CSS Town Planning & Urban Management 2025 Group 3

CSS Town Planning & Urban Management Syllabus 2025

This article covers the CSS Town Planning & Urban Management complete Syllabus 2025.

The syllabus of CSS Town Planning & Urban Management consists of 9 parts of a collective 100 marks.

The examination for CSS Town Planning & Urban Management is the Group 3 exam for CSS candidates.

CSS Town Planning & Urban Management Syllabus 2025

Paper (100 Marks)

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. 

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 (Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Kot Diji and Mehr Garh and Gandhara Civilization). 

Urban Rural Differences and Hierarchy of Settlements: 

• • Urbanization and its effects on the environment of urban areas.

History of Planning in Pakistan:

• • 5 year plans, Regional Plans, Master Plans etc. 

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) 

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. 

Public Policy and Urban Design Management: 

• • Solving social and environmental problems using: 
  • Economics, 
  • Policy analysis, 
  • Political science
  • Urban Design 

Sustainability, Environmental Policy and Planning:

• • How society conserves and manages its natural resources and works to promote development, while conserving and maintaining a healthy environment. 

Urban Information Systems: 

• • Use of planning related software and spatial analysis tools and systems e.g. GIS, SPSS etc. 

This is the complete syllabus for preparation of CSS Town Planning & Urban Management.

The Candidates should prepare thoroughly to succeed in the examination.

Therefore, here are a few suggested books you can buy for better learning about CSS Town Planning & Urban Management from your favorite Multan Kitab Ghar online bookstore.

Suggested Reading Books for CSS Town Planning & Urban Management Syllabus 2025

• Introducing Town Planning by Clara Greed 
• Introduction to Town and Country Planning by John Ratcliff 
• Town Planning for the Third World by A.K. Bhatti 
• Contemporary Urban Planning by J.M. Levy 
• Land Use, Planning, and Zoning by Peter J. Loughlin, 
• Town and Country Planning in the UK by J.B. Cullingworth, Vincent Nadin 
• Town Planning in Practice by Raymond Unwin, 
• World Cities and Urban by Mike Janks 
• Urban Land Use Planning by Philip R. B 
• Environmental Science: A Global Concern by William P 
• Megacity Management in the Asian and Pacific Region (Vol-2) by Stubbs, Jeffery Giles Clarke 
• Dying Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle by Somaiya N 
• Handbook on Urban Sustainability by Springer 
• Emerald Cities – Urban sustainability and Economics by Joan Fitzgerald 
• Growing Greener Cities by Eugene Birch, Susan Wachter 
• The Earth Scan Reader in Sustainability Cities by David Satterthwaite 
• The Poverty Curtain by Dr. Mehboob–Ul-Haq 
• Reflections on Human Development by Dr. Mehboob–Ul-Haq 
• Smart Cities by Anthony Townsend