Manasa R

UP4002

Changing Face of a Dynamic Transit Hub

In the recent years, India's "Gateway to the South" - Chennai, has faced severe reverse migration, particularly from its metropolitan agglomeration. How do livelihood choices and trade-offs influence the social resilience of households in Chennai? On the other hand, Guindy, the city's dense urban hub today, developed from a peri-urban industrial nucleus and is currently transforming into a real estate hotspot. Triggered by externalities, the mixed-use transit node’s changing urban fabric and quintessential character have a powerful influence on the socio-economic and livelihood capacity of its residents. What are the implications of this growth for Guindy’s lesser privileged residents?


Report Content

Chennai: An Expanding Metropolis

Influence of Socio-economic Opportunities, Livelihood Choices & Trade-offs

Quality of Civic Services

Social Resilience Indexing

Guindy: A Transforming Multi-modal Hub

Is Guindy undergoing Gentrification?

The Industrial Estate and dependent Micro-markets

Social Stratification

Upcoming Real Estate Hotspot

Unstable Urban Dynamics: Triggering Gentrification