Center for Environmental Planning

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DELINEATION OF AHMEDABAD METROPOLITAN REGION
Center for Environmental Planning Technology
(CEPT)
By Prof Utpal Sharma
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The Concept and The Objectives Today it
prevails in most planning and city management
policies in Europe, USA and Australia. In USA
its called TODs or Neotraditional Towns promoted
through Smart Growth movement.
Perceived Objectives are
(Jenks et al., 1996 Williams et al., 2000)
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Cities on the Move Following database from a set
of 278 million plus population cities, explains
the dynamics of cities.
Top 20 Urban Area ranked by CAGR () Top 20 Urban Area ranked by CAGR ()
Beihai 10.58
Ghaziabad 5.20
Sana'a 5.00
Surat 4.99
Kabul 4.74
Lagos 4.44
Faridabad 4.44
Dar es Salaam 4.39
Chittagong 4.29
Toluca 4.25
Dubai 4.03
Luanda 3.96
Nasik 3.90
Kinshasa 3.89
Nairobi 3.87
Dhaka 3.79
Patna 3.72
Rajkot 3.63
Jaipur 3.60
Gujranwala 3.49
Top 20 Urban Areas ranked by 2005 Land Area (sq.km.) Top 20 Urban Areas ranked by 2005 Land Area (sq.km.)
New York 11,264
Tokyo/Yokohama 7,835
Chicago 5,952
Zibo 5,938
Los Angeles 5,812
Boston 5,501
Atlanta 5,083
Cali 4,978
Nagoya 4,662
Philadelphia 4,661
Zaozhuang 4,550
Moscow 3,885
Dallas/Fort Worth 3,644
Xian 3,550
Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto 3,497
Houston 3,355
Detroit 3,267
Jakarta 3,108
Beijing 3,043
New York 3,043
Top 20 Urban Area ranked by Density (p/sq.km.) Top 20 Urban Area ranked by Density (p/sq.km.)
Hong Kong 29,432
Coimbatore 29,161
Meerut 26,527
Mumbai 26,355
Chittagong 26,012
Chongqing 25,949
Rajkot 23,316
Indore 22,740
Jabalpur 22,526
Khulna 22,143
Nagpur 21,773
Dhaka 21,624
Kanpur 21,577
Ahmedabad 21,057
Allahabad 21,022
Lucknow 20,545
Patna 20,074
Nashik 20,048
Varanasi 19,879
Vijayawada 19,795
Top 20 Urban Areas ranked by 2005 Population Top 20 Urban Areas ranked by 2005 Population
Tokyo/Yokohama 35,530,000
New York 19,712,000
Seoul/Incheon 19,500,000
Jakarta 18,200,000
Mexico City 18,100,000
São Paulo 17,800,000
Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto 17,250,000
Mumbai 17,078,039
Metro Manila 16,750,000
Cairo 15,750,000
Delhi 15,250,000
Moscow 14,000,000
Los Angeles 13,829,000
Shanghai 13,600,000
Kolkata 13,217,000
Buenos Aires 12,740,000
Beijing 11,250,000
Shenzhen 11,000,000
Rio de Janeiro 10,900,000
Istanbul 10,500,000
(Source www.world-gazetteer.com,
www.demographia.com, UITP 2001 Report,
www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea, www.alain-bertaud.com,
FTANT Database FHWA Highway Statistics 2005,
Asian Cities Database by ITPD, WRI/EMBARQ
CAI-Asia 2005, JnNURM CDPs, ITPS Public Transport
for Sustainable Mobility in Asian Cities, DTRS
Australian Trends to 2020
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• CAGR is high for recent developing cities
  particularly smaller cities of Developing
  Economies of the World particularly Asian cities
  with Density Directly Correlated to CAGR by 0.36.

Predominant Developing Economies
India
L. America
China
EU
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• Per Capita Petroleum Consumption high for
  sprawled or rich cities of Developed Economies of
  the World particularly American, European and
  Middle East Asian cities, Inversely Correlated to
  Density

Predominant Developed Economies
N. America
Australia
Europe
S. America
Asia
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• Public Transport seems efficient in cities with
  high intensity or land management/market
  compulsion with Inverse Correlation to Per Capita
  Petroleum Share by -0.35

Predominant Dense or Land Constrained Economies
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Kolkata Bangalore London Mexico Johannesburg Berlin
Transport Infrastructure
Density Gradient
Urban Morphology
Modal Share
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• Significance of Urban Density, Sprawl and
  Landuse
• Modern city growth patterns are increasingly
  land-intensive.
• Average urban densities have declined for past
  two centuries.
• As transportation continues to improve, the
  tendency is for cities to use up more and more
  land per person.
• This process of Urban Sprawl, largely in
  non-contiguous transitional zones between
  countryside and city, is increasingly being
  referred to as peri-urbanization.

