CONTENTS Executive summary 5 1 introduction 11 1.1 background of the study 11 1.2 need of the study 14 1.3 aim 14 1.4 objectives 14 1.5 methodology 15 1.6 scope and limitation 17 1.7 scheme of chepterisation 17 2 literature review 19 2.1 india’s highway urbanization 19 2.2 highway urbanization and the challenges to decentralization 19 2.3 highway urbanization and the challenges to state- market dichotomies 20 2.4 the case of mumbai-pune expressway 22 2.5 vadodara-ahmedabad highway 24 3 yamuna expressway industrial corridoor 25 3.1 about the region 25 The yeida area 25 Salient features of the perspective plan- 2031 26 3.2 introduction to yeida phase-1 27 3.3 regional setting and linkages 27 Regional context – ncr 27 3.4 yeida in the context of ncr plan 30 3.5 area location and connectivity 31 3.6 existing plan 34 3.7 positioning industrial development of ye1da phase-1 in up sub- region 37 Existing situation of industries 38 Scope of possible industries in the area city industry clusters 39 High value-addition industries: 39 Industrialisation along expressway 39 4 urbanisation along yamuna expressway 46 4.1 demography 46 Demographic profile 2001 46 Social economic profile 2001 46 Demographic profile 2011 48 Socio-economic profile 2011 50 5 major issues finding and conclusion 57 6 biblography 59