Contents
Undertaking ii
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments iv
Abstract vii
Table of contents xi
List of figures xiv
List of tables xv
Abbreviation xvi
1 Introduction 19
1.1 Background 19
1.2 Need of the Study 20
1.3 Aims and Objectives 20
1.4 Methodology 21
1.5 Scope and limitations 23
2 Literature Study 24
2.1 Urban Containment Policies 24
2.2 Evolution of Greenbelt 26
2.3 Planning Theories and Approaches 26
2.3.1 The Garden City by Ebenezer Howard, 1898 26
2.3.2 Concentric Zone Model by Ernest Burgess, 1925 27
2.4 Changing objective from ‘Open Space’ to Green 28
2.5 Green Belt as a Planning Tool 29
2.6 Debates on Greenbelt Policy 29
2.7 Greenbelts around the World 30
2.7.1 London Metropolitan Greenbelt 30
2.7.2 Seoul 33
2.7.3 Delhi Greenbelt 36
2.7.4 Bengaluru, Urban Growth Boundary 38
2.8 Lessons learnt 41
2.9 Inferences 41
3 Ahmedabad city in 1960s 43
3.1 Historical Background 43
3.2 Spatial Growth 43
3.3 Growth of municipal area 45
3.4 Demographic profile 46
3.5 Economic growth 47
3.6 Planning Legislation 48
3.7 Inferences 48
4 Greenbelt Story of Ahmedabad 49
4.1 Development plan, 1965 49
4.1.1 Rational and Objective of Greenbelt 49
4.1.2 Reasons for the Failure of Greenbelt 50
4.2 Revised development plan, 1975 52
4.2.1 Rational and Objective for Public Housing 53
4.2.2 Reasons for failure 53
4.3 Development plan, 1987 54
4.3.1 Reasons for failure 54
4.4 Revised Development Plan, 1997 54
4.5 AMC Vs Ahmedabad Greenbelt Khedut Mandal- Court Case 55
4.6 Change in Planning Approach 55
4.7 Greenbelt and TP Scheme: 56
4.8 The Greenbelt today 57
4.9 Inferences 58
5 Impact of Greenbelt on Land Development: Area Studies 61
5.1 Site study 61
5.2 Methodology 62
5.3 Land Inventory 64
5.3.1 Limitations 64
5.4 Case study 1: TP scheme 28, Nava Wadaj 65
5.5 Case study 2: TP scheme 30, Asarwa 68
5.6 Absence of TP Scheme 71
5.7 Inferences 73
6 Conclusion and Recommendations 75
6.1 Conclusion 75
6.2 Recommendations 76
6.2.1 Ahmedabad Greenbelt: 76
6.2.2 Indian Cities: 77
References 80