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Dec 9, 2011

Emerging Strategic Trends in Urban and Regional Planning

By - Anoop Jha

Proposed strategic planning interventions

Strategic research in the field of urban and regional planning is an interesting area of study. Formulising sound and sustainable strategies require thorough brainstorming by the planners, scholars, experts, academicians, business representatives, people’s representatives, Welfare organizations, focused professional groups and individuals. It’s high time that a fresh set of strategies should be prepared to tackle the exponentially growing urban and regional problems, like population bubble, shrinking resources, growing confusion chaos in cities etc. Let’s take a look at strategies which has emerging in recent part or can be the possible fresh approach towards better planning.

PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLANS

Cross sectoral learning to increase industry knowledge base,

Multidisciplinary approach for innovative approach, cost effective solutions and swift process,

Decentralization of activities for localised autonomy and efficiency,

Single point contact from public agency for hassle free and faster processing,

Bilateral and Multilateral ties for regional consensus and holistic development,

Environmentally sustainable efforts to curtail the negative externalities of project and boost the downstream benefits

Active Resource mobilization to unlock the untapped potential of the region, population and resources

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