TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luhar, Prashant B.
AU  - Sohan, Nilkanth (Guide)
TI  - Study of house form and settement pattern case study : Modasa, Sabarkantha district (Also available on CD) 
U1  - A TH-0956 
PY  - 2008///
N1  - CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research questions 1 1.2 Selection of community 1.3 Scope and limitation of the study 1.4 Methodology 1.5 GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF THE TOWN 3 1.5.1 History of the Modasa 1.5.2 Geographical outline 1.5.3 Modasa today 1.5.4 Area allocation CHAPTER 2 SETTLEMENT PATTERN 7 2.1 Settlement pattern in general 2.2 Wada as a unit and street formation 2.2.1 Wada 2.2.2 Khadaki 2.2.3 Khancha 2.2.4 Primary street 2.2.5 Secondary street 2.2.6 Tertiary street 2.3 Open space and square 10 2.4 Vitthlnathji and Gokulnathji temple 11 2.5 Vadi (socio cultural institution) 12 2.6 Analytical observation of the settlement 13 2.6.1 Entry to Sharaf bazaar 14 2.6.2 Parabadi 15 2.6.3 Bordi wado kuwo 16 2.6.4 Kadakiya wado 17 2.6.5 Gandhi wado 18 2.6.6 Vithtlnathji and Gokulnathaji temple 19 2.6.7 Visanima ni vadi 20 2.7 Architectural characteristic at street level 21 2.8 Community structuring 25 2.9 Dense settlement in response to various needs 26 2.9.1 Privacy 2.9.2 Security 2.9.3 Social structure 2.9.4 Climate 2.9.5 Economy CHAPTER 3 STUDY OF SELECTED HOUSES AT MODASA 3.1 House No. 1 to 9 27 3.2 Analysis 1 to 9 houses 63  Functional organization  Privacy Gradient  Spatial organization 3.3 General observation of the house form (house 1 to 9) 79 3.4 Religious element 80 3.5 Element for privacy and security 81 3.6 Climate 82 3.7 Construction materials and methods of construction 83 3.8 Consistency in houses form 85 3.9 Variation in the house form 3.10 Case studies of non-Vaishnav houses (House No. 10 to 12) 86 Analysis 92  Functional organization  Privacy Gradient  Spatial organization 3.11 Comparative observations of Vaishnav and non-Vaishnav houses 94 3.12 conclusion 95 Glossary 97 Bibliography 98 Acknowledgements 99
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