CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1 INTRODUCTION 20 1.1 BACKGROUND 20 1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 22 1.3 STUDY FOCUS 23 1.4 A TRANSPORT AND LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE 24 1.5 LAND USE AND TRANSPORT POLICIES IN AHMEDABAD 24 1.6 AIM AND OBJECTIVES 28 1.6.1 AIM- 28 1.6.2 OBJECTIVES - 28 2 BACKGROUND LITERATURE 31 2.1 WHAT IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? 32 2.2 ROLE OF 3 D'S- DENSITY, DIVERSITY AND DESIGN 36 2.3 RANSIT ORIENTED VERSUS ADJACENT 42 2.4 EVALUATION OF TOD 43 2.5 LAND USE MIX COMPUTATION METHODS 46 2.5.1 Entropy Index: 47 2.5.2 Dissimilarity Index: 47 3 CASE STUDIES 53 3.1. CURITIBA 53 3.2. BOGOTA 55 4 RESEARCH PLAN 58 4.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 58 5 DATA ASSEMBLY 61 5.1. STUDY AREA 61 5.2. DATA SOURCE 62 5.3. SAMPLE FORMATION 63 5.4. DATA AND TOOLS 68 6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 71 6.1 DISCUSSION URBAN FORM VARIABLE 71 6.1.1 POPULATION RESIDENTIAL DENSITY 71 6.1.2 JOB DENSITY 72 6.1.3 DISSIMILARITY INDEX 74 6.1.4 ENTROPY INDEX 77 6.2 MODEL ANALYSIS 81 6.2.1 CORRELATION ANALYSIS 81 6.2.2. MODE CHOICE ANALYSIS 87 6.3 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN AHMEDABAD 93 6.4. BARRIERS TO IMPROVEMENTS 95 7 CONCLUSION 100 7.1 CONCLUSION 100 7.2 LIMITATIONS 101 7.3 RECOMMENDATION 102 REFERENCES 104 ANNEXURE 107