Ghusale Onkar Sharad

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Located in the eastern part of Ahmedabad, Saijpur is the precinct documented in this publication. The precinct is located at around 11 kilometres from the Ashram road. Saijpur is home for many small-scale industries and is surrounded by large number of industries . Entire precinct is predominantly residential in terms of land use as well as built use. The precinct has lower land rates as compared to Navrangpura( Around 4-5 times less), and hence the housing is affordable to the lower income groups. The precinct is undergoing transformation which can be evidently seen through last decade’s development and its changing urban form. From earlier agricultural land to the newly constructed apartments, this change is reflecting in the socio-economic fabric of the neighbourhood also. This publication aims to analyze and understand how Industrial development and urban sprawl of Ahmedabad city has affected the development of the precinct. It also shows how it has become an important place of residence for people dependent on growing industrial development around the city of Ahmedabad.