Synopsis
NK Patel, president of the Institute of Town Planners, India, has the areas chalked out that need to be brought into the planning frameworks, academics and practices.
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NK Patel says the role of urban planners is “ever-evolving” and “has broadened from being focused just on land use, to now encompass transport, economy and the environment.”
The country needs to put in special efforts to create infrastructure for the future, believes NK Patel, a gold-medallist town planner and leading real estate developer from Ahmedabad, who has taken over as president of the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI), the premier national body of town planners. He says the role of urban planners is “ever-evolving” and “has broadened from being focused just on land use, to now encompass transport, economy and the environment”. As town planning is critical for the proper development of cities, Patel says it needs to be integrated with other government schemes for best