Date: 30th April 2009 (Thursday); Time: 9:30 am to 3 pm
Venue: Golden Jubilee Seminar hall, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc
The term sustainable transportation is often defined in words such as this: “Sustainable transportation is about meeting or helping meet the mobility needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” The term is also used to describe all forms of transport which minimize fuel consumption and emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Traditionally, transport and land use decisions have been made solely by elected politicians, advised by expert professionals. Life is now much more complicated. The policies are influenced by neighboring towns and cities, as well as by regional and national policies. Fewer policy decisions can now be taken solely by government. The private sector and agencies are increasingly responsible for public transport, road construction and land use decisions. Increasingly, too, those affected as users, businesses and residents expect to be fully involved in decision-making. Fortunately, we now have available a much wider range of possible policy interventions, including land use, information technology, management and pricing to add to the conventional provision of new infrastructure. However this, too, brings its challenges. We know much less about the potential of some of these newer instruments, or how well they work in different situations. This workshop will addressed these issues and also discussed a number of possible approaches to decision-making so that the cities can develop their own policies.
The guests included the MD of KSRTC, officials from BBMP, BMTC and BDA. The speakers interacted with the audience and a number of valuable guidelines for planning of bus routes, bus stops and urban planning in general were presented to the audience.
The seminar was a successful event accomplishing what it was meant to do. Dr. Prof T.G. Sitharam also promised the authorities from Northern Karnataka and officials from the above mentioned government bodies that he would provide any assistance they require in policy making and planning which as he rightly said is one of the main aims of CiSTUP.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Michael A P Taylor
Professor Michael A P Taylor is the Professor of Transport Planning and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies (ISST) at the University of South Australia. His principal research and teaching interests lie in traffic systems engineering, transport planning, transport and logistics, road safety, and environmental impact assessment, with interest also in engineering management, systems engineering and operations research, computer modelling, information technology and computer science, and policy and decision-making support systems. He has strong interests in transport network analysis, transport and logistics systems modelling, transport network reliability, transport technology, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and environmental impacts of road traffic (especially air pollution emissions). He has published extensively in all of the above areas, with over 320 papers, book chapters and articles, 16 books (authored or edited), and six software packages to his credit. Professor Taylor is a member of the prestigious International Advisory Committee for the International Symposia on Transportation and Traffic Theory, the Scientific Committee of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, the International Advisory Committee for the International Symposia on Transportation Network Reliability, and the International Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research. In addition he is a Board Member of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. Professor Taylor is the editor of the IEAust journal Transport Engineering in Australia. He has been a guest editor of the journals Transport Reviews, Journal of Advanced Transportation and Transportation Research C. He also serves as a referee for six international journals.
Dr. Sekhar V.C. Somenahalli – biographical note
Dr. Sekhar is a key member of the Transport Systems Centre, which is one of the leading transportation research centres in Australia and is part of the Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies (ISST) at the University of South Australia. It is established as Australia’s foremost multi-disciplinary transport research centre, with substantial research publications each year, a large number of postgraduate students and on going track record of winning recognised research grants. Sekhar’s research focus for the past fourteen years is on various aspects of Transport planning and GIS. Sekhar has made a long and sustained contribution to research, teaching and consultancy in the fields of Transportation planning, Traffic Engineering and developed Geographic Information System (GIS) tools for planning public transport service and identifying weak network links. Sekhar currently teaches courses related to Transportation Planning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He has over five years of consulting experience and over fourteen years of teaching and research experience and worked in India, Malaysia and Australia. His key areas of strength include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Transportation Planning, Public Transport Service Planning, Transport demand modelling, Traffic Management and Traffic Control. He has published in all of the above areas, with over 35 papers and articles. He has also served as a referee for number of domestic and international conference papers. Sekhar is currently International scientific committee member of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
URBAN FLOODING
A flood is excess of water (or mud) on land that's normally dry and is a SITUATION wherein inundation of surrounding land area is caused by high flow, or overflow of water in an established watercourse, such as a river, stream, or drainage ditch; or ponding of water at or near the point where the rain fell. Flooding is a duration type event. A flood can strike anywhere without warning, occurs when a large volume of rain falls within a short time.
