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CSS Town Planning & Urban Management Syllabus
Town Planning & Urban Management is a 100-mark Group III optional subject in the CSS written exam, examined in one three-hour paper. Below is FPSC's official syllabus, word for word: every section, topics and suggested readings.
- Marks
- 100
- Papers
- 1
- Time
- 3 hours a paper
- Group
- Group III
- Subject code
- 25
The paper
100 marks- I.Definition of Town Planning, Goals and objectives of Town Planning: Town Planning as a multi-disciplinary approach and relationship of Town Planning with other professions.
- II.Historical Perspective of Urban Planning: Planning of historical towns in the world. Examples of planned towns in Europe, Nile Valley region, Euphrates and Tigris Valley region and Indus Valley region (Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Kot Diji and Mehr Garh and Gandhara Civilization).
- III.Urban Rural Differences and Hierarchy of Settlements: Urbanization and its effects on the environment of urban areas.
- IV.History of planning in Pakistan: 5 year plans, Regional Plans, Master Plans etc.
- V.Managing Urbanization
- •How to manage urbanization
- •Best Practices
- •Land use classification policy
- •Building and development control
- •Removal of encroachments
- •Introduction to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
- VI.Housing community and Economic Development: To prepare professionals with the skills and knowledge of equitable development. Commitment to expanding opportunities and providing quality of life for disadvantaged groups.
- VII.Public Policy and Urban Design Management: Solving social and environmental problems using:
- a.Economics,
- b.Policy analysis,
- c.Political science and
- d.Urban Design
- VIII.Sustainability, Environmental Policy and Planning: How society conserves and manages its natural resources and works to promote development, while conserving and maintaining healthy environment.
- IX.Urban Information Systems: Use of planning related software and spatial analysis tools and systems e.g. GIS, SPSS etc.
Suggested readings
- 1.Introducing Town PlanningClara Greed
- 2.Introduction to Town and Country PlanningJohn Ratcliff
- 3.Town Planning for the Third WorldA.K. Bhatti
- 4.Contemporary Urban PlanningJ.M. Levy
- 5.Land Use, Planning, and ZoningPeter J. Loughlin,
- 6.Town and Country Planning in the UKJ.B. Cullingworth, Vincent Nadin
- 7.Town Planning in PracticeRaymond Unwin,
- 8.World Cities and UrbanMike Janks
- 9.Urban Land Use PlanningPhilip R. B
- 10.Environmental Science: A Global ConcernWilliam P
- 11.Megacity Management in the Asian and Pacific Region (Vol-2)Stubbs, Jeffery Giles Clarke
- 12.Dying Cities: Surviving the Urban JungleSomaiya N
- 13.Handbook on Urban SustainabilitySpringer
- 14.Emerald Cities – Urban sustainability and EconomicsJoan Fitzgerald
- 15.Growing Greener CitiesEugene Birch, Susan Wachter
- 16.The Earth scan Reader in Sustainability CitiesDavid Sattethwaite
- 17.The Poverty CurtainDr. Mehboob –ul-Haq
- 18.Reflections on Human DevelopmentDr. Mehboob –ul-Haq
- 19.Smart CitiesAnthony Townsend
Past papers
FPSC's Town Planning & Urban Management papers from 2016 to 2026, as text. Open a year, or see them all.