SOLVING A PROBLEM USING PLANNING

TECHNIQUES

TECHNIQUES OF PLANNING

ByTanuja Suggala 141109039

Sai Prasad 141109046Lahari Yaddanapudi 141109047

Kalyan Nath 141109048

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Locating places for the construction of public

toilets

PROBLEM

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INTRODUCTION• A public toilet is a single unit featuring a toilet and hand basin

for hand washing

• Inadequate provision has a significant effect on public health and environmental issues, particularly in terms of street cleanliness and disease control

• Places – where we live, shop, work, take recreation – are more accessible and attractive when public toilets are well planned, designed, maintained

• Lack of toilet facilities at the right time in the right place contributes to dirty streets that are unsanitary, unpleasant and can spread infection

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SEQUENCE OF STEPS

Find density of population

Find the area of locality

Questionnaire survey

Current number of public toilets in the area

TASK COMPLETED4

Final locations of proposed toilets

Analysis of data collected

Interpretation of data

Satisfactory

Not satisfactory

Preliminary step: Identifying key requirements and

prerequisites

• Market places; near parks, recreational areas, educational institutions, tourist spots; bus stops, etc.

• Places where there is adequate water supply

• Places where it is convenient to maintain (i.e. cleaning and repair works) and there is sufficient availability of labour

• Places where they are visible enough to address the needs of pedestrians as well as people moving in vehicles

• Places where eating joints are not in close vicinity

PUBLIC TOILETS SHOULD BE LOCATED AT :

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*based on our theoretical grounding

Step1: Area and population density

• Area and population density- to give an estimate on the number of toilets needed in the locality

• SOURCES: Census of India, Maps of India

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Step 2: Analysis of current situation

• To analyse the current situation, a map of that locality is used and the current public toilets are marked;

• SOURCES: Maps of India, Google Earth, Google Maps

• With reference to Step 1, it is checked whether the present number of toilets are sufficient or not

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Step 3: Questionnaire survey to people in the

locality S

.No.Question Category

1 Name OPTIONAL

2 GenderESSENTIA

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3 Age RELAVENT

4 Occupation, Designation OPTIONAL

5 Daily travel duration, distanceESSENTIA

L

6 Physically disabled- Yes/No RELAVENT

7 Are the available toilets sufficient or notESSENTIA

L

8 How many litres of water do you drink everyday (Approx.) OPTIONAL

9How often do you feel the urge to pee when you’re not at

home?ESSENTIA

L

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How essential (on a a scale of 5) do you think are public toilets at places of business?

ESSENTIAL

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S.No.

Question Category

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How essential (on a a scale of 5) do you think are public toilets near parks and recreational areas?

ESSENTIAL

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How essential (on a a scale of 5) do you think are public toilets at tourist places?

ESSENTIAL

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How essential (on a a scale of 5) do you think are public toilets near educational institutions?

ESSENTIAL

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How essential (on a a scale of 5) do you think are public toilets at bus stops?

ESSENTIAL

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Size of toilets required RELAVANT

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Type of toilet preferred - western/Indian RELAVANT

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How clean are the available toilets (on a scale of 5) ? OPTIONAL

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Is your locality having adequate water supply?ESSENTIA

L

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How visible and accessible are the available toilets (on a scale of 5) ?

ESSENTIAL

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How comfortable are you in using public toilets?ESSENTIA

L

Step 4: Analysis of data

• The secondary data collected in step1 and primary data collected in step 3 are analysed using bar charts, pi charts and venn diagrams

• This is for the ease of interpretation of the data

Businessareas

Parks &Recreational

areas

Tourist spots

Educationalinstitutions

Bus stops

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Step 5: Interpretation of data

• Gender and Age: to determine the type of population

• Travel duration, distance: to assess the need for public toilets

• Physical disability: to assess the comfort level

• Preference of locations: to identify exactly where toilets are most needed- From the given data, it is observed that toilets are most required near bus stops, educational institutions and parks and least needed near businesses or market places

• No. of toilets v/s No. of required toilets: to make sure that there are sufficient number of toilets- It is observed that the no. of toilets available are insufficient as the no. of toilets required is higher by a large scale

• Comfort: to determine whether people will use the toilets after they are built

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• Based on data analysis and interpretation, places where public toilets had to be constructed are located

Step 6: Final locations of proposed Toilets

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ConclusionAccording to the data collected through sources and

personal household survey, locations have been proposed for the construction of public toilets at

appropriate places.

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THE END