Flooding in general and urban flooding in particular is not an unknown event in the world or in India. The un-even distribution of rain fall coupled with Mindless urbanisation, encroaching upon and filling up natural drainage channels and urban lakes to use the high-value urban land for buildings are the causes of urban flooding. Illegal filling of tanks and lakes and construction of multistoreyed residential complexes in their vicinity is the most common cause of urban flooding. Emergence of several illegal colonies resulting in constriction of the natural drainage system has resulted in rampant flooding.
Causes of Urban Flooding:
1. Natural Causes
* Heavy Rainfall / Flash floods
Water, during heavy rainfall concentrates and flows quickly through urban paved area and is impounded in to low lying areas raising the water level. It wreaks more havoc when a main drain or a river passing through the area over-flows or breaches.
* Lack of Lakes
Lakes can store the excess water and regulate the flow of water. When lakes become smaller, their ability to regulate the flow become less and hence flooding occurs.
* Silting
The drains carry large amounts of sediments and deposit them in the lower courses making channel beds shallower. Thus channel capacity is reduced. When there is heavy rain, these silted drains cannot carry full discharge and results in flooding.
2. Human Causes
* Population explosion
Due to the ever increasing number of people, demand for more materials like wood, land, food, etc is on the rise. This aggravates overgrazing, over cultivation and soil erosion which increases the risk of flooding.
* Deforestation
Large areas of forests near the rivers/catchment of cities are used to make room for settlements, roads and farmlands and is being cleared due to which soil is quickly lost to drains. This raises the drain bed causing overflow and in turn urban flooding.
* Trespassing on water storm drains
The areas which were essentially created by the storm water drains to let their flood waters pass freely are being trespassed for developmental purposes resulting in obstruction of water flow and thus contributing immensely to the fury of floods.
* Urbanisation
Leads to paving of surfaces which decreases ground absorption and increases the speed and amount of surface flow. The water rushes down suddenly into the streams
from their catchment areas leading to a sudden rise in water level and flash floods.
* Unplanned urbanisation is the key cause of urban flooding.
Various kinds of depression and low lying areas near or around the cities which acted as cushions and flood absorbers are gradually filled up and built upon due to urbanisation pressure and space crunch. This results in inadequate channel capacity causing urban flooding.
* Unauthorised colonies
Agricultural sites have been converted to sites for residential and commercial layouts without consideration to the city plans, drainage, sewerage etc. and thus subjected to flooding during heavy rain falls.
* Poor Water and Sewerage Management
Old drainage and sewerage system has not been overhauled nor is it adequate now .All the drainage and sewer system in many parts of the cities have collapsed resulting in flooding. This can be seen during rainy seasons every year.
* Lack of attention to the nature of hydrological system.
* Lack of flood control measures.
* Multiple authorities in a city but none own responsibility for the apathy.
EFFECTS OF FLOODING/ FLOOD DAMAGES
The flooding affects every section of people, systems in a city, some of them are
summarised below:
1. Economic effects
• Damage to Public buildings, Public utility works, housing and house –hold assets.
• Loss of earning in industry & trade
• Loss of earning to petty shopkeepers and workers
• Loss of employment to daily earners
• Loss of revenue due to Road, Railway Transportation Interruption
• High prices for essential commodities.
After flooding, government has to put many resources for aiding e.g., police force, fire control, aid workers and for restoration of flood affected structures, persons, live-stock etc. Flooding causes a great economic loss to the state, individual and to the society.
2. Environmental effects
Damage to surroundings, forests, ridges, wild-life, zoo, urban community-trees, water bodies, shrubs, grass, fruits/vegetables in go downs etc result in imbalance of eco-system of the city.
3. Effect on Traffic
Flooding results in the damages of roads, collapse of bridges causing traffic congestion which affect day-to-day life and other transportation system.
4. Effect on Human Beings
• Human lives : Every year floods in India cause more than 50 lac people affected dead and become homeless.
• Psychological impact : The people of all ages who are stranded in flooding suffer a great Psychological impact disturbing their whole life and the society as whole.
5. Live Stock :
The live stock is one of the most affected living beings due to urban floods. It is
difficult to care for them particularly when human beings themselves are in trouble.
6. Disease :
Flooding usually brings infectious diseases, e.g. military fever, pneumonic
plagues, dermatopathia, dysentery, common cold, Dengue, break bone fever, etc. Chances of food poisoning also becomes more where electric supply gets interrupted in food-storage area due to flooding.
