Table of contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract
Table of contents ix
List of figures xvii
List of tables
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Chennai – Engine for Tamil Nadu’s Grwoth 1
1.2 Overview of CRDF Consultancy 2
2 Key objectives 7
3 Literature study 9
3.1 Study of Literature and Evolution of Methodology 9
3.1.1 Densification and distribution of cities 9
3.1.2 Land value and spatial dimension 18
3.1.3 The 1 sq.km pilot samples 35
4 Data required for the study 41
4.1 Data Collection and methods 41
5 Testing of the evolved Methodology including expert opinions 43
5.1 Application of the evolved methodology on the sample 43
5.1.1 Results for densification and distribution of cities 43
5.1.2 Results for land value and spatial dimension 46
5.2 Findings and Recommendations 55
6 Way Forward 57
6.1 Conclusion 57
References xiii
Appendix 1: Primary and Secondary data about Chennai xv
Appendix 2: Pilot 1 sq.km precinct data xviii