An essay on the knowledge needed for urban planning, an insight on urban morphologies, and a recommendation to read a book on how urban planning can benefit from urban economics.
I recently explored a similar concept in my latest post where I lay out why Chandigarh is a bad example for urban design.
One more thing I'd like to add here is that the higher the Floor Area Ratio, the more dense a city is and each piece of infrastructure can serve far more outdoors otherwise. In a poorer country like India, that ends up giving you more bang for the buck.
I'd also like to recommend two books:
Jane Jacobs' The Death And Life of Great American Cities and James Scott's Seeing like a State.
Both these books talk about city planning from the view of a resident that experiences the city rather than an urban planner that views it from an airplane and focuses on the aesthetic.
I recently explored a similar concept in my latest post where I lay out why Chandigarh is a bad example for urban design.
One more thing I'd like to add here is that the higher the Floor Area Ratio, the more dense a city is and each piece of infrastructure can serve far more outdoors otherwise. In a poorer country like India, that ends up giving you more bang for the buck.
I'd also like to recommend two books:
Jane Jacobs' The Death And Life of Great American Cities and James Scott's Seeing like a State.
Both these books talk about city planning from the view of a resident that experiences the city rather than an urban planner that views it from an airplane and focuses on the aesthetic.