ABBREVIATIONS

• APUSP - Andhra Pradesh Urban Services for the Poor
• AMU - Appraisal and Monitoring Unit
• ARV - Annual Rental Value
• AE - Assistant Engineer
• BPL - Below Poverty Line
• BRS - Building Regularization Scheme
• C1 - Component 1: Municipal Reform
• C2 - Component 2: Environmental Infrastructure
• C3 - Component 3: Strengthening Civil Society
• CBO - Community Based Organization
• CDS - Community Development Society
• CMAPP - Comprehensive Municipal Action Plan for Poverty Reduction
• CMEY - Chief Ministers Empowerment of Youth
• CIIP - Critical Infrastructure Investment Plan
• CSO - Civil Society Organization
• D & O Trades - Dangerous and Offensive Trades
• DWCUA - Development of Women and Children in Urban Areas
• ELSR - Elevated Level Service Reservoir
• EWS - Economically Weaker Section
• FOP - Financial Operating Plan
• GTPS - General Town Planning Scheme
• GIS - Geographical Information System
• GLSR - Ground Level Service Reservoir
• HSC - House Service Connection
• HUDA - Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
• HUDCO - Housing and Urban Development Corporation
• IDAP - Institutional Development Action Plan
• ILCS - Integrated Low Cost Sanitation
• LCB - Local Competitive Bidding
• MAPP - Municipal Action Plan for Poverty Reduction
• MAUD - Municipal Administration and Urban Development
• MMC - Machilipatnam Municipal Council
• MRC - Municipal Reforms Committee
• MSU - Municipal Strengthening Unit
• MTF - Municipal Task Force
• MC - Municipal Commissioner
• ME - Municipal Engineer
• MHO - Municipal Health Officer
• MPC - Minimum Performance Criteria
• NGO - Non-Government Organization
• NHC - Neighborhood Committee
• NHG - Neighborhood Group
• NSDP - National Slum Development Programme
• O & M - Operation and Maintenance
• OMPI - Objectives for Municipal Performance Improvement
• PHED - Public Health Engineering Department
• PHC - Primary Health Center
• PMLP - Participatory Micro Level Planning
• PPA - Participatory Poverty Assessment
• PRA - Participatory Rural Appraisal
• PSP - Public Stand Post
• RCV - Resident Community Volunteer
• RIAP - Revenue Improvement Action Plan
• SHG - Self Help Group
• SJSRY - Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
• SWM - Solid Waste Management
• SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
• T & C Society - Thrift and Credit Society
• TLFP - Town Level Framework Plan
• TPBO - Town Planning Building Overseer
• TOR - Terms of Reference
• TPO - Town Planning Officer
• TPRO - Town Project Officer
• TWLG - Town Level Working Group – also referred to as WG3
• UFW - Unaccounted For Water
• UHC - Urban Health Center
• UPA - Urban Poverty Alleviation
• WG1 - Working Group1
• WG2 - Working Group2
• WG3 - Working Group3
• PAL - Permanent artificial lighting
• PSALI - Permanent supplementary artificial lighting of interior
• FHFM - Formal housing finance market- HUDCO, HDFC, LIC, HFCOetc.
• IHFM - Informal housing finance market-Local money lender, Friendsetc.
• CAPART - Council for advancement of people’s action & rural technology
• BOT - Build Operate and transfer
• BRE - Building research establishment
• UNCED - UN conference on environment & development
• WCED - World commission on environment & development
• GAP - Ganga action plan
• CGA - central Ganga authority
• MRTS - Mass rapid transport System
• GIS - Geographical Information System
• ASCORAL - Assembly of constructors for an arch renovation
• BMTPC - Building material & Technology promation council
• CIAM - Congress International the architecture Modren
• MRP - Material requirement planning
• EIS - Environmental Impact statement
• NGO - Non-Govt Organisation
• NCV/NIIC - National commission on urbanisation
• NVC - National urbanisation council
• SUC - State urbanisation council
• NRT - National Rent Tribunals
• NRY - Nehru RojgarYojana
• NCHFI - National co operative housing Federation of India
• GEM - generators of economic momentum
• IRDP - Integrated rural development programme
• RIEG - Rural landless employment guarantee programme
• EIUS - Environmental improvement of urban slums
• UBS - Urban Basic Services
• SDS - Study of development studies
• IFR - Task Force Report
• IAY - Indira Awas Yojana
• HFS - Housing finance system
• TPA - Transfer of Property Act
• AASHO - American association of state highway officals
• PCU - Passenger Car Unit
• AADT - Annual Average Daily Traffic
• IRC - Indian Road Congress
• CRRI - Central Road Research Institution
• TSM - Transport system management
• HCM - Highway capacity manual
• IPT - Intermediate public Transport
• VOC - Vehicle operating Cost
• MDR - Major district Road
• ODR - Other District Road
• DHV - Design Hour volume
• ISLE - Indian society of light, Engineers
• PCATP - Pakistan council of Architect& Town planners
• ARCA - Architects regional council of Asia
• PAA - Practicing architect association (Bangalore)
