TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marala, Nagavalli Srilekha (PG181057)
AU  - Bandyopadhyay, Saswat (Guide) 
TI  - Planning for low carbon neighbourhoods : case of Vijayawada city (Softcopy is also available) 
U1  - P TH-2476 
PY  - 2020///
N1  - Contents 
Undertaking  i 
Certificate   iii 
Acknowledgments           v 
Abstract      vii 
Table of contents          ix 
List of figures                    xv 
List of tables .   xi 
1 INTRODUCTION      .       1 
1.1 Background and context       1 
1.2 India‟s urban growth and emissions linkage          2 
1.4 Low Carbon growth and Neighborhood Planning   4 
1.5 Role of Urban green .       5 
2 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK  6 
2.1 Need for the study                  6 
2.2 Selection of study area     7 
2.3 Aim              7 
2.4 Objectives and scope        7 
2.5 Research questions            8 
2.6 Limitations           8 
2.7 Approach .    8 
2.8 Methodology       9 
3 LITERATURE STUDY   10 
3.1 Conceptual literature .    10 
3.1.1 Introduction to Climate change            10 
3.1.2 Carbon footprint of India     10
3.1.3 Perception studies on Low Carbon Cities          13 
3.1.4 International level actions towards Climate Change             14 
3.1.5 National level of actions towards climate change  14 
3.1.6 AP State Action Plan on Climate Change     17 
3.1.7 Definition of Low Carbon Neighborhood     18 
3.1.8 Concept of Low Carbon Neighbourhoods     19 
3.2 Empirical Literature          20 
3.2.1 Review of GHG Inventory of various cities across the world    20 
3.2.2 Defining scope for the measuring GHG emissions                 21 
3.2.3 Measurement and quantification of GHG emission                  21 
3.2.4 Identification of appropriate data sources          22 
3.3 Case Study from Literature review      23 
3.3.1 Bhavnagar        23 
3.3.2 Study on Low Carbon Society Scenario, Bhopal       25 
3.3.3 Reducing the UK‟s GHG emission by 80%        26 
3.3.4 Amman Green Growth program       27 
3.3.5 International Low Carbon Plans review    28 
4 DATA COLLECTION AND SAMPLING .    29 
4.1 Shortlisted indicators for measuring Carbon emissions across Neighborhoods       29 
4.2 Data collection . 29 
4.3 Developing framework for assessment of Low Carbon score of neighborhoods            31 
4.3.1 Low Carbon Neighborhood   31 
4.3.2 Indicators for Low Carbon Neighborhood .    31 
4.4 Scoring and logic for selected indicators .      35 
4.5 Identification of parameters for correlation .    36 
4.6 Estimating Absorption Capacities .    37 
Planning for Low Carbon Neighborhoods- A Case of Vijayawada City xi 
5 STUDY AREA: VIJAYAWADA     40 
5.1 Evolution         40 
5.2 Regional setting 41 
5.3 Climate and Environment .   42 
5.4 Topography and soil conditions    43 
5.5 Salient features . 43 
5.6 Land use Analysis             44 
5.7 Selection of Neighborhoods       46 
5.7.1 Controlled Core Neighborhood .      48 
5.7.2 Unplanned Peri- urban neighborhood      49 
5.7.3 Planned Peri- urban neighborhood     49 
6 ANALYSIS       50 
6.1 Low Carbon scores for three types of neighborhoods .  50 
6.1.1 Score for Controlled neighborhood: Bhavanipuram                  50 
6.1.2 Score for Unplanned Peri- urban neighborhood: Currency Nagar 51 
6.1.3 Score for Planned Peri-urban neighborhood: New Raja Rajeswari Peta 51 
6.1.4 Low Carbon scores for three neighborhoods .  52 
6.2 Carbon emissions comparison between three types of neighborhoods .   53 
6.2.1 Comparison of Avg. CE between different types of neighborhoods       53 
6.2.2 Comparison of Avg. CE from electricity and transport          54 
6.2.3 Comparison of Avg. CE from electricity and transport with Income 55 
6.3 Correlation analysis       55 
6.3.1 Comparison of Carbon emissions with Income levels .       56 
6.3.2 Comparison of carbon emission w.r.t physical and socio economic characters          57 
6.3.3 Determining the correlation coefficients        59 
6.4 Issues and potentials         60 
6.5 Strategic interventions     62 
7 SYNTHESIS AND FINDINGS    63 
7.1 Results from correlation coefficients   65 
7.2 Comparison of results of the study with case studies across the world    66 
8 SCENARIO BUILDING         68 
8.1 Population projections and Carbon Emissions estimations . 68 
9 RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSALS      73 
9.1 Core neighborhood – Bhavanipuram   74 
9.1.1 Emission reduction in various scenarios    74 
9.1.2 Green Cover Absorption at Scenario III    75 
9.1.3 Summary of strategies    76 
9.2 Unplanned Peri Urban neighborhood- Currency Nagar         77 
9.2.1 Emissions from various scenarios          77 
9.2.2 Green Cover Absorption at Scenario III    78 
9.2.3 Summary of strategies    79 
9.3 Planned Peri Urban neighborhood- New Rajarajeswari Peta                  80 
9.3.1 Emission reduction in various Scenarios        80 
9.3.2 Green Cover Absorption at Scenario III    81 
9.3.3 Summary of strategies    82 
9.4 Recommendations to public and private sectors         82 
10 CONCLUSIONS                  86 
References .   xiii 
Appendix 1: Survey form.   xv 
Planning for Low Carbon Neighborhoods- A Case of Vijayawada City xiii 
Appendix 2: Emission factors .       xvii 
Appendix 3: Parameters and units for Carbon emission calculations . xviii 
Appendix 4: Review of International Low Carbon Development Plans           .       xix 
Appendix 5: Calculation of Carbon Storage capacity of trees    xx 
Appendix 6: Analysis of energy savings from LED lamps and conventional lamps . xxi 
Appendix 7A: Solar PV potential for Vijayawada City     xxii 
Appendix 7B: Applicability of available solar appliances in residential areas       xxiii 
Appendix 7C: Solar system description: Solar PV System .   xxiv 
Appendix 7D: Provision of Solar PV rooftop in different types of residential units xxvi

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