Nurturing Environment Conscious Architects: TSAP

“Cities are the engines of economic growth” . Cities or towns are larger agglomerations of communities. These cities are formed due to their employment potential. People migrate from villages to cities because of employment opportunities in diverse economic activities which results in the growth of cities. This is called Urbanization . The rate of Urbanization is fast all over the world especially in developing countries and hence Urban Planning is one of the essential sectors in the governance at all levels such as local, regional, state and central.    Urban planning is one of the challenging fields which encompasses various aspects such as Housing, Transportation, Infrastructure, Economy, Sociology, Environment, socio-economics etc. Every aspect has its own prominence and significance which reflects in the overall development and management of the city. The city functions well if all these aspects are integrated and organized. Graduation i...

Career in Urban Planning for Architects........ “Cities have the capacity of providing something for everybody, only because and only when, they are created by everybody” ........ Jane Jacobs. ..... Master Planner Jane Jacobs explained it very well. When all the inputs from everyone counts together 'A Simple Place' becomes 'A Liveable Place' and each one of us becomes a Planner ourselves. If we talk technically, An Urban Planner is someone who develops plans and programs for the use of land. They use planning to create Communities, Accommodate growth and to Revitalize Physical Facilities in town, cities, counties and metropolitan areas. Urban planning is perhaps one of the most critical roles in a city today. As a ravages of global warming lead to annual flooding in many regions, continuously increasing pollution index. All these problems are across world and not a single country is untouched. So it will take the vision of expert urban pla...