7. Public Inconveniences :
The flooding causes impairment of transport and communication system due to which all people of all sections get stranded e.g. school children, college students, office goers, vegetable, milk venders etc. The basic and essential commodities also do not reach to the common man. This results either in starvation of the poor or high priced commodities.
Flooding in general and urban flooding in particular is not an unknown event in the world or in India. The un-even distribution of rain fall coupled with Mindless urbanisation, encroaching upon and filling up natural drainage channels and urban lakes to use the high-value urban land for buildings are the causes of urban flooding. Illegal filling of tanks and lakes and construction of multistoreyed residential complexes in their vicinity is the most common cause of urban flooding. Emergence of several illegal colonies resulting in constriction of the natural drainage system has resulted in rampant flooding.
Causes of Urban Flooding:
1. Natural Causes
* Heavy Rainfall / Flash floods
Water, during heavy rainfall concentrates and flows quickly through urban paved area and is impounded in to low lying areas raising the water level. It wreaks more havoc when a main drain or a river passing through the area over-flows or breaches.
* Lack of Lakes
Lakes can store the excess water and regulate the flow of water. When lakes become smaller, their ability to regulate the flow become less and hence flooding occurs.
* Silting
The drains carry large amounts of sediments and deposit them in the lower courses making channel beds shallower. Thus channel capacity is reduced. When there is heavy rain, these silted drains cannot carry full discharge and results in flooding.
2. Human Causes
* Population explosion
Due to the ever increasing number of people, demand for more materials like wood, land, food, etc is on the rise. This aggravates overgrazing, over cultivation and soil erosion which increases the risk of flooding.
* Deforestation
Large areas of forests near the rivers/catchment of cities are used to make room for settlements, roads and farmlands and is being cleared due to which soil is quickly lost to drains. This raises the drain bed causing overflow and in turn urban flooding.
* Trespassing on water storm drains
The areas which were essentially created by the storm water drains to let their flood waters pass freely are being trespassed for developmental purposes resulting in obstruction of water flow and thus contributing immensely to the fury of floods.
* Urbanisation
Leads to paving of surfaces which decreases ground absorption and increases the speed and amount of surface flow. The water rushes down suddenly into the streams
from their catchment areas leading to a sudden rise in water level and flash floods.
* Unplanned urbanisation is the key cause of urban flooding.
Various kinds of depression and low lying areas near or around the cities which acted as cushions and flood absorbers are gradually filled up and built upon due to urbanisation pressure and space crunch. This results in inadequate channel capacity causing urban flooding.
* Unauthorised colonies
Agricultural sites have been converted to sites for residential and commercial layouts without consideration to the city plans, drainage, sewerage etc. and thus subjected to flooding during heavy rain falls.
* Poor Water and Sewerage Management
Old drainage and sewerage system has not been overhauled nor is it adequate now .All the drainage and sewer system in many parts of the cities have collapsed resulting in flooding. This can be seen during rainy seasons every year.
* Lack of attention to the nature of hydrological system.
* Lack of flood control measures.
* Multiple authorities in a city but none own responsibility for the apathy.
EFFECTS OF FLOODING/ FLOOD DAMAGES
The flooding affects every section of people, systems in a city, some of them are
summarised below:
1. Economic effects
• Damage to Public buildings, Public utility works, housing and house –hold assets.
• Loss of earning in industry & trade
• Loss of earning to petty shopkeepers and workers
• Loss of employment to daily earners
• Loss of revenue due to Road, Railway Transportation Interruption
• High prices for essential commodities.
After flooding, government has to put many resources for aiding e.g., police force, fire control, aid workers and for restoration of flood affected structures, persons, live-stock etc. Flooding causes a great economic loss to the state, individual and to the society.
2. Environmental effects
Damage to surroundings, forests, ridges, wild-life, zoo, urban community-trees, water bodies, shrubs, grass, fruits/vegetables in go downs etc result in imbalance of eco-system of the city.
3. Effect on Traffic
Flooding results in the damages of roads, collapse of bridges causing traffic congestion which affect day-to-day life and other transportation system.
4. Effect on Human Beings
• Human lives : Every year floods in India cause more than 50 lac people affected dead and become homeless.
