Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of contents ix
List of figures xii
List of tables xiv
1 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISSERTATION xv
1.1 Background and Context xv
1.2 Achievements xix
1.3 About the Dissertation xxi
2 LITERATURE REVIEW xxiii
2.1 Land Acquisition xxiii
2.1.1 Land Acquisition in India: xxiv
2.1.2 Land acquisition and unbundling of development rights xxvi
2.2 Transfer of Development Rights xxvii
2.2.1 TDR: Purpose, Problems and Prospects in New York xxviii
2.2.2 TDR in Mumbai xxix
3 INTRODUCTION TO COIMBATORE xxxv
3.1 Profile of Coimbatore xxxv
3.1.1 Locational Context and Demography xxxv
3.1.2 Economic profile of the city xxxvi
3.2 Planning system in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu xxxvii
3.2.1 Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 xxxvii
3.2.2 Planning Authorities in Coimbatore xxxvii
3.2.3 Status of plans xl
3.3 Need for implementation of plans xliii
3.3.1 Sprawl vs. in-fill development of the city xliv
3.3.2 Need for open spaces and public amenities xlvi
3.4 Issues of Land Acquisition – Case Studies xlviii
3.5 Provision for monetary compensation in Tamil Nadu li
4 TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS lii
4.1 TDR guidelines in Tamil Nadu liii
4.2 Limitation of TDR lvi
4.3 Premium FSI vs TDR lvii
4.4 Parameters for TDR Framework lviii
5 TESTING TDR IN COIMBATORE lix
5.1 Criteria for selection of samples lix
5.1.1 Scale of Plan: DDP lix
5.1.2 Selection of samples and demonstration of TDR lx
6 INFERENCES lxvii
6.1 Potentials and issues in the TDR framework lxviii
6.2 Understanding other case examples lxx
6.3 Recommendations lxxi
7 CONCLUSION lxxiv
8 References lxxvi