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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Ahmedabad"”.
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Urban dwelling environments : Ahmedabad, India
Thesis (M.Arch.A.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1976.
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Street developments : case of Ahmedabad, India
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982.
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Theory and city form : the case of Ahmedabad
… urban design intervention in the walled city of Ahmedabad, by first developing an understanding of the context. This is to be undertaken by applying the methodological tools suggested by two theories of city form, those of Kevin Lynch's "Theory of Good City Form" and N.J. Habraken's "Concept of …
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Indicators that matter : measuring transportation performance in Ahmedabad
… on four main corridors in the city of Ahmedabad, India, a tier I Indian megacity of 5.5 Million people. In light of historical transportation performance and development indicator practices, an alternative set of indicators is developed which attempt to reset the focus on the …
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An intervention in an extant situation : a guideline case-study - Ahmedabad, India
… has been selected in the Walled City of Ahmedabad. The study has been carried out in two parts: The first part comprises of a description of the area, highlighting the salient characteristics of the society and a development of a typology to give an understanding of the settlement to a …
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Housing the urban poor--a case for space-sharing in Ahmedabad, India
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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Public Space Planning as a Catalyst for Dweller Initiated Slum Upgrading: Ahmedabad, India
… projects, focusing on two case study slums in Ahmedabad, India.</p> <p>The inclusion of formal public space planning into slum upgrading schemes can act as a catalyst for dweller-initiated housing improvements. While municipalities that choose to upgrade their slums are primarily concerned with …
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A better way to grow? : land readjustment through town planning schemes in Ahmedabad
… mechanism for the expansion of the city of Ahmedabad, India, has attracted widespread interest in recent years. It is seen as a participatory and equitable means of acquiring land from rural landowners on the urban fringe. A form of land readjustment, it allows local authorities to acquire a …
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Evaluating alternatives for housing India's urban poor : design studies, model and application in Ahmedabad
… The application of the model is illustrated for Ahmedabad. Conclusions are drawn from the application and for a specific set of assumptions. The assumptions governing the values assigned to the parameters of the model are based on case studies and design studies for three low-income settlements …
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Strategy for organizing home-based workers--case study of the ready-made garment workers of Ahmedabad
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies, 1987.
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Institutional synergies in the delivery of urban upgrading services : lessons from the Slum Networking Program in Ahmedabad, India
… Project (SNP) implemented in the city of Ahmedabad, India between 1995 and 2001. The SNP was conceived as a partnership between associations of slum residents, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions and the private sector with the aim …
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Understanding and quantifying value capture and the role of information in migration decisions : a case of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Corridor, India
… decisions to migrate to urban centers in the Ahmedabad -Mumbai corridor and analyze if those decisions are concomitant with helping them achieve their migration intents. The study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze 52 origin -- destination pairs of migration. The …
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Beyond Shock City : towards a new cultural model of riverfront development
… Gujarat, India, the Sabarmati Riverfront divides Ahmedabad into the east and the west, the old city and the new city, characterized by populations varying in religious, social, and financial status. Due to the tension between the two sides, the river is a physical and sociological barrier between …
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Re-envisioning the Indian city : informality and temporality Sabrina Kleinenhammans.
… by the challenges of urban growth in the City of Ahmedabad: firstly, it examines current formal planning approaches in Gujarat State; secondly, it portrays the informal city and how it responds to formal planning solutions; finally, it examines the existing and potential relationship between …
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The global walkability index
… and Delhi. I also oversaw a full-scale pilot in Ahmedabad, India, where 65 volunteers from the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) conducted physical infrastructure, public agency, and pedestrian surveys in eight neighborhoods, which were selected using a random spatial …
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Labor pains: An exploration of the complex roles of identity, the body, and policy in surrogacy discourses in India
… on participants. Interviews were conducted in Ahmedabad, Anand, and Mumbai with doctors, health officials, surrogates, and activities. The interview data was used to answer four research questions that worked to identify how the process of surrogacy is communicated and enacted, how surrogates …
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Selfsame spaces: Gandhi, architecture and allusions in twentieth century India.
… the buildings in his famous Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad in the early part of the twentieth century, makes it somewhat difficult to write, in isolation, about their physical appearance. Quite apart from considering what the buildings at the Ashram denoted physically, that is, architecture as …
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Of squatters and schemes : considering city-level strategies for housing the poor in India
… to housing the urban poor in the city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat - the Slum Networking Project, an attempt to institutionalize slum upgrading at the city-level and the Development Plan-Town Planning Scheme mechanism, an enabling approach similar to land readjustment that …
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