Different Hats that Planners Wear

list of diverse roles and responsibilities of a Planner

 Acquisitions and Development
 Associate Airport Facilities Planning Consultant
 Airport Planner
 Analyst
 Architect Planner
 Assistant Appraisal Officer
 Assistant Manager
 Assistant Planner
 Assistant Planning Officer
 Assistant Professor
 Assistant Town Planner
 Assistant Vice President
 Associate
 Associate Director
 Associate Manager
 Associate Planner
 Commercial Manager
 Community Energy Program Manager
 Community Relations Specialist
 Community Tourism Planner
 Consultant
 Consultant in urban and facilities planning
 Consultant Government Advisory Services
 Cost Estimator
 Country General Manager
 Creative Community Planner
 Damage Assessor
 Deputy General Manager (DGM) Planning
 Deputy Planner
 Deputy Project Director
 Deputy Town Planner
 Development Manager
 Director of Planning
 Disaster Preparedness Specialist
 Economic Development and Planning Consultant
 Economist Planner
 EIA Specialist
 Energy Analyst
 Engineer Planner
 Environment Planner
 Environment Specialist
 Executive Coordinator
 Executive Research Officer
 Executive Search Consultant
 Expert in Urban Management and Development
 Faculty
 Financial Planner Freelancer
 GIS Analyst
 GIS and Spatial Analysis
 GIS Consultant
 Green Technologist
 Head - Property Services
 Independent Planning Professional
 Infrastructure Planner
 Intergovernmental Planner
 Intern Planning
 Jr. Planner
 Land Use and Environmental Planner
 Lead blogger
 Lead Innovation Specialist
 Lecturer
 Local Economic Development Planner
 Manager Urban Planning
 Managing Director
 Managing Partner
 Master Planner
 Operations Manager
 Planner
 Planning Advisor
 Planning Assistant
 Planning Consultant
 Policy advisor
 Policy Analyst 
 Policy and Planning Manager
 Principal Consultant
 Principal Planner
 Professor
 Program Manager
 Project Associate
 Project Coordinator
 Project Manager
 Project Planner
 proprietor
 Public Policy
 Researcher
 Real Estate Development Professional
 Regional Planner
 Regional Programme Specialist
 Research Associate
 Research Officer
 Senior Advisor
 Senior Associate 
 Senior Executive
 Senior Industrial Area Planner
 Senior Investment Professional
 Senior Officer
 Senior Policy Adviser
 Senior Regional Planner
 Senior Research Fellow
 Senior Urban Planner
 Spatial Planning Manager
 Strategy Executive and Growth Consultant 
 Studio Head
 Sustainable Development
 Executive Systems Analyst
 Team Lead
 Town Planner
 Trade Advisor
 Transport Economist
 Transport Planner
 Transportation Analyst
 Transportation Funding Expert
 Transportation Planner
 Tunnel Designer
 Urban and Regional Planner
 Urban Planner
 Urban Planning Researcher
 Urban Reforms Specialist
 Urban Researcher
 Vice President
 Visiting Faculty
 Waste Advisor
 Watershed Planner


Post by Anoop Jha

Ever - Shrinking Living space in Urban Area

By- Anoop Jha


Pigeonhole like housing clusters

Constant influx of population to urban areas leads to shortage of living space in city, and developers and governments are trying to find the ways to accommodate this ever-growing population into already populated city, they collectively come up with some economic housing solution with ever-shrinking living footprint and decreasing level of lifestyle, which almost resemble pigeonholes (dovecote).

Conservation Projects: From Liability to Asset

By : Anoop Jha

Architectural conservation has traditionally been considered as public or state responsibility and very few private entities are interested in taking up such projects, though state like Orissa is having Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model for conservation projects. A country with rich history and centuries of traditions like India has also rich Architectural assets which are often neglected and difficult to conserve due to its sheer abundance, Though national and international agencies like “Archeological Survey of India (ASI), UNESCO, etc. are taking active measures to conserve the heritage of India, but it seems that it’s time that private entities and investors should come forward to conserve the architectural heritage of Nation. I think it can prove to be quite a lucrative option for private investors if government acts as a facilitator and if some relaxation is given in heritage conservation planning process along with some incentives. It would prove to be a win-win situation for both public and private entities.

This is how it will work. Architectural conservation projects have few elements in common –

●      TECHNIQUES – its technical aspects of conservations projects, there are technical guidelines, policy norms, etc. it’s simply art of engineering.

●      HERITAGE VALUE – every historic architectural asset has a heritage value attached to it, and if methodically and convincingly approached by private agencies, government or public agency will certainly come forward to facilitate the conservation project of any nature, because conserved and maintained heritage is an asset for any state, which they often fail to take care of because of other pressing welfare responsibilities and limited financial resources.

●      EMOTIONAL VALUE – It has high perceived emotional value for, a Nation, a State, a certain group, or certain individuals, this high emotional value can be translated into monetary value with certain effort and proper strategy

●  UTILITARIAN VALUE – This is the most important aspect of any conservation project because this is what makes it as a commercial viable project, to make this model viable government will need to act as a facilitator and will have to draft special policy considering the special and sensitive status of such projects, policy also have to incorporate privet participation and related relaxation in terms of some norms and subsidies etc. to attract the investment from private investors.

Commercial Development Cost: PPP Projects

Cost Comparision of Commercial PPP projects 
(Cost in Rs. Cr.)

Post by: Anoop Jha

PPP based Water & Sewage Infrastructure Costing

By - Anoop Jha


Cost Comparison of Water Supply, WTP & STP PPP projects 
(Cost in Rs. Cr.)

PPP model water projects

Water related projects vary in scale as well as nature, which ranges from National level river water management to state level irrigation projects to city level flood management to neighborhood level water supply and distribution system. considering the widespread and vital nature of water system these projects demands huge capital and recurring investments in Operation and Maintenance (O&M). Governments revenue inflow might not be sufficient to take care of all demands of water related projects, so long term private participation has been encouraged in recent past in India for commercially viable and attractive projects mainly in form of public private partnership (PPP), mostly in urban infrastructure segments  like water supply and distribution as well as health and sanitation. larger project baskets like flood management, irrigation canals, dams, etc are primarily under control of state and central government.  

Cost of Parking Infrastructure

Cost Comparision of Parking, Multilevel Parking (MLP) & Automated Parking PPP projects 
(Cost in Rs. Cr.)

Multi Level Parking

Post by: Anoop Jha     

PPP based Solid Waste Management (SWM) Projects

By - Anoop Jha

By- Anoop Jha


COST COMPARISION  OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM) PPP PROJECTS IN INDIA

(Cost in Rs. Cr.)

PPP for solid waste management 

Here are some cost comparison figures of Solid Waste Management (SWM) Projects in India based on Public Private Partnership (PPP). It appears that now focus of municipal bodies has started shifting towards waste to energy generation which would prove imperative for sustainable cities. Earlier dumping the waste at disposal sites or incineration were the only few possibilities for ever-growing city waste management, but emergence of new technology like plasma gasification and vitrification (PGV) is showing way forward for waste to energy generation possibilities in environmentally sustainable ways compared to other historically prevalent waste management options.

Source: www.pppindiadatabase.com