 What is urban planning  History of urban planning  Theories of urban planning  Status of sri Lankan urban planning  Levels of town planning  Accepts and Impacts of the urban planning

What is urban planning  Urban planning designs settlements, from the smallest towns to the largest cities.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories of urban planning)  Urban planning is design and regulation of the uses of space that focus on the physical from,economic functions, and social impacts of the urban environment and on the location of different activities within it (aspects of the urban development and planning, Bernhard butzin)  Urban and regional planning is the process by which communities attempt to control and/or design change and development in their physical environments.(The Canadian encyclopedia)

History of urban planning  History of urban planning belongs to age of people when people start to get civilization.  From world history and local history there are a lot of historical evidence to study and identify ancient urban planning.  In local history  Anuradhapura Anuradhapura  Polonaruwa Polonaruwa  Sigiriya Sigiriya  Kotte Kotte From world history  Mohenjejaro and Harappa civilization Mohenjejaro and Harappa civilization  Howangho civilization in china  Mesapothiniyan civilization. In historical age  Kingdom of RomeRome  Kingdom of Maura in India  Greek kingdom, also shows large archeological evidence about this topic. Greek kingdom

Theories about urban planning  Aristotle said the father of urban planning is Hippodamus (Hippodamos ho Milesios; 498 – 408 BC).  In 1876 idefons Cerda also give his contribution to develop the concepts in urban planning,by explaining the theory of ideal cities.  Primary concept of urban planning based on main three feathers or facts. the version of cities Decision makers The technicians The users

 In this theoretical approach there are some ideal concepts explained by various thinkers. The green city E.Harward Le Corbusier Radiant city Street grid Frank liyard  After 1960 these theories expanded further with the social and other environment issues happened because of urban planning. Various social issues Sustainable development base urban planning Healthy social ecology Sustainable economy Community participation Preservation of local culture Less waste and pollution

 Based on above theoretical knowledge in modern time, following theories are used to study and plan urban constructions. Rational planning Synoptic planning Participatory planning Mixed scanning planning Communicative approach  There is a common path in any urban planning concept.that path can be explained as follows vision missionvalues goal tactics Action plan

Status of Sri Lankan urban planning  Sri lanka has a great urban planning history from the ancient age.  Now there are four urban complex in Srilanka with the criteria of population and population density of particular complex. Those urban complex are  colombo,kaluthara  Jaffna  Galle  Kandy  These complex were build according to a urban planning manner.but the community in these complex are face on following challenges

Social problems environment Economic problems Settlement problems Electricity and drinking water problems Health problems Water pollution Air pollution Voice pollution Poverty Unemployment Increase of land prices To control these problems we need to follow a formal urban planning

Urban planning levels Regional level National level Police making Strategic objectives Land act Regional plans,transportion Land development plan Land use plan Master Plan More urban planning levels

Aspects and impacts of urban planning  Aesthetics  Safety and security  Infrastructure  Environmental Factors  Green space  Transport Mental condition of people in these areas is get complex These constriction helps to increase the criminality in those societies