SPECIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT

1. SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING
& TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
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Presented By: Manoj Patel(120420748004) Guided by: Prof. Sejal
Bhagat
“SPECIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT”
REGIONAL PLANNING

2. CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Goals of Special area development
3. Objective of Special area development
4. How to achieve this objective
5. Strategy for the development
6. Programme under the special area
development
7. References

3. Introduction
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 Special area means that particular area in local
reserve, which are identified by municipalities as
vital to protecting natural resource & character of
the landscape.
 Special area development plan preparation demand
more high skill, training, imagination and
experiences on the other part of the person who
frame it.
 Amenity, Connectivity, and Health.
 He has to arrange his plan in the manner that these
all need should be satisfied.

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Goals of Special area development
 Providing the people in each region pre-
determinate acceptable standard of living both in
economic as well as social.
 To see that ecological condition in the region
achieve a dynamic balance which allow the
resource exploitation and resource utilization for
the purpose of human development
 Protect again the resource exhaustion

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Objective of Special area development
 Achievement of per capita income level enabling a
minimum standard of living projected at the
national level.
 Production and distribution of goods and services
to achieve the projected standard of living.
 Minimum deterioration in the environment both in
nature and man made.

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How to achieve this objective
 Growth in both economical & social terms
 Development of infrastructure
 Human resource endowment
 Interior regional linkage

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Strategy for the development
 Focusing on the attention on the masses rather
than on the statues groups
 conferring benefits to the directly weaker section.
 Creation of the employment opportunity in the
area It self.
 Careful management of scare resources and
channelizing them in the strategic sector of the
economy which will support and help in the
conservation of the renewal resources.
 Undertaking the measures to maintain & improve
the ecological balance.
 Strategy should not be isolated

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Programme under the special area development
 Land is most critical input for the agriculture. The
demand for land increase due to economic
development but it is in fixed quantity.
 The quality of land is getting degraded due to many
factors
 There are some areas in the state that required
special attention contain soil erosion and land
degradation and restore ecology and environment
balance and preserve the bio diversity.
 Western ghat development program
 Hill area development program
 Drought prone area development program

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Western Ghats Development Programme
 The Western Ghats Development Programme which
aims at ecological preservation, restoration and
overall socio-economic development of the Western
Ghats region is a multi-sectoral centrally sponsored
programme introduced at the National level in 1974-
75 to cover an extent of 160 lakh hectares in the
Western Ghats region spread over the States of
Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
Nadu.
 The area covered by the programme works out to 62
per cent of the total area of the eight districts and
about 20 per cent of the total geographical area of the
State.
 Since (1992-93) the implementing agencies of three
core-sectors viz., Agricultural Engineering, Forestry
and Horticulture were directed to execute the scheme

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The activities carried out under the
programme involve planting of miscellaneous
/ medical plants and execution of soil
conservation works by the Forest
Department, Construction of civil works for
Soil and Moisture Conservation and Water
Harvesting by the Agricultural Engineering
Department and rejuvenate of old orchards
and production and distribution of planting
materials and vegetable seeds by the
Horticulture Department.

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3.2 Hill Area Development Programme
 The Centrally sponsored, multi-sectoral Hill Area
Development Programme which aims at socio-
economic development of the hill stations in the
country besides the protection and maintenance
of the fragile eco-system was introduced at the
National level in 1974-75 along with WGDP to
cover hill areas requiring special attention.
 Since 1975-76 this programme is being
implemented in the Nilgiris (Udhagamandalam
district) having a total geographical area of 2.74
lakh hectares.

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The activities under of the HADP, though
somewhat similar to WGDP have special
features such as: The altitude of the hills and
the plateau regions covered, the quantity and
spread of precipitation, the source of water
supply and the prevailing land use and
cropping patterns, vulnerability of the area to
soil erosion, frequency of land slides and the
extent of encroachment, denudation and
degradation of forest areas

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Drought Prone Area development Programme
The Drought Prone Areas Programme is a
centrally shared programme launched in 1973-74
to tackle the special problems faced by those
fragile areas which are prone to and are constantly
affected by severe drought conditions.
 These areas are characterized by poor natural
resource base for producing food, fodder and a
large human and cattle population which exert
heavy pressure on the available resources and
lead to depletion of vegetative cover and reduction
in ground water level due to continuous exploitation
and inadequate efforts for recharging the aquifers.

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The Objectives of the programme are
 To minimize the adverse effects of drought on the
production of crops and livestock and productivity
of land, water and human resources
 To promote overall economic development and
improve the socio-economic condition of the poor
and disadvantaged sections
 To take up development works through the
watershed approach for land development, water
resource development and afforestation
development

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5. References
Chand Mahesh and vinay Kumar ,(1996),Regional
planning in India, allied publishers limited, India
Chattopadhayay. B.C. (1996), City and metropolitan
planning & development. institute of town planners,
New Delhi, India.

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