Content
Undertaking i
Certificate ii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of contents xi
List of Figures xv
List of Maps x
List of Tables xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Need for the Study 2
1.6 Scope and Limitations 6
1.7 Organization of the Report 6
2 Review of Literature 7
2.1 Influence Zone of Metro 7
2.2 Impact of Metro 8
2.2.1 Economic Development 8
2.2.2 Land Use & Land Values 9
2.2.3 Impact upon Para Transport and Travel Behaviour 10
2.2.4 Additional Impacts 10
2.3 Urban Sprawl 11
2.3.1 Measuring Urban Sprawl 11
2.4 Theories of Land use and Transport Integration 13
2.4.1 Von Thunen’s theory of Agricultural Rent 13
2.4.2 Concentric Zone Theory, Burgess (1925) 16
2.4.3 Sector and Nuclei Theory of Urban Land Use (Homer, 1939) 17
2.4.4 Central Place Theory 17
2.5 Metro rails Transits in Various Indian Cities 19
2.5.1 Kolkata Metro 19
2.5.2 Delhi Metro 20
3 Ahmedabad City Profile 22
3.1. Study Area 22
3.2. Demography 24
3.3. Climate 25
3.4. Existing Land Use 26
3.5 Ahmedabad Travel Characteristics 27
3.6 Ahmedabad Metro 27
3.7 Growth of Ahmedabad City 34
3.8. Extent of Urban Expansion in Ahmedabad 37
3.8.1. Image Classification 37
3.8.2. Density Gradient 38
3.8.3. Dispersion Index 40
3.8.4. Concentration De-concentration 42
3.9. Population Growth 43
4. Land Densification along Metro 46
4.1. Case Studies 49
4.2. Land Densification Case -1 50
4.3. Land Densification Case-2 53
4.4. FSI Consumed in Influence Zone of Metro 58
4.5. Property Prices 59
4.6 Comparison of the two Cases 60
5 Prediction of City Growth due to Metro 63
5.1 Predicting the Growth of Ahmedabad 66
6 Findings and Discussions 72
References 74