TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mistry, Milind Naresh (PA102016)
AU  - Desai, Urvi (Guide)
TI  - Understanding public parks as potential urban commons : a case of Ahmedabad (Also available on CD)
U1  - M.Arch TH-0152 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
Abstract  i 
Acknowledgements      . iii 
Contents        v 
List of tables     vii 
List of figures    ix 
List of abbreviations       xi 
1 Introduction          1 
Background . 1 
Concern       3 
The Case of Ahmedabad     3 
Hypothesis       6 
Aim     6 
1.5.1 Objectives            6 
Methodology   7 
1.6.1 Literature study .   7 
1.6.2 Primary Data Collection       7 
1.6.3 Scope and Limitations of study     8 
2 Theoritical understanding of public spaces and urban commons       9 
Traditional Commons       9 
Discourse on Management of traditional commons     10 
Traditional vs. Urban Commons          11 
Public spaces and Enclosures        13 
2.4.1 Enclosures        14 
Need for a Commons Space       15 
Perception of the state and common people        16 
Public space as urban commons   16 
2.7.1 Common space through Practices of Commoning           18 
2.7.2 Through community participation     19 
Analytical Framework          21 
3 Cases Studies      27 
Criteria for selection of the case studies      27 
Parks as Cases             28 
Vastrapur Lake         29 
3.3.1 Brief Introduction .    29 
3.3.2 Types of enclosures           30 
3.3.3 Activities and Appropriations at Vastrapur lake          33 
3.3.4 Analyzing activities as Commoning             36 
3.3.5 Findings at Vastrapur lake garden.     42 
Navrangpura Park     45 
3.4.1 Brief Introduction      45 
3.4.2 Enclosures at Navrangpura Garden           47 
3.4.3 Activities and Appropriations     48 
3.4.4 Analyzing activities as Commoning instances   51 
3.4.5 Findings at Navrangpura Garden       54 
Riverfront park, Shahibaug        56 
3.5.1 Brief Introduction      56 
3.5.2 Enclosures at Riverfront park, Shahibaug    58 
3.5.3 Activities and Appropriations     60 
3.5.4 Analyzing activities as Commoning instances   62 
3.5.5 Findings at Riverfront park          63 
4 Comparisons      66 
4.1.1 Interrelation between few acts of Commoning and enclosures in various cases 67 
4.1.2 Frequency of visit     68 
4.1.3 Distances of visit          68 
5 Inferences and conclusions          69 
6 Refrences and Work Cited          71 
Work cited . 71 
References . 71 
Appendices        73 
A1. Questionnaire            73

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