TY  - BOOK
AU  - Munshi, Talat G.
TI  - Built form, travel behaviour and low carbon development in Ahmedabad, India
SN  - 9789061643548
U1  - 388 
CY  - Netherlands
PB  - ITC
N1  - Table of Contents
Acknowledgements i
List of figures  vi
List of tables   viii
1.      Introduction   1
1.1     Built form, transport and local carbon development    1
1.2     Key indicators of built form, transport and environment   3
1.2.1	Travel behaviour indicators    4
1.2.2	Built-form indicators    4
1.2.3	Low-carbon transport development    11
1.3     Research problem    12
1.3.1	Research hypothesis   12
1.3.2	Research objectives   13
1.3.3	Research questions    13
1.3.4	Scope of work   13
1.4     Research design and outline of the thesis content   14
2      Urban Development in India and the Case City of Alimedabad   19
2.1     Introduction  19
2.2     Urban development and transport in India   19
2.2.1	Urban planning and development  21 
2.2.2	Transport planning in India 22
2.2.3	Built form in Indian cities   23
2.3     The case city of Ahmedabad.  25
2.4     Built-form measures for Ahmedabad city 29
2.5     Discussion  30
3       Built-form measures: Ahmeclabad city  33
3.1     Introduction   33
3.2     Built-form measure quantification  33
3.2.1	Travel and built-form data 33
3.2.2	Data preparation   39
3.2.3	Methods 41
3.3     Pattern of built form 51
3.3.1	Density (intensity of use) 51
3.3.2	Land-use mix 54
3.3.3	Density of transit stops and distance to transit stops 56
3.3.4	Road network properties 58
3.3.5	Access to destination 61
3.3.6	Disparity   63
3.3.7	Employment sub-centres in Ahmedabad  63
3.4    Discussion   67
4       Establishing the built form — travel relation for Ahmedabad   69
4.1     Introduction  69
4.2     Relating built form and transport 69
4.3     Modelling travel behaviour and built form relation   71
4.4     Methodology  74
4.5     Preliminary analysis   76
4.6 Results   77
4.6.1 Vehicle kilometres travelled  77
4.6.2 Non-motorized mode choice   79
4.6.3 Public transport mode choice  82
4.6.4 Self-owned motorized vehicle mode choice  85
4.7     Urban policy implications  87
4.7.1 Information  90
4.7.2 Action 94
4.8     Discussion  97
5       Built Form driven Low-Carbon Transport Development: Methods  101
5.1      Introduction  101
5.2     Low-carbon transport development  101
5.3     Future low-carbon transport development scenarios  103
5.3.1 Simulation of urban development and growth  104
5.3.2 Environmental impact 114
5.3.3 Quantifying societal benefits 118
5.4     Discussion  118
6       Built Form driven Low-Carbon Development: Results  121
6.1      Introduction  121
6.2     Urban development and growth scenarios 121
6.2.1 Urban growth projections 122
6.2.2 Logistic regression  123
6.2.3 Change in property value model  125
6.2.4 Urban development and growth   128
6.3     Environmental impact 138
6.3.1 Travel behaviour projections 138
6.4     Environmental implications 142
6.5     Societal and economic benefits  146
6.6     Policy making 149
6.7     Discussion  152
7    Synthesis  155
7.1     Introduction   155
7.2     Built form and travel behaviour relation  155
7.2.1 Urban planning polio,' implications  158
7 .3  "Built form - travel relation and low-carbon transport developrnent  159
7.4     A reflection on the main themes of this research  160
7.5     Future research 161
Bibliography  165
Summary   179
Samenvatting 183
Curriculum Vitae   187
ITC Dissertation List 189

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