• Psychological impact : The people of all ages who are stranded in flooding suffer a great Psychological impact disturbing their whole life and the society as whole.
5. Live Stock :
The live stock is one of the most affected living beings due to urban floods. It is
difficult to care for them particularly when human beings themselves are in trouble.
6. Disease :
Flooding usually brings infectious diseases, e.g. military fever, pneumonic
plagues, dermatopathia, dysentery, common cold, Dengue, break bone fever, etc. Chances of food poisoning also becomes more where electric supply gets interrupted in food-storage area due to flooding.
7. Public Inconveniences :
The flooding causes impairment of transport and communication system due to which all people of all sections get stranded e.g. school children, college students, office goers, vegetable, milk venders etc. The basic and essential commodities also do not reach to the common man. This results either in starvation of the poor or high priced commodities.
Monday, April 6, 2009
What is Urban Planning?
Urban, city, and town planning is the integration of the disciplines of land use planning and transport planning, to explore a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments of urbanized municipalities and communities. It also deals with regeneration of old cities that are suffering from long term infrastructure decay.
Real urban planning is a relatively new concept. It gained popularity beginning in the mid-to-late 19th century, when it became obvious that there should be some kind of plan or larger goals for the growth of big cities.
Nowadays, urban planning takes all aspects of a city into consideration. It includes plans for safety, aesthetics and common sense placement of everything from houses to factories. Parents wouldn't want their children's playground next to the water treatment plant, for instance, and urban planning helps eliminate such problems. Goals for attractive architecture for city buildings are put into place and pleasing green spaces are planned. Good urban planning gets schools into the neighborhoods where they are needed most, places hospitals in centralized locations, allows for growth and plans highways accordingly.
History of urban planning dates back to the early civilizations like the Mesopotamian, Harappan and Egyptian Civilizations. Distinct characteristics of urban planning from remains of the cities of Harappa, Lothal and Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley Civilization (in modern-day northwestern India and Pakistan) lead archeologists to conclude that they are the earliest examples of deliberately planned and managed cities. These cities have roads laid at right angles in a grid like pattern, houses built for more residential privacy, well planned wells and a drainage system as well.
The Greek Hippodamus (c. 407 BC) is widely considered the father of city planning in the West, for his design of Miletus; Alexander commissioned him to lay out his new city of Alexandria, the grandest example of idealized urban planning of the Mediterranean world, where regularity was aided in large part by its level site near a mouth of the Nile.
For more information on the history of urban planning please click on the following hyperlink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#History
Aspects of planning include:
• Urban Aesthetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Urban_Aesthetics
• Safety
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Safety
• Slums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Slums
• Urban Decay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Urban_decay
• Reconstruction and renewal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Reconstruction_and_renewal
• Transport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Transport
• Suburbanization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Suburbanization
• Environmental factors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Environmental_factors
• Light and Sound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Light_and_Sound
Perhaps good urban planning is most evident in good highway planning in a city. Anticipating growth and traffic needs for a big city is crucial. Urban planners must consider how future growth will affect traffic flow and try to eliminate trouble spots before they become a problem. Even placing sewer systems and drainage systems is a necessary element of urban planning, albeit a less glamorous one. Urban planners must consider geography, the water table and numerous other elements of a city's landscape in order to properly plan for this necessity.
Since so many disciplines make up the larger concept of urban planning, a group of urban planners may have widely divergent degrees: civil engineering, architecture, botany, landscape design, electrical engineering, business administration, and so on. Urban planners who are good at what they do are highly sought after by municipal governments. When efficient urban planning is used, cities are more attractive and serve their citizens to the best of their potential.
Real urban planning is a relatively new concept. It gained popularity beginning in the mid-to-late 19th century, when it became obvious that there should be some kind of plan or larger goals for the growth of big cities.
Nowadays, urban planning takes all aspects of a city into consideration. It includes plans for safety, aesthetics and common sense placement of everything from houses to factories. Parents wouldn't want their children's playground next to the water treatment plant, for instance, and urban planning helps eliminate such problems. Goals for attractive architecture for city buildings are put into place and pleasing green spaces are planned. Good urban planning gets schools into the neighborhoods where they are needed most, places hospitals in centralized locations, allows for growth and plans highways accordingly.
