Contents
The urban ecology of Delhi and the Yamuna River: a multidisciplinary research project: an essential future / Iñaki Alday, Pankaj Vir Gupta iv
1.Delhi's urban history
History of a settlement 2
Evolution of empires 4
Historic Delhi's geography 6
Mughal Delhi 8
Post Mughal Delhi 10
Yamuna as goddess and icon / Dan Ehnborn 12
British New Delhi 16
Delhi's modern evolution 18
Urban evolution 20
Delhi's exponential expansion 22
Modern Delhi's geography 24
Delhi 2021 masterplan 26
02. Delhi's urban layers
Delhi's waters 28
Continental climate 30
Monsoon 32
Delhi's geology 34
Historic bundhs and baolis 36
Territory of water 38
Yamuna River canal system 40
Water treatment plants 42
Water treatment process 44
Drinking water delivery 50
The economics of water / Peter Debaere 52
Groundwater pollution 56
Drains and the sewage system 58
Sewage and water systems 60
Excreta In the public domain / Pradip Saha 62
Delhi's socioeconomics 64
Population density and demographics 66
Housing 68
Agriculture 72
Food distribution network 74
Public facilities: education 76
Public facilities : culture 78
Public facilities: security 79
Public facilities: healthcare 80
Energy 82
Delhi's Ecologies 84
Waste 86
Waste process 88
Proposed recycling process 90
Air quality 92
Green space 94
Open space 96
Delhi's mobility 98
Road network 100
Public transportation network 101
Mobility systems 102
Mobility overlaps 106
Daily commute 108
Delhi's governance 110
Yamuna governance structure 112
Delhi's governance and efforts to revitalize its Yamuna / John Echevrri-Gent 114
03. Delhi and its water bodies
The Yamuna in Delhi 120
The dead river 122
The Yamuna floodplain 124
Floodplain encroachment 126
Flooding danger 128
Inaccessible Yamuna 132
The cut and the Najafgarh drain 134
The drain system 136
Delhi's drains 138
Najafgarh and its subdrains 140
Najafgarh drain neighbourhoods 142
Drain typologies 144
The interceptor strategy 148
Najafgarh strategic plan 150
A vision of the Najafgarh 152
04. A vision for Delhi
Green infrastructure 154
Socioecological strategic plan 156
A map of the world that does not contain utopia / Rana Dasgupta 158
Najafgarh drain as Delhi's east-west spine 162
The drain capillary system 164
Sludge remediation park 174
Water remediation park 180
Subdrains as linear parks 182
Subdrain seasonal park 184
Subdrain uncapping and reuse 190
STP restoration and hybridization 198
Decentralized waste infrastructure 204
Decentralized public sewage infrastructures 206
Waste collection and landfill remediation 212
Hybrid waste treatment plant 224
The Yamuna River commons 228
Connecting New Delhi to the Yamuna 230
Intermodal education facilities 240
Spiritual facilities by the river 244
The Yamuna multi-scale market 252
The Yamuna floodplain recovery 258
Floodplain restoration 260
Floodplain marsh recovery 266
Water remediation park 276
Crossing to the floodplain 278
Social housing 282
Hybrid housing at Hapur Bypass Bridge 284
Hybrid housing at Raja Ram Kohli Road 292
Railroad housing network 298
Floodplain temporary shelter 306
Hybrid infrastructures 314
Vikas Marg pedestrian bridge 316
Nizamuddin intermodal station 322
Railroad to floodplain connection 326
Neighborhood public amenities 328
Park and community centers 330
Women's shelter and laundry facilities 336
Public facility bridges 340
Community centers for public health 346
Heritage revitalization 350
Purana Qila Public Library and Performing Arts Center 352
Feroz Shah Kotla Community Center 358
Epilogue / Keshav Chandra