CONTENTS
Abstract 9
Acknowledgements 11
Contents 13
List of tables
List of figures 15
List of abbreviations 17
1 Introduction 18
1.1 Gurgaon – An Introduction 18
1.1.1 The Development Story 19
2 City’s Double-Edged Water Problem 24
2.1 Water Scarcity 24
2.1.1 Present water supply system 24
2.2 Urban Flooding 25
2.2.1 Rainfall Pattern 25
2.2.2 Water Level Behaviour 26
2.3 Aim 27
2.4 Objectives 27
To map.the changes.city has seen, an.evolution and.its impacts 27
2.5 Need of the Study 27
Water resources of the district have been decreasing, making people keen to use ground water resources. 28
The region has seen water shortage since a decade, which is expected to further rise because on growing dearth. 28
2.6 Limitations 29
2.7 Methodolgy 30
3 Literature Case Studies 31
3.1 Cheong Gye Cheon Restoration Project, Seoul 31
3.2 Bab Zaers, Morocco 32
3.3 Nullah Garden of Pune 34
4 Site Inventory 35
4.1 The Region Boundary 35
4.2 Elevation map 36
4.3 Slope map 36
4.4 Physiography of the region 37
4.5 Geology 37
4.6 Surface Hydrology Analysis 37
4.6.1 Ground Water Prospects 37
4.6.2 Watershed and water movement 38
4.6.3 Hydrometeorology 39
4.6.4 Aquifer System 39
4.6.5 Ground Water Flow
5 Analysis 40
5.1 Decadal Loss in Vegetation 40
5.1.1 Depleting Ground Water Table 42
5.2 Bunds in and around the city by britishers 44
5.3 Natural Storm water movement in the city 44
5.4 Conjecture Plan of Original Drainage of the city 45
5.5 Flooding in the region 1885 & 1887 45
5.6 Interlacing Drainage pattern with Master Plan 1981 46
5.7 PhaseWise Development according to subsequent Master plans 46
5.8 City’s Drainage Pattern 47
5.9 Drains 47
5.10 Bunds 49
6 Proposal 51
6.1 Interlacing GMUC DP, 2025 with Drains 51
6.2 Greenways Programmation 53
6.3 Planning Framework for upcoming part of Gurgaon 53
6.4 Proposal Guidelines 54
7 Maps 55
References 56