Regional Planning for Coimbatore 2038
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PLANNING
- VAIBHAV B PADASHETTY
REGIONAL PLANNING:- Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land use activities,
infrastructure and
settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town.
• Regions require various land uses; protection of farm land, cities, industrial space, transportation hubs
and infrastructure, military bases and wilderness.
• Regional planning is the science of efficient placement of infrastructure and zoning for the sustainable
growth of a region.
A ‘region’ in planning terms can be administrative or at least partially functional and is likely to include a
network of settlements and character areas.
AIMS OF REGIONAL PLANNING
• To provide rational solutions to economic problems by coordinating means and the ends
• Increase production
• Achieve full employment
• Reduce poverty and unemployment
• Accelerate economic growth
• Reduce inequalities of wealth and income
PRINCIPLES OF REGIONAL PLANNING
1. Resist development in flood plains or along earthquake faults. These areas may be utilised as parks or
improved farmland.
2. Designate transportation corridors using hubs and considering major new infrastructure.
3. Consider designating essential nuisance land uses locations, including waste disposal.
4. Set regional level ‘policy’ and zoning which encourages a mix of housing values and communities.
5. Consider building codes , zoning laws and policies that encourage the best use of the land.
GROWTH CENTERS:-
• The growth centre concept in India in the early fifties was based on Nariewala Commission which
recommended planning for rural-urban communities with a small town at the centre and a number of
villages at the periphery.
• The economic relationship between the town and the surrounding villages was suggested to be one of
mutual dependence.
• The villages would produce raw materials and food for the town. In return , the town will process these
materials and send them back to the villages in finished form.
• The available theories and methods for identifying growth centers of various orders and their
hinterland could be utilized for planning of our rural areas.
• One that may suit our purpose very well is the Central Place Theory.
The main theme of Central Place Theory and its methods;
1. A Central place ( usually a city or town depending on the specific area or region under study) which provides
functions and services to its tributary area, is located at the center of minimum aggregate travel providing minimum
cost to the customers and maximum profit to the sellers.
2. There is a hierarchy of such central places . The higher order places provide functions
which lower order places do not have. But the reverse is not true. Higher order places provide functions in addition to
what the lower order places have.
3. Functions which are unique to higher order places have a wider range ( geographical area of influence) than those
which are common to both higher and lower order places.
4. It follows that higher order places, because they have such wider ranging functions, command a larger tributary
area than lower order places. In other words their degree of centrality is higher than that of lower order places.
5. The higher order places are fewer in number and more widely spaced than lower order places.
6. Higher order places not only have their unique functions but have a larger number of establishments proving lower
order places.
7. There is step by step hierarchy of central places ranging from the highest order place to the lowest order places.
Target Group Programmes for Poverty alleviation & Target Area Programmes
Employment generation
• Pradhan Mantri Gramoday Yojna • Hill Area Development
• Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) • Command Area Development
• Sampoorna Grameen Swarojgar Yojna • Drought Prone Area
• Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna • Integrated Wasteland Development
• Indira Awaas Yojna (IAY) • Desert Development
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) • Integrated Watershed Management
Phases of Regional Planning Since 1947
First and Second Plans Sectoral Based
Third Plan Balanced Regional Development
Fourth Plan (1969-74) Area Development Planning
Sixth Plan (1982-87) Integrated Rural Development Planning
Post 1991 Rao-Manmohan Model
Eleventh Plan Inclusive Growth
A.P.J. Abul Kalam :
planning should incorporate the provision of urban amenities in rural areas to reduce disparities and regional
imbalances
1.. Target Area Planning for economically backward areas
Basis to plan-
1. Resource base
2. Technology
3. Investments
2.. Target Group Planning
Programmes Undertaken:
• Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA)
• Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)
• Tribal Development Agency Projects
Coimbatore Region
The Regional Plan 2038 for the Coimbatore Region is prepared to cater the
future requirements of the region as the development of the region as a major
industrial center. The Region consists of Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur and The
Nilgiris district.
Each of this district has its own priority and focus in terms of development.
While Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur are part of a greater urban
agglomeration of Coimbatore to Salem, where Coimbatore – the second major
urban agglomeration of Tamil Nadu exist, Tiruppur and Erode adjoins
Coimbatore in terms of urban continuum.
The planning of these sub regions are done by means of analyzing the existing
situation, identifying the issues and challenges at the ground level and then
integrating the proposals with the respective sub regions.
The total area of Coimbatore Region is 14% of the state and accommodates
12% of the state‟s population.
The Regional Plan preparation aims to develop the Coimbatore Region in an
integrated manner focusing on the economic growth engines of the sub regions.
The vision of the plan is to develop the region in a sustainable approach
focusing on the economic development in accordance with the environmentally
sensitive nature of the region.
