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Frontiers of Architectural Research

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Front. Archit. Res.    2020, Vol. 9 Issue (2) : 450-466    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.12.003
Research Article
Development of creative problem solvingbased framework for site planning in hill areas
N. Kapoor1, V.K. Bansal2(), M. Jain3
1. Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, 177 005, India
2. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, 177 005, India
3. School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh, 520008, India
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Abstract

The growing urbanization of hill towns results in an increasing demand for infrastructural facilities. Infrastructural facilities are generally planned without considering the effects of the surroundings as well as their effects on the sensitive ecosystem of hill areas. Site planning decisions are taken on the basis of judgment and experience of planners in the absence of a rational and quantitative framework for ensuring the sustainable development of hill areas. This scenario generates the need for an efficient site planning framework. Site planning is a creative problem solving (CPS) process. Hence, in the current study, the CPSbased framework is developed as follows. First, existing CPS-based frameworks for planning and designing are reviewed. Second, the framework is developed for site planning in hill areas. Third, the developed framework is validated through planning infrastructural facilities of an institutional campus on a site located in hill areas. The major strength of the developed framework includes three cycles, namely, understand, process, and implement. Site planning decisions are taken through the generation of alternate scenarios and their subsequent evaluation on the basis of impact on the sensitive ecosystem of hill areas.

Keywords Site planning      Creative problem solving framework      Analytic hierarchy process      Geographic information system     
Corresponding Author(s): V.K. Bansal   
Issue Date: 06 July 2020
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N. Kapoor,V.K. Bansal,M. Jain. Development of creative problem solvingbased framework for site planning in hill areas[J]. Front. Archit. Res., 2020, 9(2): 450-466.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/10.1016/j.foar.2019.12.003
https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/Y2020/V9/I2/450
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