Hi Arun, I have similar feelings even here in Pune. The usual response of civil society I have observed is to float a report that summarizes (without detailed info like lat-long co-ordinates) what all is wrong with the plans, and then a pressure campaign to have the plan rejected. I once met someone whose Mumbai NGO had its primary, central activity to get the development plan rejected, and they were showcasing it as a major success.
That's a lot of hard work put in that gets a blanket thumbs-down. Doesn't really help in building trust between stakeholders. (we keep forgetting that the urban planners creating the plan are people too) . If we could geo-reference the maps.. and have an interface where people can mark areas and post questions for them.. and have open discussions around them.. and get the architects, engineers etc involved in creating the plans involved in those discussions... and also have a way of highlighting and appreciating good work done by the urban planners.. that would be nice. Some of this happens in public hearings, but a lot of details don't leave the room and I think more can be done. -- Cheers, Nikhil VJ +91-966-583-1250 Pune, India Website <http://nikhilvj.cu.cc> DataMeet Pune chapter <https://datameet-pune.github.io/> Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity.org> Contribute <https://www.instamojo.com/@nikhilvj/> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Arun Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote: > The BDA has released the Revised Masterplan for Bengaluru (provisional) > for public feedback for the next 60 days. This is the last chance for > feedback before the plan is finalized for the growth of the city for the > next decade. > > The masterplan is available here: > http://www.bdabangalore.org/RMP2031.html > > An interesting part of the masterplan are the detailed landuse map, both > existing and proposed. The masterplan document (pg22-30) has details on the > process of how they were made. > > This is the first time I have browsed through a masterplan, and the amount > of data is quite overwhelming. How does an average citizen make sense of > these maps to understand how it impacts them? How does one give informed > feedback back to the BDA? > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
