Treatise on Urban Mapping, Vol I and II (eBook, Edition 2)

Description

The book is in two volumes: “Volume I: Retrospect”, a survey or review of the past course of events or period of time and “Volume II: Prospect”, the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring. There are annexures to Volume I, including MoU between DTCP and KSRSAC and a specimen Terms of References (ToRs) in PDF format in pen drive. Volume I has 18 chapters, Volume II has 5 chapters, Based on 5 ToRs, the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) in Karnataka could establish 872 survey control points (SCPs) at 21 places and prepared 14,527 maps at different scales for 42 town and cities in 7 packages by engaging as many mapping consultants.

The book on mapping deals with spatial data in graphic form, commonly known as ‘map’. The book presents the vital issues in mapping of urban areas, what has been done in the past and prevailing at present, as a comparative method, giving the examples of maps prepared in the country so far, with the best practices that are followed in other developing and developed countries. A mere narration in text form would be of little use to readers. Hence, in all but 5 chapters, examples of maps and other matters, prepared in the past 75 years, and the good examples of corresponding maps and related information have been provided as annexures at relevant places in the 15 chapters in Volume I and 4 chapters in Volume II. Thus it may not be inappropriate to say that the annexures are the heart of the book.

There a total of 250 annexures in the book, in which 150 are in Volume I and 50 are in Volume II. In this, 102 are maps and few charts, of which 70 are large format drawings (49 in Volume I and 21 in Volume II) and 32 are A3 format drawings and a few charts (26 in Volume II and 6 in Volume II). For ready reference, particulars of annexures are indicated at the end of each chapter in this Introduction