Urban and Regional Planning in India

Preface
I: THE PROFESSION AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
The Profession, Roles, Responsibilities and Ethics
II: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
Professional Practice in the Public Sector
Initiation of the Private Sector in Spatial Planning Process
Professional Practice in the Private Sector
Professional Practice in the Joint Sector
International Urban Planning Practice under WTO-Gats
III: PROFESSIONAL FEE AND PREPARATION OF CONSULTANCY PROPOSALS
Scale of Professional Fees and Charges
Preparation of Consultancy Proposals
IV: LEGAL SUPPORT
Agreements and Contracts
V: ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF OFFICE
Organising and Establishing Office
Personnel Management and Performance Appraisal
Annexes
Bibliography
Index

S. K. Kulshrestha is a nationally known senior Urban and Regional Planner. His professional qualifications include B Arch (1963), PG Dip.# T&CP (1967) and Ph D (1980). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Town Planners, India (FITP). Dr Kulshrestha has vast experience of five decades in teaching, research and professional practice in India and Nigeria. As an academician, he has taught post graduate students at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (SPA-D) (1967-1973), Ahamadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria (1973-1986) and again at SPA-D until 2016. As a researcher, one of his major contributions has been preparation of Guidelines (1988) for Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI) for Ministry of Urban Affairs (now Housing and Urban Affairs), Government of India, which is being widely followed for preparation and implementation of master plans in country. Dr Kulshrestha is currently associated as senior consultant on the research project of Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on Land Use Planning and Management for formulation of Land Use Policy for Odisha and Tamil Nadu states. Since 1994, he has been the Founder Editor of Spatio-economic Development Record, an academic Journal in spatial planning.

Dr Kulshrestha has contributed to preparation of Master Plans of five cities in India as a part of government service or consultancy (Gangtok,
Singrauli, Korba, Lucknow and Kanpur) and four in Nigeria (Bichi, Gaya, Zaria and Kaura Namoda Polytechnic). He also participated in the revision of Master Plan for Delhi 2001 and the National Capital Region (NCR) Plan 2001.

The key positions held by Dr Kulshrestha in the past include: Partner, Satish Jeevan & Associates, New Delhi (1987-1994); Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ahmadu

A handbook for professional practice...helpful for both training and learning purposes...the contents of the book are well-communicated and are of good quality...undoubtedly a good repository for the library section on planning and management. Current Science, Vol 105, 10 September 2013