TY - BOOK AU - Raphael, Nelvin AU - Kadam, Rajiv (Guide) TI - Revitalization of Ernakulam market canal and its precincts (Also available on CD) U1 - M.Arch TH-0034 PY - 2016/// N1 - Abstract . i Acknowledgements . iii CONTENTS v List of figures . vii 1. Background and Scope . 1 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Need . 4 1.3. Design intend 4 1.4. Objective 4 1.5. Methodology 5 1.6. Scope and Limitation 6 1.7. Expected outcome 6 2. Literature review 7 2.1. Water and cities 7 2.2. Waterfront development theories . 7 2.3. Case studies 8 3. Site study 11 3.1. Introduction 11 3.2. Site context . 12 3.3. Site analysis 14 3.3.1. Ecology . 14 3.3.2. Climatic and rainfall 14 3.3.3. Land use and Built use mapping . 15 3.3.4. Open spaces 19 3.3.5. Traffic analysis . 19 3.3.6. Activity mapping 23 3.3.7. Access and legibility 31 3.4. Isssues and pottential . 34 4. Design strategies 37 4.1. Access and legibility . 37 4.2. Linkages . 38 4.3. Room for Activities 40 4.4. Parking . 41 4.5. Pedestrianisation 42 4.6. Qualiity of canal . 43 4.7. Street design . 43 4.8. Integrating tourism . 43 5. Design 45 References 57 ER -