CONTENTS Abstract ix Acknowledgements xi List of tables xv List of figures xvii List of abbreviations . xix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background . 1 1.2 Aim 2 1.3 Objective 2 1.4 Research Question 2 1.5 Methodology . 2 1.6 Scope and Limitation 3 2 Understanding The Genesis Of Building Regulations 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 What is Legislation Law . 6 2.2.1 Principle of Legislation (Law) 7 2.2.2 Nature of Legislation (Law) 7 2.3 Legislation And Planning 8 2.4 Need to regulate 10 2.4.1 Regulations! A Tool of Order 11 2.5 Historical Background 13 2.5.1 Ancient, Medieval to Industrial Revolution 13 2.5.1.1 Code of Hammurabi (17th Century BC) 13 2.5.1.2 Samarangana Sutradhara (11th Century AD) . 14 2.5.1.3 The First Form of Building Regulations – English Law . 15 2.5.2 Industrial Revolution (1780 AD - 1900 AD) 16 2.5.3 Continental Legislation 16 2.5.4 American Constitutional Legislation 17 2.6 Indian Context 18 2.6.1 Pre-Independence 18 2.6.1.1 Bombay improvement Act 1898 . 18 2.6.1.2 Mysore Improvement Act 1903 18 2.6.1.3 Patrick Geddes Visit to India 19 2.6.2 Post-Independence 19 3 Delhi – A Case for study 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.2 Historical background urban legislation in Delhi . 26 3.3 Planning regulation over the period of time 30 3.3.1 Development Control Regulation 1995 31 3.3.2 Development Control Regulations – 1998 34 3.3.3 Development Control regulations – 2006 . 36 3.3.4 Development Control regulations – 2016 . 39 3.3.5 Comparative analysis of Development Control regulations 41 3.4 Study Areas . 53 3.4.1 Location and its context 53 3.4.2 Understanding of the cases 55 3.4.3 Analysis of the cases its built form and regulations 58 3.4.4 Findings 80 3.4.5 Inferences 81 4 Conclusion: Co- relation between the Urban form and Regulations 84 4.1 Effect of Key Building Regulations on the Urban Form 85 4.1.1 Street Width and Height of the built mass 85 4.1.2 Setback and Building Line . 86 4.1.3 Balcony Projection and Boundary Wall 87 4.2 Conclusion 87 4.3 A Way Forward 89 References 90