CONTENTS
Undertaking i
Acknowledgments iii
Abstract iv
Table of contents v
List of figures viii
List of tables ix
Abbreviations ix
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Need for the Study 2
1.3 Aims and Objectives 2
1.4 Research Approach 3
1.5 Methodology 3
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the study 5
2 Literature Review 7
2.1 The concept of Urban Containment 7
2.1.1 Greenbelt 8
2.1.2 Urban Growth Boundary 8
2.1.3 Urban Service Boundary 9
2.2 Case Studies 10
2.2.1 Ottawa’s Greenbelt, National Capital Commission 10
2.2.2 Seoul Greenbelt, Korea 12
2.2.3 Urban Growth Boundary- Portland, Oregon 15
2.2.4 Urban growth Boundary -City of Bengaluru 17
2.2.5 Inferences from the study 21
2.3 Contradicting Theories of Planning 22
2.4 Lessons learnt 24
3 Ahmedabad: City profile 25
3.1 Spatial evolution of Ahmedabad 26
3.2 Demographic Trends 28
3.3 Economy of the city 30
3.4 Land-use pattern and Housing in the city 31
4 The Story of Greenbelt in Ahmedabad 33
4.1 History of Planning efforts in Ahmedabad 33
4.2 Highlights of the Development plans 35
4.2.1 DP 1965: The Principle Development Plan 35
4.2.2 DP 1975- Revision of the Principle Development Plan.38
4.3 DP 1987: First Development Plan for AUDA 42
4.3.1 DP 1997 42
4.3.2 DP 1999 43
4.3.3 DP 2002- Sanctioned Development Plan 2011 44
4.3.4 DP 2013- Development Plan 2021 45
4.4 Impact of changing land-related laws and regulations 49
4.5 Lessons learnt from the proposal of Development Plans 53
5 Greenbelt Today- Site Identification and Analysis 57
5.1 Greenbelt and TP Scheme 58
5.2 Identifying Site Locations 58
5.3 Identifying parameters of land development 60
5.4 Case study: Naranpura 65
5.5 Case Study: Bapunagar 71
5.6 Findings from the study74
6 Conclusions and Recommendations 77
6.1 Conclusions 78
6.2 Recommendations 79
References xiii
Appendix 1: Questionnaire for experts: Delphi xv
Appendix 2: News article “Regularisation of ULC lands” xvi
Appendix 3: News article “TP Schemes for greenbelt cleared” xvii
Appendix 4: Supreme court judgement Greenbelt Khedut mandal Association vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation xviii
Appendix 5: Bapunagar housing layout: GHB xix
Appendix 6: Land Inventory: Naranpura xx
Appendix 7: Land Inventory Bapunagar xxiii
Map 1: Existing land-use Naranpura xxv
Map 2: Draft Proposed TP scheme: Naranpura xxvi
Map 3: Existing land Use: Bapunagar xxvii