CONTENTS UNDERTAKING v CERTIFICATE . vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix LIST OF FIGURES xiii Maps xiii Tables xiii Images xiv Graphs xv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . xvii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xix 1. PERCEIVE . 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 NEED FOR STUDY . 3 1.2.1 Overview 3 1.2.2 Ahmedabad Walled City Specific 4 1.3 WHAT IS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY? 6 2. PLAN 7 2.1 RESEARCH QUESTION . 8 2.2 AIM 8 2.3 OBJECTIVES 8 DISSERTATION STRUCTURE 9 2.4 METHODOLOGY . 10 2.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 13 3. INQUIRE 15 3.1 LITERATURE REVIEW . 16 3.1.1 General Theories 16 3.1.2 Other Causal Variables 18 3.1.3 Additional Hypotheses . 19 3.1.4 Adjustment in Case of Immobility 20 3.1.5 Adapting to Increased Mobility Rates 21 3.2 SITE STUDY 25 3.2.1 Housing in Old Ahmedabad . 25 3.2.2 Profile of Dariyapur . 28 3.2.3 Profile of Khadia . 29 4. SYNTHESIZE 31 4.1 COMMONALITIES 32 4.2 ANALYSIS 33 4.2.1 Classification of Households . 33 4.2.2 Movement History 41 4.2.3 Future Movement 43 5. DEDUCE 47 5.1 OBSERVATIONS 48 5.2 CONCLUSIONS . 52 6. SUGGEST 53 6.1 RETAINING RESIDENTS 53 6.1.1 Past Efforts 54 6.1.2 Future Measures . 57 6.1.3 Loopholes 57 6.2 SUGGESTIONS 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY 61 ANNEXURE 63 Questionnaire 63 Entries 65 Census Definitions 65 Other Definitions 66