CONTENTSs List of Figures / Flow charts List of Tables List of abbreviations 1:INTRODUCTION. 1 to 4 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Aimsobjectives 2 1.3 Objectives 2 1.4 Methodology 2 1.5 Data collections 3 1.6 Scope & Limitation 4 2: LITRATURE REVIEW. 6 to 9 2.1 Historical Background of building Regulation 6 2.2 Evolution of Development Control Regulation in India 6 2.3 Evolution of DCR in Ahmedabad 7 2.4 Development Control in Existing cities 8 2.5 Need of General Development Control Regulation 8 2.6 Development Control Regulations 8 2.7 General Development Requirement 9 3: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BUILDING REGULATION. 10 to 43 3.1 Review of Building Bye Laws of different city in India 10 to 20 3.2 Review of Building Bye Laws of Singapore 21 to 43 4- AHMEDABAD CITY- A PROFILE. 44 to 52 4.1 Geographical location of Ahmedabad city 44 4.2 Ahmedabad city at a glance 45 4.3 Population density of AMC area 46 4.4 Temporal growth of AMC area 50 4.5 Land use in Ahmedabad city 52 5: BUILDING REGULATION'S CONCEPT AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION. 54 to 74 5.1 Introduction 54 5.2 Density 56 5.3 Floor Space Index 57 5.4 Built-up Area 60 5.5 Margin 62 5.6 Internal Road 66 5.7 Common Open Plot & Tree Plantation 68 5.8 Parking 72 6: FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATION. 77 to 80 6.1 Findings 77 6.2 Recommendation 79 Referances 81 Annexure 82