Urban Management is a broad term covering a large set of functions. To understand urban management you have to first understand the components of urban fabric. A City or an urban settlement is not merely a set of roads buildings parks etc. The core function of a city is to provide inhabitants a liveable environment be it shelter, livelihood, entertainment, food and other stuff required for a healthy living. Urban management is a combination of all streams converging together to provide citizens above listed elements. Historically cities evolved largely because of financial activities. When people see earning opportunities they move to a city from rural areas.
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Management
MBA
IT Management
IT Development
MBA IT
Housing
Healthy living
Housing process
Design and standards
Housing norms
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SNEHA SHARMA
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1. Concepts, definitions and components of Housing. Role of housing in socioeconomic development of a nation. Housing in relation to non-residential components of settlement. 2. Effects of Urbanization & Industrialization in Housing including problems and possibilities of Slums and Squatters settlement in India and abroad. 3. Theories and approaches to housing. Housing process and sequence of development. Housing need, demand and supply, formal and non-formal housing. 4. Housing characteristics and situation (indices and statistics), Housing in five year plans and social housing programmes. 5. Social aspects: built environment and human behavior, Evaluation of user’s satisfaction. 6. Major elements of a housing policy, land, finance, legislation for institutions and housing development, approaches and contents of National Housing Policy. 7. Housing norms, design and standards, units of housing design, layouts, densities and neighborhood units; infrastructure and community facilities, form and structure of housing as shaped by socio-economic and physical parameters. 8. Finance for housing: priority in the national plans – role of public and private agencies, role of cooperatives and various institutions. 9. Materials, technology and housing production, Industrialization and future of housing, including cost reduction techniques in housing. Reference Books: 1. Financing of Housing and community Improvement Programmers / United Nation
