TY - BOOK AU - Meghani, Pranav AU - Mangwani, Narendra (Guide) TI - Envisioning cities for tomorrow through refurbishing urban fabrics (Also available on CD) U1 - M.Arch TH-0098 PY - 2017/// N1 - CONTENTS UNDERTAKING v Abstract i Acknowledgements iii CONTENTS v List of Tables vii List of Figures ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Premise: 1 Urbanisation and Urban Sprawls 2 Large Cities across Globe and Urban Lifestyle 4 Population figures in India: 4 The Search Question: 6 Aim: 6 Objective: 6 Methodology: 6 Scope and Limitations: 6 The Site - Ahmedabad 7 The City: 7 Population scenario in Ahmedabad: 8 AUDA and DP 2021 9 Site Selection 11 Existing Site Data 12 Litrature Synthesis 23 Learnings: 24 FSI | Street Network | Services | Plot Sizes 24 Case Studies 25 Cases 1 - The Redevelopment Study: 25 Cases 2 - The Morphological Study 25 Redevelopment Studies 26 Learnings from Development Process Study 31 Morphological Studies 32 Learnings from Morphological Study 39 vi Envisioning Cities for tomorrow through refurbishing the existing urban fabric Conceptual Design 41 Search for the Density Figure: 41 Key Strategies 42 Taking the Hints from site: 42 Conclusions 67 Urban Development Control Regulations 67 References 71 ER -