CONTENTSExecutive Summary xii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of the study 1 1.2 Research problem 1 1.3 Purpose of the Research 2 1.4 Aim, Objective and Research Question 2 1.4.1 Aim 2 1.4.2 Objectives and Research Questions 2 1.4.3 Research structure 3 1.5 Structure of Dissertation 5 2 THEORETICAL LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Issues: Urban sprawl 6 2.2.1 Consequences of Sprawl 6 2.3 Strategies to control Urban sprawl 7 2.3.1 Benefits of urban growth strategies 10 2.4 Sustainable development and Sustainable Transportation system 11 2.4.1 Sustainable Development 11 2.4.2 Sustainable Transportation system 11 2.4.3 Goals of Sustainable Transportation System 12 2.4.4 Objectives of Sustainable transportation 13 2.4.5 Principles of Sustainable Transportation system 13 2.4.6 Factors relevant to Sustainable Transportation 14 2.5 Urban Sprawl vs. Sustainable Transportation system 16 2.6 Sustainable Neighborhood Indicators 17 2.6.1 Define Neighborhood 17 2.6.2 What is a neighborhood indicator? 17 2.6.3 What is a Neighborhood sustainability indicator? 17 2.6.4 List of Sustainable Indicators for neighborhood 17 2.6.5 Benefits of Sustainable Transportation Neighborhood 18 2.7 Justification of selected factors for Sustainable Neighborhood 18 2.7.1 Land use Factor 20 2.7.2 Land use factors affect travel activity and overall accessibility 21 2.8 Inferences from Literature Review 23 2.8.1 Interrelationship between Land use factor, travel activity and overall accessibility 23 2.8.2 Different Methodology used by to evaluate the factors 25 2.9 Conclusion 30 2.9.1 Service Level Benchmarks for Urban Transport 31 2.9.2 Indicators for Land use 32 2.9.3 Indicators for Travel Behavior 33 2.9.4 Indicators for Accessibility 34 2.9.5 Conclusion and Learning's 35 3 METHODOLOGY OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN A CASE OF AHMEDABAD 36 3.1 Introduction 36 3.2 Brief Methodology of Data Collection and Analysis 36 3.3 Primary Data Collection, Methodology and its outcome 38 3.3.1 Household survey 38 3.3.2 Land use observation survey 40 3.4 Secondary Data Collection 40 3.5 Methodology to Analyzes the data 42 3.5.1 Socio - Economic characteristics 43 3.5.2 Physical characteristics 43 3.5.3 Travel Characteristics 51 3.5.4 Conclusion 52 3.6 Conclusion 53 4 STUDY AREA: THE AHMEDABAD CITY 54 4.1 Introduction 54 4.2 Urban form and Demography details 54 4.3 Modal Split for all trips 56 4.4 Overview of Public Transportation system 57 4.5 Selection criteria of a study area (Neighborhoods) 57 4.5.1 Study Area delineation and zoning 59 4.6 Brief about Navrangpura (study area) 59 4.7 Brief about Jodhpur (study area) 60 4.8 Conclusion 61 5 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INDICATORS AT NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL 62 5.1 Introduction 62 5.2 Analysis of Neighborhood (Study Area) 62 5.2.1 Socio-economic characteristics 62 5.2.2 Conclusion for socio-economic characteristics 63 5.2.3 Physical characteristics 64 5.2.4 Conclusion for Physical characteristic of both Neighborhood 73 5.2.5 Travel Characteristics 74 5.2.6 Conclusion for Travel Characteristics 87 5.3 Conclusion and Recommendation 87 6 Conclusions and Recommendation 90 6.1 Introduction 90 6.2 Findings of the Research 90 6.3 Conclusion 91 6.4 Recommendation 92 6.5 Way Forward 93 Bibliography 94 Annexure - I 116 Annexure - II 117