The Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has been recognised as a research
centre by the Centre for Research, Anna University.
With this, students,
teachers & researchers in urban planning will have easy access to data and
documents on these subjects.
CMDA on recently
announced that the move will allow for “collaborative research for the purpose
of pursuing Ph.D / or M.S (by research programme) under part time mode with
effect from January 2013.”
Benefit
to planners..!
The move is expected
to specifically benefit planners who are currently employed with CMDA and who
wish to pursue research.
Many of them are
pursuing research after retirement from CMDA as they were not able to do so
while at work.
Anna University press release said.
“The officials of CMDA with relevant UG / PG
qualification will also be permitted to register for Ph. D / or M.S (by
research programme) under part-time mode. This recognition is to be renewed
once in three (3) years in compliance with the required norms of Anna
University.
Solve
Challenges to Urban Planning..!
Mr. S. Santhanam,
former member-chief urban planner, CMDA said, “Good research papers will get published
by planners associated with CMDA. This will provide an answer to challenging
aspects of urban planning &
development in Chennai. In its first year, the centre is likely to churn
out 5 to 10 research papers. We can not expect a large number of research
papers as the planners will also have to do their day-to-day job,”
The existing data
generated by CMDA will be subjected to rigorous research by its own staff &
other scholars. This is expected to solve challenges to urban planning.
Mr. Raj Cherubal, Director,
CityConnect
said, “We need research in a number of topics. The best land use and economics
to promote public transportation; pollution & other benchmarks in planning to aid selection
of appropriate projects; preservation &
creation of water bodies, marshland & urban forestry in an expanding city; and very
importantly planning to aid the expansion of the economy"
Institutions like
Harvard and MIT send their students to Chennai to study challenges to urban
planning. The new status of CMDA may facilitate better access to data. Scholars
can directly contact resource persons.
“The top challenges
in Chennai pertain to transport, poor class housing, environment &
aesthetics. Research has to focus on such topics now.
CMDA was constituted
as an adhoc body in 1972 and become a statutory body in 1974 as per the
provisions of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971.
Src: Hindu
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