CONTENTS 1 | INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Research Context 2 1.2 Research question 4 1.3 Aim 4 1.4 Objectives: 4 1.5 Study framework – stages of work 5 1.6 Data source and data collection: 6 1.7 Scope and Limitation: 6 2 | LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.2 Current urbanization and water bodies 11 2.3 Institutional arrangements for protection of lakes in India 23 2.4 Policy and Programme framework 27 2.5 Understanding water responsive approaches: Case studies 34 2.6 Learnings 41 2.7 Formulation of research approach . 42 3 | INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA 45 3.1 Demographic and spatial growth 45 3.2 Water bodies in Ahmedabad 47 3.3 Urban Planning Process in Ahmedabad 57 4 | UNDERSTANDING IMPACTS OF VARIOUS RESPONSES 62 4.1 Past planning efforts in Ahmedabad 62 4.2 Judicial response 66 4.3 Planning responses 72 4.4 Project and Management responses 78 4.5 Inferences from the interviews from the various institutions 85 4.6 Findings 89 5 | CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 91 Bibliography 99 Annexure 1 102