Regional Planning

It deals with the efficient placement of land use activities, infrastructure and

settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. It includes the
formulating laws that will guide the efficient planning and management of regions.

Principle of Regional Planning:

1. Resist development in flood plains or earthquake faults.

2. Designate transportation corridors using hubs and considering major infrastructures.

3. Some thought into the various role of settlement in the region may play.

4. Consider designing essential land uses locations including waste disposals.

5. Allocation of the land.

6. Designate green belt land.

Importance of Regional Planning

1.     It helps in reducing disparities, promoting growth, promoting sustainable development, economic growth of collective region based on its potential.

2.     It helps to solve the issue of migration to a great extent.

3.     It helps in proper utilization of resources.

4.     It helps to control the pollution.

5.     It helps to reduce the conflicts and wastages of resources.

6.     It brings equity.

7.     It acts as connecting link in policy areas.