CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2. STUDY FRAMEWORK 2 2.1 BACKGROUND 2 2.2 NEED FOR STUDY 2 2.2.1 THE ISSUE OF LAND SUPPLY IN URBANISATION 2 2.2.2 HIGH DENSITY LIVING 3 2.2.3 WHY PUNE? 3 2.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 5 2.4 AIM: 5 2.5 OBJECTIVES: 5 2.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: 6 2.7 DATA REQUIREMENT & IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES OF DATA 6 CHAPTER 3. LITERATURE REVIEW 8 3.1 LAND USE AND LAND UTILISATION: 8 3.1.1 INTRODUCTION 8 3.1.2 NEED FOR LAND USE AND LAND UTILISATION STUDIES: 9 3.1.3 LAND USE AND LAND PRICES 10 3.2 URBAN DENSITIES 11 3.3 URBAN COMPACTION OR DECENTRALISATION: 12 3.4 DENSIFICATION 13 3.5 INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND CAPACITY 13 3.6 TRANSPORT 14 3.7 LAND USE 14 3.8 URBAN INTENSIFICATION 14 3.9 URBAN RENEWAL 15 3.9.1 INDIAN SCENARIO ON URBAN RENEWAL 16 3.10 LAND USE CONTROL MECHANISMS 16 3.10.1 ZONING 16 3.10.2 LAND USE REGULATIONS: 20 3.10.3 SUB DIVISION REGULATIONS 21 3.10.4 BUILDING REGULATIONS 22 3.10.5 FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR/ FSI) 22 3.10.6 FSI AND LAND SCARCITY: 25 3.11 THEORIES AND CONCEPTS 26 3.11.1 THE COMPACT CITY THEORY: 26 3.11.2 BID-RENT THEORY: 28 3.11.3 TRAVEL COST MINIMIZATION THEORY: 29 3.11.4 TRAVEL COST AND HOUSING COST TRADE-OFF THEORY: 30 3.11.5 THE MONOCENTRIC-CITY MODEL: 31 3.11.6 INTRODUCING AN FAR RESTRICTION 31 3.12 A CASE OF BANGALORE: 32 3.13 A CASE OF BHUBANESHWAR 33 3.14 FACTORS AFECTING LAND POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL USE 35 3.15 SUMMARY 38 CHAPTER 4. CITY PROFILE 39 4.1 INTRODUCTION: 39 4.1.1 REGIONAL SETTINGS 39 4.1.2 REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY 40 4.1.3 CLIMATE 40 4.2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND TRENDS. 41 4.3 CITY OF PETHS 42 4.4 CIVIC ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF PUNE: 44 4.5 PRESENT CITY STRUCTURE 44 4.5.1 SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 46 4.5.2 INTEGRATED TOWNSHIPS 47 4.6 AN OVERVIEW OF PUNE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 48 4.6.1 LAND USE AND DEMOGRAPHY 50 4.6.2 ECONOMY 52 4.6.3 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION 54 4.6.4 REAL ESATE TRENDS IN PUNE: 54 4.7 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS OF PUNE 56 4.7.1 STRUCTURE OF DCRs- 56 4.8 PUNE CDP OVERVIEW 56 4.9 KEY PLANNING ISSUES 57 CHAPTER 5: NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH 59 5.1 METHODOLOGY 59 5.1.1 HOW TO ACHIEVE THE AIM: 60 5.1.2 NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH 60 5.1.3 AREA DELENIATION 63 5.2 STUDY AREAS 66 5.3 CORE CITY- HIGH POPULATION DENSITY- (696ppHa) 68 5.3.1 LANDUSE ANALYSIS 68 5.3.2 BUA ANALYSIS 69 5.3.3 ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AMENITIES: 72 5.3.4 CONCLUSIONS 75 5.4 MEDIUM DENSITY-DECCAN- (203PPHa) 81 5.4.1: LAND USE ANALYSIS 81 5.4.2 BUA ANALYSIS 83 5.4.3 ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AMENITIES 84 5.4.4 CONCLUSIONS 85 5.5 LOW DENSITY- HADAPSAR- (73PPHa) 88 5.5.1: LAND USE ANALYSIS 88 5.5.2 BUA ANALYSIS 89 5.5.3 ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AMENITIES 89 5.5.4 CONCLUSIONS: 90 5.6 MAGARPATTA CITY 94 5.6.1: LAND USE ANALYSIS 95 5.6.2 BUA ANALYSIS: 96 5.6.3 ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AMENITIES: 96 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 98 REFERENCES 105