CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION . 13 Introduction 13 Drivers . 14 Peri urban areas are not essentially Suburbs 16 Research Question . 16 Aim 17 Objective . 17 Scope of work . 18 Site selection. 18 CHAPTER 2- LITERATURE REVIEW . 19 Case study: Chennai . 19 Conclusion 21 Case II- Delhi and Bangalore . 23 Peri urban spaces: a site of multiplicities of events, activities, and place . 25 Urban Poor 25 The Rural poor 26 Peri urban spaces: a space of live integration of heterogeneous groups . 27 CHAPTER: 3-PERI URBAN AREAS IN AHMEDABAD 29 Introduction – Ahmedabad 29 Site selection. 32 Steps of Research . 34 Research tools 35 Group discussion. 35 Informal interview 35 Participatory observation . 35 Informal discussions . 35 Conclusion from Research 36 CHAPTER 4- SITE STUDY 37 Narol-Vatva road 37 Isanpura and Bibi Talav . 37 Sadbhavna nagar 37 Macchunagar 39 Kind of occupation 42 Reason of coming to Ahmedabad 42 States workers come from . 42 Reason of choosing particular occupation . 44 CHAPTER 5- RESEACH AND CONCLUSION . 45 Cases I – A place of Contestation. 45 Analysis: Street Vendors . 46 CASE II: A place of confrontation and competition . 47 Analysis: Auto Rickshaw . 48 CASE III- A place of Neutral negotiations . 49 Analysis: Daily wage workers and other related occupations . 50 CONCLUSION 51 References 53