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082 _aP TH-2447
_bPAT
100 _aPatel, Shimoli (PG180946)
_987171
245 0 _aCritical assessment of green cover planning in urban areas : a case of Gandhinagar city (Softcopy is also available)
260 _c2020
300 _av,10,93p.
505 _aCONTENTS UNDERTAKING i CERTIFICATE ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii ABSTRACT v LIST OF FIGURES 7 LIST OF CHARTS 9 LIST OF TABLES 11 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 17 1.1 BACKGROUND 17 1.2 NEED OF STUDY 17 1.3 RATIONALE FOR SITE SELECTION 18 1.4 AIM 18 1.5 OBJECTIVES 18 1.6 SCOPE 18 1.7 LIMITATIONS 19 1.8 METHODOLOGY 19 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 23 2.1 CONCEPT OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 23 2.1.1 PUBLISHED DEFINITIONS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 23 2.1.2 WHAT IS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE? 23 2.1.3 TYPES OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 24 2.1.4 SCALES OF GREEN SPACES 26 2.2 WHY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE? 26 2.2.1 IMPORTANCE OF GREEN COVER IN URBAN CONTEXT 26 2.2.2 BENEFITS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 27 2.3 POLICIES AND INITIATIVES FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 28 2.3.1 INTERNATIONAL LEVEL APPROACHES 29 2.3.2 NATIONAL LEVEL APPROACHES 29 2.3.3 STATE LEVEL APPROACHES 32 2.4 CASE STUDIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD 32 2.4.1 ADDIS ABABA 32 2.4.2 CHANDIGARH 33 2.4.3 STOCKHOLM 33 CHAPTER 3: GANDHINAGAR: THE CITY PROFILE 35 3.1 LOCATION AND CONNECTIVITY 35 3.2 STUDY AREA 36 3.3 PLANNING OF GANDHINAGAR 37 3.4 DEMOGRAPHIC DATA 39 3.5 CONSERVING AND MAINTAINING GREEN COVER OF GANDHINAGAR – GUDA DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2024 40 CHAPTER 4: CITY LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF GREEN COVER 43 4.1 GANDHINAGAR – A GREEN CITY 44 4.2 GREEN COVER IN GANDHINAGAR 45 4.2.1 TREE COVER IN GANDHINAGAR 45 4.2.2 PARKS AND GARDENS 48 4.2.4 GREEN CORRIDORS . 53 4.3 LAND COVER ANALYSIS 57 4.4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GREEN SPACES IN GANDHINAGAR 59 CHAPTER 5: NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF GREEN COVER 61 5.1 ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS 61 5.2 SITE SELECTION 63 5.3 INTRODUCTION TO PARKS 66 5.3.1 PARK NO. 1 - SECTOR 2 PARK 66 5.3.2 PARK NO. 2 - SECTOR 28 PARK (BAAL UDHYAN) 68 5.3.3 PARK NO. 3 - SECTOR 19 PARK (JOGGERS PARK) 70 5.3.4 PARK NO. 4 - SECTOR 6 PARK 72 5.3.5 PARK NO. 5 - SWARNIM PARK 73 5.3.6 PARK NO. 6 - SARITA UDHYAN 75 5.4 OBSERVATIONS AND INFERENCES 76 5.4.1 PARK WISE OBSERVATIONS 76 5.4.2 QUALITY OF SERVICE 78 5.4.3 ACCESSIBILITY 81 5.4.4 CHARACTER OF GREEN SPACE 83 CHAPTER 6: ENABLING MECHANISMS FOR PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF GREEN COVER IN GANDHINAGAR 85 6.1 DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2024 86 6.2 GOVERNMENT INITIATED FESTIVALS LIKE VANOTSAV 86 6.3 GANDHINAGAR SMART CITY INIATIVE 86 6.4 AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) 87 6.5 PRIVATE COMPANY INVOLVEMENT 87 CHAPTER 7: IMPROVING THE STATUS OF GREEN COVER IN GANDHINAGAR 89 CONCLUSION 93 BIBLIOGRAPHY 95
700 _aBansal, Neeru (Guide)
_987172
890 _aIndia
891 _a2018 Batch
891 _aFP-PG
891 _aMaster of Urban Planning