Environment Planning detailed Syllabus for B Planning PLAN, 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 6th Sem Syllabus for B.Plan 2018 Scheme, do visit B.Plan 6th Sem 2018 Scheme. The detailed Syllabus for environment planning is as follows.
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Module 1: Sustainable development
Origin of the term sustainable development – its diverse meanings/interpretations; the role of different actors – bottom-up (environmental movements) and top-down (greening of the State), weak versus strong sustainability, the participatory challenge (green democracy versus participatory managerialism), mainstreaming of sustainable development and its integration within sectors. Sustainable development agenda and different models of planning: Features and implications of three key models of planning from the perspective of their relation to sustainability – planning models which emphasize delivery against sustainability targets (linear rational model); those which emphasize collaboration (integration of different forms of knowledge and expertise); and those which see planning as arena for debate and emphasize learning for sustainability.
Module 2: Environmental land use planning and management
The relationship between land-use, infrastructure and the natural environment; land use and environmental protection; community-based environmental protection; ecosystem management; integrated water resource management; hazard mitigation; ecological restoration; land conservation.
Module 3: Community-based environmental planning
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Module 4: Environmental justice and land use planning
Origins of environmental justice movement in USA – location of polluting industry in ethnic minority neighborhoods; distribution of environmental ills and benefits; using GIS mapping; issue of scale; recognition of diversity of actors; procedural justice and participation; economic, social and political processes of urban development; urban poor in developing countries and environmental justice issues. EIA in India. Introduction to strategic environment assessment.
Module 5: Global environmental problems and local planning
Debates over climate change, forest and biodiversity depletion, water scarcity and food scarcity; international environmental negotiations and treaties (1987 Montreal Protocol, 1992 Rio Convention on Biological Diversity, 1997 Kyoto Protocol etc); local environmental planning issues (Green building certification, non-motorized transportation infrastructure, rainwater harvesting, grey water recycling, urban agriculture etc).
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