Abstract

GIS APPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL LEVEL PLANNING-CASE STUDY OF BANKURA INDIA
Track: Urban and Regional Planning
Authors: DEBAPRIYA DUTTA

In its journey of planned development, the current emphasis in India is on local level planning as embodied in the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments. The concept of spatial planning is in the core of it. Considering the emphasis on development and adaptation of suitable technologies for local needs to make an impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, the Government of India has initiated a number of geo-ICT (Geographical Information and Communication Technologies)based programmes to support the local level planning since 1980s. This paper describes, how one of such programmes viz. Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India has demonstrated the concept of geo-ICT based development planning in Bankura district of the state of West Bengal and resulted in wide spread adoption in different real life situations of local level planning.