Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract . vii
Table of contents .
List of figures
List of tables
1 Introduction 5
1.1 Significance of the problem 5
1.2 Need of the study 6
1.3 Research questions 6
1.4 Aim. 6
1.5 Objectives. 7
1.6 Scope of the study . 7
1.7 Limitations 7
2 literature study 9
2.1 Social preferences . 9
2.2 Housing choices 9
2.3 Gated communities 10
2.4 Housing sub-markets 11
2.5 Gentrification . 12
2.6 Cooperative housing society 12
2.7 Case study 13
Istanbul (Baycan et al., n.d.) . 13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Admassie, n.d.-b) 14
Bandung, Malaysia (Hapsariniaty et al., 2013) 14
Western US (le Goix & Vesselinov, 2015) 14
2.8 Summary 15
2.9 Documents required in Selling and buying a house in Cooperative Housing Society (Gujrat) 16
2.10 Parameters affecting the preferences with respect to housing choice . 17
3 Methodology 19
3.1 The hierarchy of methodology 19
3.2 The methodology to accomplish each objective are mentioned below: . 20
Objective-1 . 20
Objective-2 . 20
Objective-3 . 21
Objective-4 . 21
3.3 Baseline for achieving the objectives 22
3.4 Sampling method 22
3.5 Framework . 23
3.6 Data collection matrix 24
4 Understanding the city . 25
4.1 Evolution of city 25
Highlights of Ahmedabad city . 26
4.2 Real Estate market in Ahmedabad . 26
4.3 Density in city of Ahmedabad 27
4.4 Ownership in city of Ahmedabad 29
Source: Census 2011. 30
4.5 Housing Market. 30
5 Analysis of the selected wards 35
5.1 The survey 35
5.2 Distribution of NO Preferences 36
5.3 Distribution of preferences 37
Distribution of preferences in the Typologies 38
5.4 Preference: Religious status . 40
5.5 Preference: Caste . 42
5.6 Preference: Food . 47
5.7 Preference: Others 48
5.8 Key findings from the study. 50
6 Conclusion and Recommendations 53
6.1 Conclusions 53
6.2 Recommendations 57
7 References 59
7.1 List of wards and their details 62
7.2 Questionnaire for society 64