Peri-Urban Agriculture as a Competitive Sector

Rohit Raj

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Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Districts have been identified for National Agricultural Development Programme (NADP) from the year 2007-08 with a view to resolve the agricultural development strategies and reoriented to meet the needs of farmers and to evolve strategies to rejuvenate the agriculture sector.
Some notable initiatives by Government of Gujarat includes Soil health card, Krushi Mahotsav, I-khedut portal, Agro Policy and PPP, VGGAS, Subsidies and incentives up to 50% for R&D and so on.
Therefore, the core idea for this project became to transform Peri-Urban agriculture into a dynamic, sustainable and competitive sector to promote and facilitate Socio-Economic development.

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MASTER PLANTOTAL SITE AREA - 12 SQ. KM.TOTAL AREA UNDER TP SCHEME - 5.5 SQ. KM.TOTAL GROUND COVERAGE - 26.8 %POPULATION DENSITY UNDER TP SCHEME - 450 PPHGROSS POPULATION DENSITY - 210 PPH

MASTER PLAN LAYERS1. STREET NETWORK AND STRATEGIES2. LAND USE AND STRATEGIES3. OPEN SPACES AND STRATEGIES4. BUILDING HEIGHT MAP

DELINEATION OF AREA FOR DETAILED DEMONSTRATION OF BUILT FORM AND URBAN LIFE QUALITY

DIAGRAMS EXPLAINING 1. STREET HIERARCHY2. STREET NETWORK3. BUILDING USE4. BUILDING HEIGHT MAP5. MASSING STRATEGY

TYPICAL STREET PLANS AND SECTIONS1. 9 M WIDE ROAD2. 15 M WIDE ROAD3. 18 M WIDE ROAD4. 30 M WIDE ROAD

COMPARISON OF A TYPICAL SUPER BLOCK WITH EXISTING ONE ALONG SG HIGHWAY IN AHMEDABAD

BUILDING TYPOLOGIES:1. APARTMENT TYPE I2. APARTMENT TYPE II3. MIXED USEDIAGRAMS SHOWING THE CIRCULATION PATTERN OF ONE URBAN BLOCK AND RELATIONSHIP OF BUILT FORM WITH THE OPEN SPACES AND ROADS

LAND READJUSTMENT STRATEGIES AND DEMONSTRATION IN A TYPICAL SUPER BLOCK

BUILDING REGULATIONS

VIEWS SHOWING THE ENVISIONED URBAN LIFE AND AGRICULTURE TOGETHER