CONTENTS Abstract . vii Acknowledgements ix CONTENTS . xi List of tables . xv List of figures . xvii List of abbreviations xix 1 BACKGROUND 1 1.1 Population rise in the world . 1 1.2 City expansion 1 2 INTRODUCTION 3 2.1 Green belt – a concept . 3 2.2 Green belt – example 3 2.2.1 London 3 2.2.2 Ottawa . 3 2.2.3 Seoul 4 2.2.4 Delhi . 4 2.2.5 Bangalore 4 2.3 Green belt in ahmedabad . 5 2.4 Development over years in green belt policy 6 2.5 Current situation 6 3 NEED OF STUDY 7 3.1 Ahmedabad city 7 3.2 Current scenario 8 3.2.1 Population projection . 8 xii 3.2.2 Density 9 3.2.3 Physical growth 10 3.2.4 How far can it grow like this? . 10 3.3 Conclusion 12 4 AIM 15 5 OBJECTIVE 15 6 METHODOLOGY 15 7 SITE STUDY AND ANALYSIS . 17 7.1 Site location and area 17 7.2 Site connectivity 19 7.3 Site condition and use 20 7.4 Context 21 7.4.1 Built vs Open . 21 7.4.2 Land Use 21 7.4.3 Building use . 22 7.4.4 Building typology 22 7.4.5 Building heights . 23 7.4.6 Green open spaces 23 7.5 Observations . 24 7.5.1 Missing link . 24 7.5.2 Evident character difference . 24 7.5.3 Haphazard building extensions . 25 7.5.4 Active areas 25 7.5.5 Lack of legibility in streets and their use . 26 7.5.6 Blocks . 26 7.6 Opportunities and strengths vs constraints . 27 7.6.1 Opportunities and Strengths . 27 7.6.2 Constraints . 27 8 PROPOSAL . 29 8.1 Concept . 29 8.1.1 What context demands? 29 8.1.2 What city is doing? 29 8.2 Idea 31 8.3 Strategies 31 9 Design 37 9.1 Road network and blocks . 37 9.2 Land use 39 9.2.1 Conceptual land use . 39 9.2.2 Proposed land use map . 41 9.3 Masterplan 43 9.4 Sections . 45 9.5 Detailed block plan . 49 9.5.1 Built form character . 51 9.6 Regulations . 52 9.6.1 Key regulations 52 9.6.2 Calculations . 53 9.7 Overall massing . 54 10 Future expansion . 55 11 REFERENCES . 57