• BEM - Bio electro magnetic
• RHDC - Rural health development centre
• ASC - Architectural society of China
• IIID - Indian Institution of Interior design
• CBD - Central Business District
• LRHD - Low Rise high density
• GDS - Graphics design system
• SERC - Structural engineering Research centre (madras)
• BMRDA - Bombay metropolitan Regional development Authority
• IDA - International development association
• LISP - Land infrastructure servicing programme
• SUP - Slum up gradation programme
• LGFAS - Local government Finance administration & Service
• TATE - Technical Administrative Task Environment
• BMN - Basic minimum Head
• NBO - National Building organization
• SHW - state High way
• ISHS - Integrated Subsidised Housing Scheme
• CCA - Council for citizen Action
• TCPO - Town &country planning Organisation
• NIUA - National Institute of Urban Affairs
• PHE - Public Health Engineering
• NHB - National Housing Bank
• SICS - Standard Identification & coding system
• NEERI - National Environmental Engineer Research Institute
• UCD - Urban community development
• HUDCO - Housing &Urban development corporation
• UNCHS - United Nation Centre for Human settlement
• ILA - Indian Institute of Architects
• IUA - International Union of Architects
• CPWD - Central public work department
• AIA - American Institution of architects
• IFRAA - The inter faith Forum on religion Art & Architecture
• IASTE - International association for study of traditional Environments
• EPCO - Environmental planning & Coordination organisation
• BORDA - Overseas development association, Germany
• INTACH - Indian National trust for art & cultural Heritage
• CIDCO - -City & Industrial development Corporation
• CSD - Conservation society of Delhi
• RASAM - Research Academy for science & art at mahabalipuram
• ICROM - international centre for the study of preservation and restoration of property
• ACC - Art conservation centre
• IUBC - International union of building centre
• ATIRA - Ahmedabad textiles industries Research association
• AUDA - Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority
• IGNCA - Indira Gandhi National centre for Arts
• NCDC - national centre development Commission
• ICAC - International Committee of Architectural Cities
• IFYA - International forum of young Architects
• CSIR - Council of Seremtitive& industrial research
• CBRI - central building research Institute
• SFRC - Structural Engineering Research centre
• NCHFI - National Cooperative housing federation of India
• CHF - Co-operative Housing Federation
• HDFC - Housing Development finance corporation
• LICHFCO - LIC Housing Finance co operation
• RHFM - Formal Housing Finance Market
• FRI - Forest Research Institute
• IPIRI - Indian plywood industries research institute
• RRL - Regional Research Lab
• ISI - Indian Standard Institution
• BRRL - Building & Road Research Lab, Chandigarh
• CRRL - Central Fuel Research Institute D’bad
• BIS - Bureau of Indian standard
• PAG - Planning advisory Group
• NHA - National Housing Agency
• VA - Veteran Administration
• CFA - Community Facilities administration
• WPCI - workable programme for Community Improvement
• NRPB - National Research planning Board
• CRP - Community Renewal Programme
• GNRP - General neighbourhood renewal plan
• ARA - Area Redevelopment Act
• SBA - Small Business Administration
• NCFPC - National Committee on Environmental planning &Coordinal
• IGU - International Geographical union
• MAB - Man and Biosphere organisation
• IDSMT - Integrated development of Small & medium town
• ENIS - Environmental Information System
• DIC - District Information Centre
• NSP - National Settlement policy
• NUP - National Urbanisation Policy
• NPP - National Population Policy
• NHP - National Housing Policy
• FSL - Full Supply Level
• CPHERI - Central public health engineering research institute
• DWE - Dry Weather Flow
• IDP - Interior development plan
• NRA - National Recreation Association
• DRAG - Development research &Action Group
• VRO - Village Reconstruction Organisation
• MARS - Modern architectural research Group
• BOD - Biochemical oxygen demand
• COD - Chemical Oxygen demand
• MLSS - Mixed Liquor Suspended solids
• MWP - Main Waste pipe
• MVP - Main ventilating pipe
• MSP - Main soil pipe
• MSWP - Main Soil Waste pipe
• ITCZ - Inter tropical convergence zone
• WBT - Wet bulb temperature
• DBT - Dry Bulb Temparature
• SH - saturation point Humidity
• RH - Relative Humidity
• AMR - Annual mean temperature
• CET - Correct effective temperature
• ECI - Equatorial comfort index
• HSI - Heat stress Index
• MRT - Mean Radiant temperature
• ERC - Externally reflected Component
• BTU - British thermal unit
• FSP - Fort Pounded Second
• ODP - Outline Development plan
• AIHDA - All India Housing Development association
• NEPA - National environmental Pollution Act
• BCA - Benefit Cost Analysis