ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i CONTENTSii ABSTRACT iv 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. A brief history of building byelaws 1 1.2. Building byelaws in India 1 1.3. The questions raised for Mangalore 2 1.4. Aim 2 1.5. Objectives 2 1.8. Methodology 3 1.9. Study areas for Mangalore city 4 1.10. Cities identified for study 5 2. MANGALORE : AN OVERVIEW 6 2.1. Background of Mangalore City 7 2.2. Mangalore : A Statistical Overview 10 2.2.1. Population Growth 10 2.2.2. Workforce 11 2.2.3. Educational And Health Requirements 12 2.2.4. Transport systems 13 2.3. Land Use 17 2.3.1. Existing land use 17 2.4. Topography 20 2.5. Areas affected by rains 20 2.6. Existing Density of Population 24 2.7. Road widths, Building lines as specified in the Master plan 25 2.8. Proposed Land Use 26 3. ZONING REGULATIONS AND BUILDING BYE LAWS FOR MANGALORE 28 3.1. Set backs, coverage and Floor Area Ratio limits 29 Front and rear set backs for residential buildings 29 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i CONTENTSii ABSTRACT iv 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. A brief history of building byelaws 1 1.2. Building byelaws in India 1 1.3. The questions raised for Mangalore 2 1.4. Aim 2 1.5. Objectives 2 1.8. Methodology 3 1.9. Study areas for Mangalore city 4 1.10. Cities identified for study 5 2. MANGALORE : AN OVERVIEW 6 2.1. Background of Mangalore City 7 2.2. Mangalore : A Statistical Overview 10 2.2.1. Population Growth 10 2.2.2. Workforce 11 2.2.3. Educational And Health Requirements 12 2.2.4. Transport systems 13 2.3. Land Use 17 2.3.1. Existing land use 17 2.4. Topography 20 2.5. Areas affected by rains 20 2.6. Existing Density of Population 24 2.7. Road widths, Building lines as specified in the Master plan 25 2.8. Proposed Land Use 26 3. ZONING REGULATIONS AND BUILDING BYE LAWS FOR MANGALORE 28 3.1. Set backs, coverage and Floor Area Ratio limits 29 Front and rear set backs for residential buildings 29 4. CASE STUDIES 33 4.1. Case study 1 33 4.2. Case study 2 35 4.3. Case study 3 37 5. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VARIOUS CITIES 38 6. LITERATURE STUDY 44 6.1. Planning Controls versus Promotion Supports 44 6.2. Singapore 50 6.2.1. General Considerations 50 Site Coverage 51 Plot Size 52 Strata Landed Housing 52 Building height 54 Condominim flats 57 Site Coverage 57 Green Planting Strip 58 Sky terraces 64 Buffers 65 Car parking requirements 69 Open space provisions 70 Screening requirement for special areas 70 6.3. Inferences 71 7. PRIMARY SURVEYS 72 7.1. Study area 1: Hampankatta 75 7.2. Study area 2: Lady hill 76 7.3. Study area 3: Shanti Nagar 77 7.4. Study area 4: Kadri 78 7.5. Study area 5: Bunder 79 8. RECOMMENDATIONS 80 REFERENCES 82