Abstract
The purpose of a Master plan is to promote growth and regulate the present and future development of towns and cities. It is a vision document giving perspective of 20 to 25 years keeping in view the future growth of population, economic development potentials and ecological improvements likely to come up during the plan period. Therefore, the quality of Master plans is of great concern. Literature reveals that the Master plans in India have not produced a satisfactory physical environment (Tiwari, 2002) and have not been effective in the outputs as well as outcomes (Meshram, 2006) requiring a reform in the traditional Master plan making approach by incorporating evaluation right from the beginning making it an integral part of plan making exercise. For improving the quality of Master plans and plan making processes, an evaluation criteria has been prepared by the author based on the theoretical framework and evaluation principles given by various authors in various time periods. An attempt has been made to analyze the quality of Master plan Amritsar prepared by SAI consulting private limited, based on the criteria developed and the conclusions have been drawn from the results for further improvements in the quality of Master Plans of Indian cities.
Highlights
Master plan is aimed to act like a tool for promoting growth and to regulate the existing and forthcoming development of towns and cities
In India, the general process of planning in various states is regulated by the respective State Town Planning Acts and in accordance with UDPFI (Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation) guidelines formulated in 1996 to regulate the general process of planning, these guidelines were revised in the year 2014 as URDPFI (Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation) guidelines and as per these guidelines, evaluation and review is part of planning process as depicted in the figure below:
Based on the above principles and keeping in mind the transformation of planning and evaluation theories and the debate between the Rational comprehensive model and Communicative planning model; sustainable development and the issues like political dimension, public participation, consensus building regarding the proposals of Master Plans and availability of resources, a comprehensive evaluation criterion comprising of seventeen criterion for the evaluation of plan document, plan making process and plan implementation for Indian cities has been prepared by the author, which is as under: A
Summary
Master plan is aimed to act like a tool for promoting growth and to regulate the existing and forthcoming development of towns and cities. It is a course of action rather than a conclusive statement giving vision of two to three decades envisaging the upcoming growth of population, economic development potentials, infrastructural requirements and ecological ameliorations expected to occur for a particular area. To identify the faults in the plan making processes, to improve the character of master plans and to achieve better execution mechanism an evaluation criterion/framework is required for Indian cities. The third section comprises of analysis of Master plan document and the plan making process. In the fourth section conclusions have been drawn based on the findings of the analysis and the surveys and interviews conducted by the author
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