Course Overview

This course aims to introduce the challenges associated with urban development planning in third world countries having special emphasis on Bangladesh context. Students of this course are expected to learn and understand the basics of urban development policy and planning. This course has been designed as part of the course URP 3221.

Course Objectives

It is expected that upon completion of the course student will learn the following issues:

·       Components of Plan Preparation

·       Defining the Aim and Content of any Plan

·       Analyzing the Contemporary Issues of Planning

·       Stakeholder Analysis and Actor Mapping in Urban Context

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the course students will be able to:

·       Assess issues and practices related to urban development;

·       Develop professional skills;

·       Apply different theoretical underpinning and tools of plan preparation and implementation in real life challenges.

PROJECT BRIEF

 

Title: (Re) Developing public space of Khulna: A visionary proposal

Introduction:

This assignment aims to improve the plan making skills of the future planner. Students in the group will develop planning proposals following a theoretical framework and vision to guide the future public space development of a particular site.

Sites:

·         Joybangla More,

·         New Market (KDA’s reserved land),

·         Dakbangla site,

·         Sibbari public space site (formerly known as Zia Hall)

 

Submission Deadlines and assessment criteria

Week	Submission	Marking criteria	Marks
8	Presentation on Context	·         Comprehensiveness understanding (50%)   ·         Presentation structure (50%)	5
9	Vision, mission, Aim and Objective submission.	·         Justification of the propositions (25%)   ·         Clarity of the proposition (25%)   ·         Reflection of the theoretical approaches (50%)	5
10	Review of Master Plans of Dhaka (Presentation)   ·         What procedural approach adopted and was it a good one?     ·         Which theoretical approach adopted? How reflective the approach was in relation to the problems in Bangladesh?   ·         How efficient were the housing proposals in relation to just model?	·         How well the students did regarding addressing the key review questions. (50%) ·         Format of the presentation (50%)	10
11	Presentation 2: Proposal	·         Reflection of the visions and objectives ·         Rationale of the proposals. (25%)   ·         Response in relation to identified problems (75%)	15
12	Final Plan	·         Structure and presentation of the report (50%) ·         Comprehensiveness and detailing of the proposals (50%)	25
13	Viva		30

 

Course Overview

The course is designed for the third year students of Urban and Rural Planning Discipline. This course will be conducted simultaneously with its theoretical counterpart URP3234. Students of this course are expected to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge from URP 3233.

Course Objectives

This is a practical, hands-on course fully supported by its theoretical concept. This course is aimed at making the students proficient in analyzing climate and disaster vulnerability of an area and planning interventions to reduce the same using theoretical knowledge acquired from URP 3233.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completion of this course, it is expected that the students will be able to:

·       Demonstrate proficiency in disaster vulnerability assessment of an area;

·       Use computer software to assess disaster vulnerability;

·       Identify proper planning interventions for vulnerability reduction of small area and its implementation strategy.

Course Overview

This course aims to introduce the tools and techniques to critically analyse the issues related to housing. This course provides a scope to replicate the theoretical notion of the course URP 3245 in the real life exercises. This course helps the students to synthesize housing design process and also helps them to identify the critical issues involved with housing of the urban poor.

Course Objectives

It is expected that upon completion of the course student will learn the following issues:

·       Residential Area Characteristics

·       Economics of Housing

·       Methods of Housing Strategy Formulation

·       Challenges and Scopes of Pro-poor Housing Practices

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

·       Assess issues and practices related to housing;

·       Formulate urban housing strategy;

·       Apply different theoretical underpinning and tools of housing strategies.

Course Overview

This course will be conducted simultaneously with its theoretical counterpart URP 3261. Students of this course are expected to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge from URP 3261.

Course Objectives

This is a practical, hands-on course fully supported by its theoretical concept. This course is aimed at making the students proficient in using software related to remote sensing and aerial photography using theoretical knowledge acquired from URP3261.The learning objectives of this course are as follows:

·       Processing aerial photographs and satellite imagery for further processing

·       Demonstrating proficiency in extracting information from both aerial photos and satellite imagery

·       Achieving skills to use stereo images for map preparation

·       Gaining knowledge to classify images and prepare maps

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completion of this course, it is expected that the students will be able to:

·       Develop proper process of preparing and extracting different kinds of information and maps;

·       Operate computer software related to remote sensing.