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 What are the primary and secondary sources required for preparation of a town plan? What are the basic data required to know socio – economic condition of a neighborhood? Design a survey format to conduct a socio – economic survey.

In this kind of a plan preparation where a new plan is to be prepared or redevelopments to be suggested in the existing plan, the secondary information or literary search is done before doing the primary survey.

The secondary sources of data required for the preparation of a new town plan are as follows –
• SECONDARY INFORMATION
o Base map preparation through secondary sources such as city maps, regional plans etc.
o Preparation of questionnaires, inventories for the primary survey
o Going for literary research about the area which also means studying past records and tracing the history.
o Determination of space standards for all uses...