GIS as a Tool for Master Planning
By: Shukla, Ruma (Chakrabarty)
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Publisher: New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2021Edition: Vol.18(2), April-June.Description: 72-80p.Subject(s): URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN (AR-UPD)Online resources: Click here
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ITPI journalSummary: The first Master Plan in the country was made for the National Capital in the year 1962.
The objectives of master plans are to allocate the land in city for various uses, regulate the
development and to propose infrastructure and services. Master Plan is created based on
socio-economic and demographic data and lots of field surveys of existing infrastructure,
land use and services. The Master Plans are created on Planners perceptions based on
data available. In the modern era, when we are looking for a data driven planning and
governance, the up-to-date, real time and scientific data shall form the base of Master
Plan Preparation. Also it is important that the scientific tools shall be developed for the
Master Planning process. The paper focuses on this particular process of Master Planning,
that how the collaborative technology of GIS can support data creation from various sources
and how the layered information in GIS can be utilized for unleashing the relationship in
geographical entities. The GIS analytical tools are the scientific tools for generating the
best possible land utilization among the competing demand for land as a resource
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The first Master Plan in the country was made for the National Capital in the year 1962.
The objectives of master plans are to allocate the land in city for various uses, regulate the
development and to propose infrastructure and services. Master Plan is created based on
socio-economic and demographic data and lots of field surveys of existing infrastructure,
land use and services. The Master Plans are created on Planners perceptions based on
data available. In the modern era, when we are looking for a data driven planning and
governance, the up-to-date, real time and scientific data shall form the base of Master
Plan Preparation. Also it is important that the scientific tools shall be developed for the
Master Planning process. The paper focuses on this particular process of Master Planning,
that how the collaborative technology of GIS can support data creation from various sources
and how the layered information in GIS can be utilized for unleashing the relationship in
geographical entities. The GIS analytical tools are the scientific tools for generating the
best possible land utilization among the competing demand for land as a resource
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