PPSC Assistant Town Planner Syllabus, Exam Pattern

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PPSC Assistant Town Planner Exam Pattern

S. NO	Model of the Exam	Topic Names	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Total Exam Time
Section 1	Objective Type	Concerned Subject	100	300 Marks(2.5 marks per each question)	2 hrs 30 minutes
Section 2	Objective Type	Logical Reasoning, Mental Ability, General Knowledge, and Current Affairs

History of Town planning

Principles of Town Planning, Town planning in ancient India, Indus Valley Civilization, the medieval period, the necessity of town planning, growth and forms of towns, site selection for an ideal town, urbanization and, industrialization and its effects on town planning.
Contribution of planners, Lewis Mumford, Patrick Geddes, Peter Hall, Le Corbusier, Tony Garnier, Ebenezer Howard.
Theories of urbanization include Concentric Zone Theory, Sector Theory, Multiple Nuclei Theory, and other latest theories.

Basic Planning Concepts

Theories governing the Urban Land use Planning
Demographic Projections & methods
Transportation studies like Origin & Destination.
Industrial Location & Impact assessment.
Environmental study & EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment)
Density gradient/ distribution for carrying capacity analysis in relation to utilities and services
Urban design considerations in Urban planning theory and practice.

Planning Techniques

Physical surveys and Socio-economic surveys
Methods adopted for collection of data for development and re-development of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas
Land use classification/coding Techniques of preparing base maps, regional, city, zone, local area plans UDPFI guidelines, zoning regulations, and development controls.
Inclusive planning and sustainable development.
Emerging Concepts: Global City, inclusive city, Safe city etc. City of the future, future of the city; shadow cities, divided cities; Models of planning: Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning; Systems approach to planning: rationalistic and incremental approaches, mixed scanning and middle range planning, advocacy planning and action planning, equity planning

Planning process

Master Plan, Development plan, structure plans, local plans, district plans, sector plans, local area plans, and regional plans
Social research techniques: social survey land use survey, physical survey, building use, density, age of building, application aerial/remote sensing/GIS
National policies affecting urban settlement planning

Socio-economic Planning

Nature and scope of sociology- concepts and methods Man & environment- community and settlements, urban sociology-tradition and modernity
Social problems of slums and housing
Basics of economics – economic and human settlements concepts of economic and economic growth-demand and supply-production economic-markets

Master planning and Zoning

Traffic and Transportation planning

Principles of traffic and transportation planning
Role of transport, types of transport systems, problems, and mobility issues
Classification of roads, principles of segregation of traffic, types of streets, road system, road junctions, parking facilities, traffic signals, street lighting, and traffic management.
Traffic and transportation surveys and studies
Basic principles of Transport infrastructure design
Transport, environment, and safety issues

Slum and re-development of existing towns

Housing

Housing policies
Housing and area planning standards net residential density and gross residential density, development controls and building bye-laws
Fundamentals of Development Control Norms / Regulations, ECBC Norms, and GRIHA relating systems, concepts behind the development of area specific Byelaws

Industrial planning

Planning for Infrastructure

Planning of urban network and services
Infrastructure systems
Issues related to centralized city water supply and decentralized systems.
Waste generation, Waste water disposal system including stormwater drainage system
Solid waste disposal and management
Planning for fire protection

Regional Planning

Planning legislations

Concepts, sources, terminologies, the significance of law and its relationship to Urban Planning; Indian Constitution: concept and contents; 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendment Act.
Evolution; An overview of legal tools connected with Urban Planning and Development, Land Acquisition Act,
Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act
Procedures for preparation and implementation of Regional Plans, Master Plans, and Town Planning Schemes

Professional Practice

Current Events of State, National, and International Importance
Personalities in News
Games, Sports and Multimedia
Economic issues.
Polity issues
Environment issues
Science and Technology.
(a) History of India with special reference to the Indian freedom struggle movement
(b) History of Punjab- 14th century onwards. Science, Technology Environment in
Contemporary Context.
Indian Art, Literature and Culture.
Information and Computer Technology (ICT) –
(a) ICT: Advantages, disadvantages, and uses.
(b) Basic of the Internet and Its Applications.
(c) Developments in Educational Technology.
11. Any other current issues?

Logical reasoning, analytical and mental ability.
Basic numerical skills; numbers, magnitudes, percentages, numerical relation appreciation.
Data analysis; Graphic presentations, charts, tables, spreadsheets.