Built form, travel behaviour and low carbon development in Ahmedabad, India (Record no. 38062)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9789061643548 |
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| Classification number | 388 |
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| Personal name | Munshi, Talat G. |
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| Title | Built form, travel behaviour and low carbon development in Ahmedabad, India |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Netherlands |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | ITC |
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| Extent | viii,189p. |
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| Title | ITC dissertation |
| Volume number/sequential designation | number 226 |
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| General note | Table of Contents<br/>Acknowledgements i<br/>List of figures vi<br/>List of tables viii<br/>1. Introduction 1<br/>1.1 Built form, transport and local carbon development 1<br/>1.2 Key indicators of built form, transport and environment 3<br/>1.2.1 Travel behaviour indicators 4<br/>1.2.2 Built-form indicators 4<br/>1.2.3 Low-carbon transport development 11<br/>1.3 Research problem 12<br/>1.3.1 Research hypothesis 12<br/>1.3.2 Research objectives 13<br/>1.3.3 Research questions 13<br/>1.3.4 Scope of work 13<br/>1.4 Research design and outline of the thesis content 14<br/>2 Urban Development in India and the Case City of Alimedabad 19<br/>2.1 Introduction 19<br/>2.2 Urban development and transport in India 19<br/>2.2.1 Urban planning and development 21 <br/>2.2.2 Transport planning in India 22<br/>2.2.3 Built form in Indian cities 23<br/>2.3 The case city of Ahmedabad. 25<br/>2.4 Built-form measures for Ahmedabad city 29<br/>2.5 Discussion 30<br/>3 Built-form measures: Ahmeclabad city 33<br/>3.1 Introduction 33<br/>3.2 Built-form measure quantification 33<br/>3.2.1 Travel and built-form data 33<br/>3.2.2 Data preparation 39<br/>3.2.3 Methods 41<br/>3.3 Pattern of built form 51<br/>3.3.1 Density (intensity of use) 51<br/>3.3.2 Land-use mix 54<br/>3.3.3 Density of transit stops and distance to transit stops 56<br/>3.3.4 Road network properties 58<br/>3.3.5 Access to destination 61<br/>3.3.6 Disparity 63<br/>3.3.7 Employment sub-centres in Ahmedabad 63<br/>3.4 Discussion 67<br/>4 Establishing the built form — travel relation for Ahmedabad 69<br/>4.1 Introduction 69<br/>4.2 Relating built form and transport 69<br/>4.3 Modelling travel behaviour and built form relation 71<br/>4.4 Methodology 74<br/>4.5 Preliminary analysis 76<br/>4.6 Results 77<br/>4.6.1 Vehicle kilometres travelled 77<br/>4.6.2 Non-motorized mode choice 79<br/>4.6.3 Public transport mode choice 82<br/>4.6.4 Self-owned motorized vehicle mode choice 85<br/>4.7 Urban policy implications 87<br/>4.7.1 Information 90<br/>4.7.2 Action 94<br/>4.8 Discussion 97<br/>5 Built Form driven Low-Carbon Transport Development: Methods 101<br/>5.1 Introduction 101<br/>5.2 Low-carbon transport development 101<br/>5.3 Future low-carbon transport development scenarios 103<br/>5.3.1 Simulation of urban development and growth 104<br/>5.3.2 Environmental impact 114<br/>5.3.3 Quantifying societal benefits 118<br/>5.4 Discussion 118<br/>6 Built Form driven Low-Carbon Development: Results 121<br/>6.1 Introduction 121<br/>6.2 Urban development and growth scenarios 121<br/>6.2.1 Urban growth projections 122<br/>6.2.2 Logistic regression 123<br/>6.2.3 Change in property value model 125<br/>6.2.4 Urban development and growth 128<br/>6.3 Environmental impact 138<br/>6.3.1 Travel behaviour projections 138<br/>6.4 Environmental implications 142<br/>6.5 Societal and economic benefits 146<br/>6.6 Policy making 149<br/>6.7 Discussion 152<br/>7 Synthesis 155<br/>7.1 Introduction 155<br/>7.2 Built form and travel behaviour relation 155<br/>7.2.1 Urban planning polio,' implications 158<br/>7 .3 "Built form - travel relation and low-carbon transport developrnent 159<br/>7.4 A reflection on the main themes of this research 160<br/>7.5 Future research 161<br/>Bibliography 165<br/>Summary 179<br/>Samenvatting 183<br/>Curriculum Vitae 187<br/>ITC Dissertation List 189<br/> |
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