6 Regional Plan · 6.1 Regional planning and the regional plan

6.1.3 Regional plan surveys, analysis and projections; hierarchy of plans; NCR and MMR Regional Plan 1996–2011

A Regional plan rests on surveys of land, people, economy and settlements, on projections of population and needs, and sits above the Development Plan in the hierarchy; NCR and MMR are India's best-known metropolitan regional plans.

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Key terms

  • regional survey
  • existing land use map
  • population projection
  • arithmetic increase
  • geometric increase
  • hierarchy of plans
  • NCR
  • NCRPB Act 1985
  • counter-magnet
  • MMR
  • BMRDA
  • Regional Plan 1996-2011
  • poly-nucleated
  • Navi Mumbai

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  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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