Landscape and the street analyzing the landscape of a movement transect in Ahmedabad (Also available on CD)
Pancholi, Brinda
Landscape and the street analyzing the landscape of a movement transect in Ahmedabad (Also available on CD) - 2016 - iii,91p.,CD-ROM
Contents Abstract1 Acknowledgements3 Contents.5 List of tables.9 List of figures.9 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction.15 1.2 Aim and objectives16 1.3 Methodology16 1.3.1 Literature study.16 1.3.2 Primary study17 1.4 Scope and limitations18 1.5 Relevance19 Chapter 2 THEORETICAL OVERVIEW 2.1 Understanding Streets.22 2.1.1 A road and a street22 2.1.2 Understanding a street24 2.1.3 Landscape and street24 2.1.4 Elements that create street life.28 2.1.4.1 Tangible factors.28 2.1.4.2 Intangible factors.30 2.2 Literature studies 2.2.1 Studying the typologies and its supporting landscape elements33 2.2.1.1 Residential street.34 2.2.1.2 Commercial street.38 2.2.1.3 Institutional street.42 2.2.1.4 Mixed use street46 2.2.1.5 Nature dominant.50 2.2.1.6 Other notable streets.54 2.2.2 Matrix study.56 2.2.3 Inferences.57 2.3 Transect.58 2.3.1 Understanding a transect58 2.3.2 Transect in this study.58 Chapter 3 PRIMARY STUDY: AHMEDABAD 3.1 Ahmedabad and its streets62 3.1.1 Historical perspective62 3.1.2 Evolution of street network.62 3.2 The selected transect64 3.2.1 Analyzing the transect.66 3.2.1.1 Primary understanding.66 3.2.1.1a Physical character and the setting66 3.2.1.1b Mass void and Land use.68 3.2.1.2 Existing green density70 3.2.1.3 Perceived experience71 3.2.1.4 Selection of sectional points.72 3.2.1.5 Built to perceived enclosure.73 3.2.1.6 Place and elements.74 3.2.1.7 People and their relation with elements.76, 77 3.2.1.8 Transect in a matrix: The breakdown of experience76, 78 Chapter 4 INFERENCES AND CONCLUSION 4.1 Inferences of the transect study82 4.2 Concerns and interventions83 4.2.1 Extracting the typologies and their edges.83 4.2.2 Typological considerations and interventions.84 4.2.2.1 Commercial edge in the old city.84 4.2.2.2 Commercial edge in the new city.85 4.2.2.3 Garden/ Public park edge.86 4.2.2.4 Bridges.87 4.4.4.5 open spaces (vacant unused land)87 4.2.2.6 Residential edge.88 4.2.2.7 Temporary market edge89 4.2.2.8 Special conditions (monuments, temples, mosques, etc.)89 4.3. Conclusion 90 References 91
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Landscape and the street analyzing the landscape of a movement transect in Ahmedabad (Also available on CD) - 2016 - iii,91p.,CD-ROM
Contents Abstract1 Acknowledgements3 Contents.5 List of tables.9 List of figures.9 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction.15 1.2 Aim and objectives16 1.3 Methodology16 1.3.1 Literature study.16 1.3.2 Primary study17 1.4 Scope and limitations18 1.5 Relevance19 Chapter 2 THEORETICAL OVERVIEW 2.1 Understanding Streets.22 2.1.1 A road and a street22 2.1.2 Understanding a street24 2.1.3 Landscape and street24 2.1.4 Elements that create street life.28 2.1.4.1 Tangible factors.28 2.1.4.2 Intangible factors.30 2.2 Literature studies 2.2.1 Studying the typologies and its supporting landscape elements33 2.2.1.1 Residential street.34 2.2.1.2 Commercial street.38 2.2.1.3 Institutional street.42 2.2.1.4 Mixed use street46 2.2.1.5 Nature dominant.50 2.2.1.6 Other notable streets.54 2.2.2 Matrix study.56 2.2.3 Inferences.57 2.3 Transect.58 2.3.1 Understanding a transect58 2.3.2 Transect in this study.58 Chapter 3 PRIMARY STUDY: AHMEDABAD 3.1 Ahmedabad and its streets62 3.1.1 Historical perspective62 3.1.2 Evolution of street network.62 3.2 The selected transect64 3.2.1 Analyzing the transect.66 3.2.1.1 Primary understanding.66 3.2.1.1a Physical character and the setting66 3.2.1.1b Mass void and Land use.68 3.2.1.2 Existing green density70 3.2.1.3 Perceived experience71 3.2.1.4 Selection of sectional points.72 3.2.1.5 Built to perceived enclosure.73 3.2.1.6 Place and elements.74 3.2.1.7 People and their relation with elements.76, 77 3.2.1.8 Transect in a matrix: The breakdown of experience76, 78 Chapter 4 INFERENCES AND CONCLUSION 4.1 Inferences of the transect study82 4.2 Concerns and interventions83 4.2.1 Extracting the typologies and their edges.83 4.2.2 Typological considerations and interventions.84 4.2.2.1 Commercial edge in the old city.84 4.2.2.2 Commercial edge in the new city.85 4.2.2.3 Garden/ Public park edge.86 4.2.2.4 Bridges.87 4.4.4.5 open spaces (vacant unused land)87 4.2.2.6 Residential edge.88 4.2.2.7 Temporary market edge89 4.2.2.8 Special conditions (monuments, temples, mosques, etc.)89 4.3. Conclusion 90 References 91
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