Subject(s): Urban Planning -- Regional Planning -- Conceptual framework of planning : Democratic planning in developing economy, human settlement and living space, urbanised area, dormitory town, suburban towns, shanty towns, metropolitan area, slum, squatters and relocation area planning and development -- Planning for development : Self reliant motive in achieving society, dichotomy of mixed approach to developmentaggregative national policies, lacks social considerations, economic development in spirit of rational religion -- Approach to regional planning - some basic policy issues : Resources under the plan, non-economic factors of growth, regional development, spatial planning , local planning, regional policy -- Urban and regional systems of planning : Urbanization, regional planning, growth models and space dimension -- Regional planning- theory and practice : Ecology of urbanization, town planning and regional planning, physical and economic planning -- Regional objective function and decision making : National goal, multi level decision making, incongruity of state and regional planning, national capital region , regional development -- Urbanization and regional development : Urbanization trends, consequence of social and economic dualism imbalance, planned urbanization and national plan, approaches of urban planning,national physical plan -- Urbanisation and rural development : Urbanisation and occupational structure, rural development, dimensions of urbanization, social and political situation -- Urbanization and rurban development : Labour levels, village community and urbanism and ruralism, modernisation, rural development, rural industries -- Urbanisation and economic development : Industrialisation and economic development, empirical developments, problem of labour absorption and efficiency of urban growth, national urbanisation policy -- Urban informal sector- concept, policy issues and measures : Traditional and informal sector -- Urban planning policy - evolution of techniques and solutions : Historical period, colonial period,modern planning, five year plans -- Managing urban growth - issues and policy implications : Urban management, urban local administration, urban development administration in practice