Urban planning and development refers to a process that harnesses spatio-economic potential of an area for benefit of the people. With the introduction of consultancy services in urban sector in past few years, scope of project preparation has also widenened from landuse plans-the conventional idea of planning to include urban network identification, physical infrastructure planning and design, conservation of environmentally sensitive areas, historic sites, implementation and monitoring mechanisms and manpower and resource mobilization for plans. LASA with its strong staff strength and market positioning is in the forefront and has provided complete or partial services in 6 urban development projects in past 3 years, addressing, technical, financial, administrative and other requirements of various state and national level planning agencies.
