CONTENTS 1INTRODUCTION 11 1.1 Background and context 11 1.2 Need for study 12 1.3 Aim 13 1.4 Objectives 13 1.5 Methodology 14 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 15 2.1 Concept of green infrastructure 15 2.1.1 Defining green infrastructure 16 2.2 Green infrastructure typologies 20 2.3 Principles of green infrastructure 24 2.4 Benefits of green infrastructure 28 2.4.1 Environmental benefits 28 2.4.2 Economic Benefits 29 2.4.3 Physical, mental health and well being benefits 30 2.4.4 Promoting biodiversity 31 3 AHMEDABAD CITY PROFILE 32 3.1 Background 32 3.2 Planning Authority of Ahmedabad 33 3.2.1 Content in a Development Plan 35 3.3 Land use classification 37 3.3.1 Land use in AMC area, 1997 37 3.3.2 Land use of AUDA area in 2012 39 3.4 Overview of green spaces in Ahmedabad 41 3.4.1 Comparison of Ahmedabad with world cities 42 3.4.2 Garderns, parks and open spaces 45 4 ASSESSMENT OF GREEN SPACE FOR AHMEDABAD 51 4.1 Analysis of parks and green space 51 Assessment and Improvement of Green Infrastructure of Ahmedabad: Case study of UK 4.1.1 Visits to the park respective of the type 54 4.1.2 Reasons for visiting with respect to the type of Park 55 4.1.3 Accessibility to the park 56 4.2 Green space 58 4.3 Green space as per norms 59 4.3.1 Green area compared to WHO norms 59 4.3.2 Green space compared to UDPFI guidelines 60 4.3.3 Green area compared to United Nations standards 61 4.3.4 Comparison of per capita green space by norms 63 5 Case study of UK cities 64 5.1 Introduction 64 5.2 Role of parks and garderns In UK 64 5.2.1 Ahmedabad compared to UK cities 68 5.3 Case study of London city 70 5.3.1 Strategies to be implemented from London 72 6 POLICY FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES 76 6.1 Introduction 76 6.2 Policy framework in UK 76 6.2.1 General Background 76 6.2.2 Overview of policies 78 6.2.3 Organizations in green space management 80 6.3 Policy framework in Ahmedabad 82 6.3.1 General background 82 6.3.2 Green space policies in DP 82 6.3.3 Strategies of green space in AUDA DP2021 83 7 CONCLUSIONS 86 7.1 Proposal and Recommendations 87 7.1.1 Green Infrastructure Development plan 87 7.1.2 Documents for Development plan 89 Assessment and Improvement of Green Infrastructure of Ahmedabad: Case study of UK 7.1.3 Implentation, Monitoring and Review 89