: Focuses on national transportation policies, planning processes, and traffic control, with a specific case study on the Hyderabad Traffic study .

The work is a staple for architecture and urban planning students (polytechnic to post-graduate levels) and covers several critical pillars of the field:

The book defines urban planning as the, "...organized, coordinated, and standardized physical arrangement of a city and the underlying infrastructural systems" 0.5.3 . 2. Key Pillars of Urban Planning Theory

M. Pratap Rao is a highly credentialed practicing architect-planner based in Hyderabad, India.