Content Abstract vii Acknowledgements . ix CONTENTS . xi List of tables xiii List of figures . xv List of abbreviations xix Thesis Statement . xxi 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Background 1 1.1.1. Need for a new city 2 1.1.2. Planning Principles of Navi Mumbai . 3 1.1.3. Development Pattern and Trigger points 3 1.1.4. Development process and its impact 5 1.1.5. Land acquisition and its effect on villages . 6 1.1.6. Rehabilitation measure . 6 1.1.7. Current Scenario . 7 1.1.8. New Development Pressures 8 1.2. Need for Study 8 1.3. Hypothesis 9 1.4. Aim and Objectives 9 1.5. Methodology 10 1.6. Scope and Limitations 10 1.7. Expected Outcome . 10 2. Literature Review . 11 2.1. Defining a Node . 11 2.2. Development pattern of the urban villages . 12 2.3. New Urbanism Theory and Urban Village Theory . 15 2.4. Synthesis Grid 15 2.5. Case Study- Urban village in Shenzhen, China 18 2.5.1. Development pattern: . 18 2.5.2. Issues during the process of urbanisation : . 19 2.5.3. Redevelopment policies and Agents . 20 2.6. Case Study – Magapatta city development model FDI (Farmer’s Direct Investment) 22 2.7. Case study comparison . 22 3. Site Documentation and Analysis . 23 3.1. Site Introduction . 23 3.1.1. Site Selection criteria . 23 3.1.2. Mental Mapping . 23 3.2. Site Mapping and Documentation 24 3.3. Demographics and socio-cultural analysis . 31 3.4. Site analysis: Relationship between city and Urban Village (Nodal level) . 33 3.5. Interdependancy between city and Village 36 3.6. History and evolution of the node 39 3.7. Physical Documentation of Diwale Village . 40 3.8. Regulations followed in gaothan 44 3.9. Occupation of the village . 44 3.10. Future Scenario 45 3.10.1. Aspiration Quotient 46 3.10.2. Idea of the open Space for the city and the urban village 46 3.11. Reality and future scenario of Diwale Village . 47 3.12. S.W.O.T. Analysis . 48 4. Design Proposal . 49 4.1. Design Brief . 49 4.2. Public private partnership model of development . 50 4.3. Vision and Strategies : 52 4.4. Cluster Development approach 57 4.5. Village master plan strategy diagrams . 61 4.6. Cluster Development demonstration 63 4.6.1. Proposed Design analysis and implimentation mechanism . 69 4.7. Master Plan, Diwale Village 72 4.7.1. Master Plan post design Analysis –Nodal Level 73 4.8. Alternative source of employment generation . 75 4.9. Detailed Area Demonstration . 76 4.10. Urban Design Guidelines and Regulations 77 4.11. Building Typlolgy 79 5. References 83