Urban policy is a conceptual and systematic activity by a public authority, aimed at the development of cities. The course discusses how economic, political and social forces work together to influence policy approaches in the various spatial environments and how planning approaches reflect this. Also, the course discusses the urban areas characteristics, categories of a town, classification of settlement based on form, use, scale etc., densities of a town, planning process, various stages of the planning process with relevant examples, surveys in planning, physical characteristics, utilities, population, employment and industry, housing, commercial issues and transportation, land use, plans; regional plan, Master plan, zonal development plan, structure plan and transportation plan.
- Teacher: Aminreza IRANMANESH