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The definitive guide to urban and regional planning practice in a changing India. India's planning ecosystem has undergone a fundamental transformation. With the end of the Five-Year Plan era, the transition to NITI Aayog, and the reorientation of urban policy under MoHUA, today's planners operate within a far more complex professional and institutional landscape. At the same time, revised standards and ethical frameworks introduced by the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI) have reshaped professional practice. In this updated second edition, Dr S. K. Kulshrestha provides an authoritative, practice-focused roadmap for contemporary planners. Incorporating the latest ITPI fee structures, person-month-based calculations, and the 2024 amendments to the Code of Professional Conduct, the book connects traditional planning principles with the realities of modern consultancy. Concise, practical, and grounded in professional experience, this edition bridges academic training and real-world practice-making it an essential resource for students, practitioners, and planning professionals across India.

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Dr S. K. Kulshrestha is a senior academic and planning professional with over four decades of experience in teaching, research, and professional practice in urban and regional planning. He is a senior consultant in the field; a Visiting Professor at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; the founder-editor of Spatio-economic Development Record (SDR), a journal on urban and regional planning published since 1994; and a Member of the Rajasthan Commission on Urbanisation.Dr Kulshrestha has contributed to the preparation of master plans for ten major cities in India and Nigeria. He participated in the formulation of the Master Plan for Delhi 2001 and 2021, as well as the Regional Plan for the National Capital Region 2021, as a member of expert groups. He also served as the Principal Coordinator of the Government of India's landmark research study, Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI) Guidelines.He is the author of Dictionary of Urban and Regional Planning (2006).

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