History of urban planning dates back to the early civilizations like the Mesopotamian, Harappan and Egyptian Civilizations. Distinct characteristics of urban planning from remains of the cities of Harappa, Lothal and Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley Civilization (in modern-day northwestern India and Pakistan) lead archeologists to conclude that they are the earliest examples of deliberately planned and managed cities. These cities have roads laid at right angles in a grid like pattern, houses built for more residential privacy, well planned wells and a drainage system as well.
The Greek Hippodamus (c. 407 BC) is widely considered the father of city planning in the West, for his design of Miletus; Alexander commissioned him to lay out his new city of Alexandria, the grandest example of idealized urban planning of the Mediterranean world, where regularity was aided in large part by its level site near a mouth of the Nile.
For more information on the history of urban planning please click on the following hyperlink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#History
Aspects of planning include:
• Urban Aesthetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Urban_Aesthetics
• Safety
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Safety
• Slums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Slums
• Urban Decay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Urban_decay
• Reconstruction and renewal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Reconstruction_and_renewal
• Transport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Transport
• Suburbanization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Suburbanization
• Environmental factors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Environmental_factors
• Light and Sound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning#Light_and_Sound
Perhaps good urban planning is most evident in good highway planning in a city. Anticipating growth and traffic needs for a big city is crucial. Urban planners must consider how future growth will affect traffic flow and try to eliminate trouble spots before they become a problem. Even placing sewer systems and drainage systems is a necessary element of urban planning, albeit a less glamorous one. Urban planners must consider geography, the water table and numerous other elements of a city's landscape in order to properly plan for this necessity.
Since so many disciplines make up the larger concept of urban planning, a group of urban planners may have widely divergent degrees: civil engineering, architecture, botany, landscape design, electrical engineering, business administration, and so on. Urban planners who are good at what they do are highly sought after by municipal governments. When efficient urban planning is used, cities are more attractive and serve their citizens to the best of their potential.
Sustainable Transportation
Sustainable transportation system is the need of the hour. There is an increasing necessity to develop and practice sustainable transportation methods due to increasing air pollution, traffic and health hazards. Sustainable transport movement is a part of the environment movement. This movement requires a behavioral change from all sections of the society.
Sustainable transportation is defined as meeting the mobility needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Adopting technologies and methods which minimize fuel consumption and reduce pollutant emissions also describes this term.
Using public transport, cycling, walking, car pooling and technologies like electric and hybrid cars, biodiesel, personal rapid transit, etc… are some of the ways in which we can sustain our mobility needs.
Sustainable transportation system is one which allows the minimum usage of non renewable resources, use of renewable resources in limited amounts, recycling of its components, is affordable to all, operates efficiently and meets the basic transportation needs of people in a safe and consistent manner.
Sustainable transportation is defined as meeting the mobility needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Adopting technologies and methods which minimize fuel consumption and reduce pollutant emissions also describes this term.
Using public transport, cycling, walking, car pooling and technologies like electric and hybrid cars, biodiesel, personal rapid transit, etc… are some of the ways in which we can sustain our mobility needs.
Sustainable transportation system is one which allows the minimum usage of non renewable resources, use of renewable resources in limited amounts, recycling of its components, is affordable to all, operates efficiently and meets the basic transportation needs of people in a safe and consistent manner.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Faculty Positions, Scientific/ Research positions in CiSTUP
The Indian Institute of Science is pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) with generous financial contribution from Government of Karnataka to develop a unique expertise having an interface in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning. CiSTUP will be engaged in several activities such as Research and Development, Academic programs, Training programs and Consultancy projects in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation systems and urban planning. The centre will promote outreach / training activities to the stake holders in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation & traffic engineering and urban planning.
The new center CiSTUP in collaboration with Department of Civil Engineering is looking for bright, young and motivated Indian nationals for recruitment at the Assistant Professor level. Applications are also welcome for higher positions. Visit IISc web site (http://www.iisc.ernet.in/content_oppfacposopenadvt.html) for details of qualifications, salary structure, and preparation of application.
The field of expertise of the candidate could be in the broad areas of transportation and traffic engineering, urban development and planning. One of the main criteria for selection is the publication profile of the candidate and the innovative element in the candidate's research. Candidates seeking positions higher than the Assistant Professor's position are expected to have commensurate academic record and develop newer areas of research and add to the strengths of the Center/Department. Interested candidates may send their CV including a complete list of publications and names of six to eight referees by e-mail to: cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in.
