Table of contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract xi
Table of contents xiii
List of figures xv
List of tables xvii
List of Map xix
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 What are peri urban areas? 3
1.3 Why the coping up for infrastructure in urban fringe is necessary? 6
1.4 Need for study 7
1.5 Research questions 8
2 Research profile 9
2.1 Aim 9
2.2 Objectives 9
2.3 Scope & Limitation 9
2.4 Methodology 9
3 Literature review 13
3.1 Summary 17
4 Introduction to Ahmedabad 19
4.1 Site selection 22
4.2 Site assessment 25
4.3 Site findings 29
5 Conclusion 33
5.1 Analysis 33
5.2 Recommendation 35
5.3 Significance 38
Bibliography 41
Appendix 1: Household Questionnaire 43