Students will have their credit and fee carried to MBA Programs with direct exemption of studied subjects.

Intakes

LBU COP – Enroll Now and Study Immediately.

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