Local area plan for making cities resilient in Madhya pradesh
- Vol.19(3), Jul-Sep
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022
- 26-30p.
A new element in the hierarchy of master plans or generally speaking development plans have been introduced since the last one and a half decade, is Local Area Plans, which claims to promote innovation and use of smart solutions. Taking the case of Indore, the paper demonstrate that LAP helps brining about outcomes such as establishing a framework for redevelopment of existing areas; enables planned expansion in peri- urban areas; supports value capture techniques to finance infrastructure investments; promotes optimal resource utilisation; brings power to people in local level environment management; and creates a better and planned spatial development.