Contents
Declaration i
Certificate of Approval iii
Acknowledgment v
Abstract vii
Table of Content ix
List of Figures xii
List of Tables xv
1.Introduction 4
1.1 Hypothesis, Aim and Objectives 6
1.2 Methodology 6
1.3 Scopes and limitations 6
1.4 Organization of thesis 8
2.Understanding the Background 10
2.1 What is Ecology? 12
2.1.1 Ecological Processes 12
2.1.2 Ecological Systems 14
2.1.3 Built environment as a subset of ‘Ecology’ 16
2.2 What is Ignorance? 17
2.3 Analytical Framework 18
2.3.1 Human Ecological Development Model 18
2.3.2 Ecological Costs 22
2.3.3 Thesis Analysis Framework 26
3.Location the problem 28
3.1 General Stances : Analysis at Chronosystem and Macrosystem 30
3.1.1 In context of Indian Demography 33
3.1.2 Analysis: withing Architecture profession 33
3.1.3 Analysis: within Architecture in India 37
3.2 Radaring ignorance in Exosystem 44
3.2.1 Within Political system 46
3.2.1.1 Funding distribution analysis 46
3.2.1.2 State of MDGs and SDGs 48
3.2.2 Within Economic system 52
3.2.3 Within Education system 55
3.3 Analysis conclusions: from Chrono, Macro and Exosystem 58
3.4 Radaring ignorance in Mesosystem and Microsystem 59
3.4.1Paramters to determine ignorance 59
3.4.1.1 Sample selection 62
3.4.1.2 Data collection method 62
3.4.1.3 Data Analysis method 62
4. Case Studies 64
4.1 Aries Empyrean skyline, Vadodara 68
4.2 Empyrean Grass Fields 74
4.3 Idamnamam 80
4.4 Shapath V 86
5. Conclusion 92
5.1 Nature of Ignorance 94
5.2 Inference 96
References and Bibliography 102
Appendix