Accessibility to work places using public transport for urban poor : the case of Surat city (Also available on CD)
Zanzmera, Harekrushna
Accessibility to work places using public transport for urban poor : the case of Surat city (Also available on CD) - 2014 - xvi,82p.,CD-ROM
Executive summary v List of Figures xiv List of Tables xv List of appendices xvi Abbreviation xvi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Research Problem 2 1.3 Objectives 3 1.4 Research Question 3 1.5 Rational behind selection of study area 4 1.6 Scope and Limitations 4 1.6.1 Scope 5 1.6.2 Limitations 5 1.7 structure of the report 5 Chapter 2: Literature Study 8 2.1 Accessibility 8 2.2 Components of Accessibility 8 2.2.1 Transport Component 10 2.2.2 Land use Component 10 2.2.3 Temporal Component 11 2.2.4 Individual component 11 2.3 Factors that affect the accessibility 14 2.4 Measure of accessibility 18 2.4.1 Distance Measure 18 2.4.2 Contour measure 19 2.4.3 Potential accessibility measures 20 2.4.4 Comparison among the measures 21 2.5 Hypothesis Formulation 22 Chapter 3: The study Area: Surat City 23 3.1 Geography and climate 23 3.2 History 25 3.3 Urbanization Trend 25 3.4 Demography 26 3.5 Economic Base 28 3.6 Urban Planning in Surat 29 3.6.1 Development Plan 29 3.6.2 Town Planning scheme 30 3.7 Landuse 31 3.8 Transport system 32 3.8.1 Present condition 32 3.9 Slum: Data and Location 34 Chapter 4: Research Methodology and Data Processing 37 4.1 Defining the Poor 37 4.2 Location of the Poor 37 4.3 Defining the work places and their location 38 4.4 Research Design 38 4.5 Data Analysis Methods 39 4.6 Accessibility Analysis 40 4.7 Information Required 40 4.8 Primary survey 41 Chapter 5: Data Processing and Analysis 42 5.1 Demand side- slum location 43 5.2 Supply Side-Job Location 43 5.3 Road network-Linkages between Demand and Supply 45 5.4 Proxymity Analysis 47 Chapter 6: Primary Survey 55 6.1 Introduction 55 6.1.1 Household survey 55 6.1.2 Roadside survey 56 6.2 Describing the samples 57 6.2.1 Origin 57 6.2.2 Tenure Duration 58 6.2.3 Household Income per month 58 6.2.4 House Type 59 6.2.5 House estates 60 6.2.6 Vehicle Ownership 60 6.2.7 Social Infrastructure 60 6.2.9 Occupation 62 6.2.10 Model Split 63 6.2.11 Travel satisfaction 63 6.3 Conclusion 64 Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing 65 7.1 Introduction 65 7.2 Travel Behavior and Choice of Mode 65 7.2.1 Trend of different Mode 66 7.3 Location Related Choice 69 7.4 Inferences 70 Chapter 8: Conclusion 71 References 73 Appendix 74
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Accessibility to work places using public transport for urban poor : the case of Surat city (Also available on CD) - 2014 - xvi,82p.,CD-ROM
Executive summary v List of Figures xiv List of Tables xv List of appendices xvi Abbreviation xvi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Research Problem 2 1.3 Objectives 3 1.4 Research Question 3 1.5 Rational behind selection of study area 4 1.6 Scope and Limitations 4 1.6.1 Scope 5 1.6.2 Limitations 5 1.7 structure of the report 5 Chapter 2: Literature Study 8 2.1 Accessibility 8 2.2 Components of Accessibility 8 2.2.1 Transport Component 10 2.2.2 Land use Component 10 2.2.3 Temporal Component 11 2.2.4 Individual component 11 2.3 Factors that affect the accessibility 14 2.4 Measure of accessibility 18 2.4.1 Distance Measure 18 2.4.2 Contour measure 19 2.4.3 Potential accessibility measures 20 2.4.4 Comparison among the measures 21 2.5 Hypothesis Formulation 22 Chapter 3: The study Area: Surat City 23 3.1 Geography and climate 23 3.2 History 25 3.3 Urbanization Trend 25 3.4 Demography 26 3.5 Economic Base 28 3.6 Urban Planning in Surat 29 3.6.1 Development Plan 29 3.6.2 Town Planning scheme 30 3.7 Landuse 31 3.8 Transport system 32 3.8.1 Present condition 32 3.9 Slum: Data and Location 34 Chapter 4: Research Methodology and Data Processing 37 4.1 Defining the Poor 37 4.2 Location of the Poor 37 4.3 Defining the work places and their location 38 4.4 Research Design 38 4.5 Data Analysis Methods 39 4.6 Accessibility Analysis 40 4.7 Information Required 40 4.8 Primary survey 41 Chapter 5: Data Processing and Analysis 42 5.1 Demand side- slum location 43 5.2 Supply Side-Job Location 43 5.3 Road network-Linkages between Demand and Supply 45 5.4 Proxymity Analysis 47 Chapter 6: Primary Survey 55 6.1 Introduction 55 6.1.1 Household survey 55 6.1.2 Roadside survey 56 6.2 Describing the samples 57 6.2.1 Origin 57 6.2.2 Tenure Duration 58 6.2.3 Household Income per month 58 6.2.4 House Type 59 6.2.5 House estates 60 6.2.6 Vehicle Ownership 60 6.2.7 Social Infrastructure 60 6.2.9 Occupation 62 6.2.10 Model Split 63 6.2.11 Travel satisfaction 63 6.3 Conclusion 64 Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing 65 7.1 Introduction 65 7.2 Travel Behavior and Choice of Mode 65 7.2.1 Trend of different Mode 66 7.3 Location Related Choice 69 7.4 Inferences 70 Chapter 8: Conclusion 71 References 73 Appendix 74
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