TY - BOOK AU - Tavkar, Rucha Subodh AU - Phathak, Vidyadhar (Guide) TI - Limitation of regional plans and development plans on planning peri urban areas : a case of Mumbai (Also available on CD) U1 - P TH-2187 PY - 2017/// N1 - CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-vii 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 PERI URBAN AREAS 5 1.2 PROBLEMS OF PERI URBAN AREAS 8 1.3 MUMBAI AND ITS PERI URBAN AREAS 10 1.4 PERI URBAN AREAS OF MUMBAI: MIRA BHAYANDAR AND THANE 14 2. AIM AND OBJECTIVES 19 2.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 19 2.2 AIM 19 2.3 OBJECTIVES 19 2.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 19 2.5 METHODOLOGY 20 3. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 24 3.1 Formation of BMC 25 3.2 THANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 25 3.3 MIRA BHAYANDAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 26 4. PLANS 28 4.1 1973 REGIONAL PLANS 29 4.1.1 1973 REGIONAL PLAN MMR 29 4.1.2 1973 REGIONAL PLAN FOR MIRA BHAYANDAR AND GHODBUNDER 30 4.1.3 1973 REGIONAL PLAN FOR THANA INDUSTRIAL AREA 32 4.1.4 1973 REGIONAL PLAN FOR KALWA AND PARSIK AREA 33 4.2 1996 REGIONAL PLAN MMR 34 4.3 2016 REGIONAL PLAN FOR MMR 36 4.4 DEVELOPMENT PLAN 37 5. URBAN GROWTH MONITORING FOR MMR THROUGH BUILT UP AREA SPRAWL 39 5.1 Urban Sprawl observed in MMR 40 6. DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH 43 6.1 Inner Mumbai: 45 6.2 Outer Mumbai: 46 6.3 Thane: 46 6.4 Raigarh: 47 6.5 Overall Population Growth: 47 7. KEY GROWTH ASPECTS 51 7.1 Transportation: 51 7.2 Economic Growth: 52 7.3 Other Infrastructure: 52 7.4 Housing: 53 7.5 Governance: 54 8. STUDY AREA SELECTION AND PROFILING 56 8.1 NORTH WESTERN URBAN CORRIDOR 56 8.2 MIRA BHAYANDAR 56 8.3 THANE 60 9. ANALYSIS REPORT 64 9.1 MIRA BHAYANDAR 64 9.2 THANE 68 Thane's Connectivity: Now and the Future 69 9.2.1 GHODBUNDER ROAD 71 9.2.2 KALWA, KAUSA AND NORTH EAST THANE 73 9.3 Conclusion 75 10. OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THANE AND MIRA BHAYANDAR 76 10.1. Approaches for Success and Failures 77 11. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 81 11.1 THE CONTAINMENT PARADIGM 81 11.1.1 Tight-Fitting Boundaries 83 11.1.2 Misplaced Hopes on Infill 83 11.1.3 Unnecessary Densification 83 12. FUTURE APPROACHES 86 12.1. THE MAKING ROOM PARADIGM 88 12.1.1. Realistic Projections of Urban Land Needs 88 12.1.2. Generous Metropolitan Limits 89 12.1.3. Selective Protection of Open Space 90 12.1.4. An Arterial Grid of Roads 92 12.2. Various Acts Related to Rural/Urban Land Use in Peri-urban Areas 93 13. CONCLUSIONS 95 14. Bibliography 97 ER -