TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ranjan, Prakhar
AU  - Pandya, Yatin (Guide)
TI  - Rejuvenating a transit void of Gorakhpur, with special focus on its informal markets (Also available on CD)
U1  - M.Arch TH-0097 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS Abstract             . i  Acknowledgements   . iii  CONTENTS             v  List of tables                        ix  List of figures                         xi  1 PREMISE:               xiv  1.1 Idea of the project .             xiv  2 INFORMAL MARKETS                xv  2.1 Meaning :                      xv  2.2 Informal markets in India :                         xv  2.3 Statistics of informal market economy .     xv  2.4 Hawking as a profession:            .             xvi  2.5 Eviction and re-location within the planning realm:             .                xvi  2.6 Patterns of existence:      xvii  3 CONTEXUAL DISCOURSES                          xviii  3.1 City and its markets : .    xviii  3.2 The Parallel city               xxi  3.3 Hypothesis :                         xxi  3.4 Aim :               xxii  3.5 Objectives :                         xxii  3.6 Site selection :                         xxii  3.7 Methodology :                         xxii  3.8 Scope and limitations:                        xxiii  3.9 Outcome of thesis            .    xxiii  4 Case studies              . 1  4.1 Dilli Darwaza, Ahmedabad : Case of a junction            .      1  4.2 Vastrapur lake, Ahmedabad : Case of a street                            4  4.3 Law garden, Ahmedabad : Case around a civic space             .                6  4.4 Manek chowk, Ahmedabad : Case of a multiply used city space         8  4.5 Shilparamam, Hyderabad : Case of an artificially created natural market                       11  5 Site Analysis                15  5.1 The city : Gorakhpur             .    15  5.1.1 Location              15  5.1.2 Site delineation.             .    16  5.2 Sense of place             18  5.3 Key landmarks             19  5.4 Reading the Urban envornment                          19  5.4.1 Walking through the informal markets             .               20  5.4.1.1 Part one            .             20  5.4.1.2 Part two            .             21  5.4.1.3 Part three             .             21  5.4.1.4 Part four                         23  5.4.1.5 Part five                         24  5.4.1.6 Part six             24  5.4.2 The formal counterpart                          27  5.4.2.1 Part one            .             27  5.4.2.2 Part two.                         28  5.4.2.3 Part three             .             28  5.4.3 Overall understanding of the markets            .               29  5.5 Activity Mapping               30  5.6 Traffic analysis : Decoding the forever overlaid layer                  31  5.6.1 Traffic volume analysis               32  5.7 Physical existence of the informality                  32  5.7.1 Statistics of the Spatial settings             .     32  5.7.2 Unrecognised markets and their unofficial investments                  32  5.7.3 Facilities and amenities               33  5.8 Overall existing Urban spatial design                  33  5.9 Strengths and opportunities             .             34  1. Multi-modal transit hub     34  2. Proven demand and success of markets                           34  3. Need of a public/ civic space for the city            .               34  5.10 Weakness and issues               35  6 Concept               .          38 7 Towards the Design             39  7.1 Overall strategies               39  7.1.1 Uniting the broken fragments               39  7.1.2 Instilling life and celebration               41  7.1.3 Enhancing values in connections      43  7.1.4 Facilitating mobility            .             45  7.1.5 Imageability .             48  7.2 Design               . 50  7.2.1 Masterplan                         50  7.2.2 Lake side master plan                         50  7.2.3 Informal markets      50  7.2.4 Sections of the overall site             .              50  References            48  Appendices              .          53  A1. Appendix  title .            53
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