In addition, applications are also sought for the post of Post doctoral fellows, research fellows, project assistants / visitors in the center in the areas of infrastructure, geoinformatics, transportation and urban economics and planning. These posts will be for a period of one year in a project mode.
For details contact Chairman, CiSTUP, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012. email: cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in
The new center CiSTUP in collaboration with Department of Civil Engineering is looking for bright, young and motivated Indian nationals for recruitment at the Assistant Professor level. Applications are also welcome for higher positions. Visit IISc web site (http://www.iisc.ernet.in/content_oppfacposopenadvt.html) for details of qualifications, salary structure, and preparation of application.
The field of expertise of the candidate could be in the broad areas of transportation and traffic engineering, urban development and planning. One of the main criteria for selection is the publication profile of the candidate and the innovative element in the candidate's research. Candidates seeking positions higher than the Assistant Professor's position are expected to have commensurate academic record and develop newer areas of research and add to the strengths of the Center/Department. Interested candidates may send their CV including a complete list of publications and names of six to eight referees by e-mail to: cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in.
In addition, applications are also sought for the post of Post doctoral fellows, research fellows, project assistants / visitors in the center in the areas of infrastructure, geoinformatics, transportation and urban economics and planning. These posts will be for a period of one year in a project mode.
For details contact Chairman, CiSTUP, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012. email: cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) @ IISc
Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP)
The Indian Institute of Science is pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) with generous financial contribution from Government of Karnataka to develop a unique expertise having an interface in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning. CiSTUP will be engaged in several activities such as basic and applied research and development, academic programs, training programs, workshops and consultancy projects in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation systems and urban planning. CiSTUP intends to generate trained technical and scientific professionals in these areas. In addition, it will facilitate research in urban flooding, urban heat island effects, solid waste management, seismic microzonation, disaster mitigation, remote sensing, resource optimization, mathematical modeling, pavement geotechnics, pavement design, ground improvement techniques and other aspects of urban infrastructure and planning. CiSTUP also plans to set up a specialized library and publish books and monographs dealing with these themes. The centre will promote outreach / training activities to the stake holders in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation & traffic engineering and urban planning. Online programmes in these fields are also being planned. The center will setup laboratories in transportation & traffic engineering, Geoinformatics, and disaster mitigation. Further, there will be CiSTUP lecture series, annual conference for the practicing community and decision makers and annual special invited lectures on the topics of sustainable transportation, infrastructure and urban planning. The centre will also undertake joint research and training programmes in collaboration with several leading institutes of higher learning in related areas of interest.
Chairman,
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP)
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012, INDIA email:cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in
or cistup.iisc@gmail.com
blog URL: http://cistup-iisc.blogspot.com/
The Indian Institute of Science is pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) with generous financial contribution from Government of Karnataka to develop a unique expertise having an interface in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning. CiSTUP will be engaged in several activities such as basic and applied research and development, academic programs, training programs, workshops and consultancy projects in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation systems and urban planning. CiSTUP intends to generate trained technical and scientific professionals in these areas. In addition, it will facilitate research in urban flooding, urban heat island effects, solid waste management, seismic microzonation, disaster mitigation, remote sensing, resource optimization, mathematical modeling, pavement geotechnics, pavement design, ground improvement techniques and other aspects of urban infrastructure and planning. CiSTUP also plans to set up a specialized library and publish books and monographs dealing with these themes. The centre will promote outreach / training activities to the stake holders in the areas of infrastructure, sustainable transportation & traffic engineering and urban planning. Online programmes in these fields are also being planned. The center will setup laboratories in transportation & traffic engineering, Geoinformatics, and disaster mitigation. Further, there will be CiSTUP lecture series, annual conference for the practicing community and decision makers and annual special invited lectures on the topics of sustainable transportation, infrastructure and urban planning. The centre will also undertake joint research and training programmes in collaboration with several leading institutes of higher learning in related areas of interest.
Chairman,
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP)
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012, INDIA email:cistup@civil.iisc.ernet.in
or cistup.iisc@gmail.com
blog URL: http://cistup-iisc.blogspot.com/
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