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GUJARAT AHMEDABAD URBANISATION TREND

GUJARAT 3RD MOST URBANISED STATE 38 URBAN
POPULATION INCREASING TO 50 BY 2021. 60 OF
URBAN POPULATION CONCENTRATED IN THE PRINCIPAL
CORRIDOR OF MEHSANA AHMEDABAD- VALSAD INCREASING
TO 72 BY 2021. AHMEDABAD ACCOUNTS FOR 52
OF STATES GDP AND 35 OF SECONDARY AND
TERTIARY PRODUCTION.
CRITICAL ISSUES STRUCTURED AND GUIDED
CONSOLIDATION OF THE URBAN CORRIDORS IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICAALY SUSTAINBALE
MANNER
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Greater Ahmedabad
1 Crore People, 800 - 900 Sq. Km
60 Lakh People, 500 Sq. Km
2035
2011
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CYBERABAD REGIONAL CONTEXT
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CYBERABAD REGIONAL CONTEXT
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URBANISATION MODEL HYDERABAD MULTIPLE NUCLEI (
TRI CITY CONCEPT )
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Mumbai Bandra-Kurla Complex,
International Finance and Trade Centre
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AUDA GUDA AGGOLOMERATE 2001 COMPOSITE
POPULATION 48 LACS WORKERS 17 LACS
Industries 4 Lacs Commerce 12 Lacs AUDA GUDA
AGGOLOMERATE 2021 COMPOSITE POPULATION 94
LACS WORKERS 32 LACS Industries 7
Lacs Commerce 25 Lacs ADDITIONAL POPULATION BY
2021 46 LACS ADDITIONAL JOBS BY 2021 15 LACS
ASSUMING 35 POPLTN JOBS CONTAINED IN
ECOPOLIS NATURE CITY POPULATION IN ECOPOLIS
NATURE CITY 16 LACS ECOPOLIS 10
LACS NATURE CITY 5 LACS JOBS IN ECOPOLIS
NATURE CITY 5.4 LACS ECOPOLIS 3.7 LACS
NATURE CITY 1.7 LACS
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SITE CONTEXT AUDA GUDA DP

• ECOPOLIS- NATURE CITY LARGELY FALL WITHIN GUDA
• PRESENT ZONES WITHIN ECOPOLIS
• Agriculture
• Commercial
• Residential

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ECOPOLIS LANDUSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
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Ahmedabad Urban Land Use Simulation 2011-2021
Ahmedabad Existing 2001 Ahmedabad 2011 BAU
No. Land Use Area (Ha.) FSI util. BUA (Ha)
1 Residential
General/Gamtal/Village 11119.03 39.42 0.61 6802.84
2 Commercial 748.64 2.65 0.70 524.05
3 Public/Semi Public 1014.55 3.60 0.40 402.71
4 Industrial 3579.50 12.69 0.55 1953.60
5 AMC Plots 467.18 1.66 0.50 233.59
6 Open / Vacant Land 4514.36 16.00
7 Yard Burial Ground / Grave 86.54 0.31
8 Roads/Railway land 2204.65 7.82
9 Water bodies 4475.55 15.87    
TOTAL 28210.00 100.00 9916.79
Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Gross FSI util. 0.35
Delphi Technique
No. Land Use Area (Ha.) FSI util. BUA (Ha)
1 Residential 23548.70 57.76 0.43 10192.17
2 Commercial 1334.98 3.27 0.44 584.64
3 Industrial 3780.83 9.27 0.62 2345.50
4 Public Semi public 2585.67 6.34 0.21 549.42
5 Open Space/Gardens/Recreation 5388.76 13.22
6 Roads and railways 2669.67 6.55
7 Water bodies (including rivers) 1461.97 3.59    
TOTAL 40770.58 100.00   13671.72
Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Gross FSI util. 0.34
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Proposed Ahmedabad Compact City Land Use
2011 Proposed Ahmedabad Compact City Land Use 2021
No. Land Use Area (Ha.) FSI util. BUA (Ha)
1 Residential 11176.10 39.62 0.80 8968.69
2 Commercial 2364.70 8.38 0.83 1953.17
3 Industrial 1402.18 4.97 1.41 1974.70
4 Public Semi public 3393.52 12.03 0.63 2150.62
5 Open Space/Gardens/Recreation 4231.50 15.00    
6 Roads and railways 4687.80 16.62    
7 Water bodies (including rivers) 954.20 3.38    
TOTAL 28210.00 100.00   15047.18
Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Revised Draft Dev. Plan, AUDA 2011 AD Part I, Vol. 2 Gross FSI util. 0.53
Delphi Technique
No. Land Use Area (Ha.) FSI util. BUA (Ha)
1 Residential 9491.82 33.65 1.18 11486.05
2 Commercial 2655.12 9.41 1.12 2986.20
3 Industrial 1310.92 4.65 1.75 2294.11
4 Public Semi public 3277.30 11.62 1.00 3186.04
5 Open Space/Gardens/Recreational 5260.32 18.65    
6 Roads and railways 5260.32 18.65    
7 Water bodies (including rivers) 954.20 3.38    
TOTAL 28210.00 100.00   19952.40
Gross FSI util. 0.71
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