CONTENTS
Acknowledgement i
Abstract v
ACRONYMS vi
List of Tables xi
List of Figures xiii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Introduction 1
1.3 Need for the study 2
1.4 Study aim & Objectives 4
1.5 Study scope & Limitations 5
1.6 Study Methodology 5
2 Literature review 9
2.1 Definitions on Urban &urbanization 9
2.1.1 Urban Area 9
2.2 Urban Vocabulary & Definitions 10
2.2.1 Urban form 11
2.2.2 Urban Morphology 11
2.2.3 Urban structure (The elements of Urban Form, 2016) 12
2.2.4 Urban size 13
2.2.5 Urban Density 14
2.2.6 Population Density 14
2.2.7 Residential Density 14
2.2.8 Urban Growth 14
2.2.9 Urban Sprawl 14
2.2.10 Urbanization 15
2.2.11 Urbanization advantages & disadvantages 15
2.3 Dynamics of Urban Change 17
2.4 Evolution of spatial structure of a city, (Rodrigue, n.d.) 17
2.5 Urban development & Transportation 18
2.6 Urban Form / Spatial Structure and Transportation concepts 19
2.7 Urbanisation Patterns advantages and disadvantages 20
2.8 Urbanization at Global level 21
2.9 Urbanization in India 22
2.10 Summary of Literature review 23
3 Review of relevant past studies at global & India Level 26
3.1 Selection of research papers 26
3.2 Global research paper 1: Urban growth and transport: understanding the spatial temporal relationship (M. Aljoufie, 2011) 26
3.3 Global research paper 2: Effect of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in United States (Antonio M. Bento, 2005) 28
3.4 National level research paper 3: Measuring Compact Urban Form: A case of Nagpur City, India (Rajashree Kotharkar, 2014) 30
3.5 Learnings from past studies 31
4 Research approach & Stage- 1: across city level analysis 34
4.1 Introduction 34
4.2 Research approach 37
4.3 Selection of cities & their profile 37
4.4 Identification of Parameters & Data collection 38
4.4.1 Measuring methods 39
4.4.2 Data collection 41
4.5 Profile of the selected cities 42
4.5.1 City population category wise PCTR 43
4.5.2 City population category wise urban radius and ATL 43
4.5.3 Category wise with % of PT, IPT and road network availability per 1000 persons 44
4.6 Intra relationships of urban structure 44
4.7 Intra relationships of travel parameters 50
4.8 Inter relationships of urban structure & travel parameters 52
4.9 Key findings 54
4.10 Utility of stage 1 analysis 55
4.11 Summary of stage 1 analysis 56
5 Stage 2 Analysis: Location basis analysis 57
5.1 Introduction 57
5.2 Research Approach for Stage – 2 analysis 57
5.3 Selection criteria of cities & their profile 58
5.4 Data collection & their sources 59
5.5 Tools and Methodology: 60
5.6 Intra relationships of urban form 60
5.7 Intra relationships of travel parameters 63
5.8 Inter relationships of urban structure & travel parameters 65
5.9 Key findings 67
6 Stage 03: Spatial temporal analysis of case CITY: Delhi 68
6.1 Introduction 68
6.2 Economic Profile of Delhi 69
6.3 Available Transport system 70
6.3.1 Road Network System 70
6.3.2 Registered Vehicles and Trends in Motorisation 70
6.3.3 Urban Bus Transport System 71
6.3.4 Delhi Metro Rail System 71
6.4 Travel demand 72
6.4.1 Per capita Trip Rate (PCTR) 72
6.4.2 Average trip length (ATL) 72
6.4.3 Motorized Trips 73
6.4.4 Modal Shares of trips 73
6.5 Inter relationship between urban & travel parameters using spatial temporal data 74
6.6 Spatial distribution of population & employment 75
6.7 Spatial distribution of Travel parameters 77
6.8 Inter relationships of urban structure & travel parameters 79
6.9 Buffer analysis for different parameters 80
7 Scenario developments for case city 83
7.1 Introduction 83
7.2 Scenario 1: Business As Usual – BUA scenario 83
7.2.1 Background 83
7.2.2 Horizon Year Road Network 83
7.2.3 Horizon year Metro system network 85
7.2.4 Network Speed Assumptions 87
7.2.5 Population Projections 88
7.3 Employment forecast 95
7.2 Transport demand forecast 97
7.3.1 Trip Generation 97
7.2.2 Trip Distribution 98
7.2.3 Modal Split 98
7.2.4 Trip Assignment 99
7.3 Scenario 2: TOD + Increase Transit -- Improved Scenario 3030 99
7.3.2 Development of Alternative Transport Network 100
7.3.3 Population Forecast 101
7.3.4 Development in Employment Forecasting 103
7.4 Comparison of results 105
8 Conclusions & Way forwarding 108
8.1 Summary & key findings of the study 108
8.2 Way Forward/ Further research 112
ANNEXURE 1: Stage 02: City wise Spatial distribution of network parameters data 114
ANNEXURE 2a: Stage 02: City wise spatial distribution of urban parameters data-1 116
ANNEXURE 2b: Stage 02: City wise spatial distribution of urban parameters data - 2 118
References 120