TY - BOOK AU - Parmar, Akash (PP0006816) AU - Bhakuni, Nitika (Guide) TI - Affordability and public transportation : a case of EWS and LIG housing in Ahmedabad (Also available on CD) U1 - P TH-2270 PY - 2018/// N1 - Contents Undertaking i Certificate iii Acknowledgments v Abstract vii Table of contents ix List of figures xiii List of tables xi Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Need of the Study 2 1.3 Aim 3 1.4 Objectives 3 1.5 Scope and Limitation 3 Chapter 2. Literature Review 5 2.1. Urban Poverty and Assets 5 2.2. Residential Mobility 7 2.2.1. Why to Move? 9 2.2.2. Where to Move? 11 2.3. Spatial Mismatch 12 2.4. Affordability: Housing & Transportation 15 Chapter 3. Methodology 19 3.1. Methodology 19 3.2. Primary and Secondary Data Identification 20 3.3. Approach to the study 22 Chapter 4. City Profile: Ahmedabad 25 4.1. Housing Condition 25 4.2. Affordable Public Housing Scenario 27 Chapter 5. Data Identification and Collection 31 5.1. Site Selection and Sampling 31 5.2. Scope and Limitation 34 5.3. Survey Design and Pilot Surveys 36 Chapter 6. Analysis and Findings 37 6.1. Profile of Sampled Households 37 6.2. Priorities for Shifting: Why did they move? 39 6.3. Impacts on Workers 40 6.3.1. Impacts on Employment and Earnings 40 6.3.2. Impacts on Travel Pattern 45 6.3.3. Public Transportation and User Perception 48 6.4. Impacts on Students and Dependents 52 6.4.1. Accessing Social Infrastructure 52 6.4.2. Changes in Social Environment 54 6.5. Summary of Analysis: Trade – offs 56 Chapter 7. Is Affordable Housing really Affordable? 59 7.1. Determinants of Affordability 59 7.2. Binary Logit Regression Model 60 7.3. Results and Inferences 61 7.4. Trip Length for Affordable Transportation 64 Chapter 8. Conclusion and Recommendations 67 8.1. Conclusion 67 8.2. Recommendations 69 8.3. Future Research Direction 71 References ER -