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 URBAN FORM
• Urban form refers to the physical layout and
design of the city. Urban design takes into
consideration density, street layout,
transportation and employment areas and
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urban design issues. Growth management R
issues such as urban sprawl, growth patterns B
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and phasing of developments also heavily N
influence urban form.
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 Density

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 The idea of coexistence in
urban form
Aldo Rossi must be considered to be the
source of a very particular interpretation
of urban form. According to Rossi, urban
form is the result of a patchwork in which U
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different features are stitched together. B
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He envisages a coexistence of different N

features, each of which belongs to a D

clearly identifiable interpretation of city E
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 Scales in Urban Form
• Region
• City
• Street
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 The advantages that Chandigarh Offers
over other major cities of the region
are:
Geographically, the city is located at the foothills of
Shivalik, so it enjoys good regional linkages and
connectivity with important cities of Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal and also well connected with
Delhi. This is one of the biggest reasons to invest in
the city. U
Chandigarh is fast becoming an IT hub, which R
attracts the population and has become a reason B
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for the investment driven market. N
Chandigarh has a sound environment as far as law
and order is concerned.
The city is prosperous and its people have very D
high paying capacity and hence can support high- E
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end retail and entertainment activities. This can be I
concluded on the basis of the fact that Chandigarh G
has the highest per capita income in India. N

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 CITY
• The overall form of the City is identified in
the Framework Element. The growth that
does occur is encouraged to locate in
transit-served regional and community U
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centers, neighborhood districts and B
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corridors. With respect to neighborhood N

design, centers provide a physical and D

activity focus for surrounding residents. E
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 • With respect to citywide urban form, these
centers support the bus/fixed rail transit
system and need to provide a sufficient base
of both commercial and residential
development, to support that transit system.
In particular, fixed rail transit requires a
substantial capital investment and sufficient
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residential densities around station locations R
to make the system viable and the investment B
cost-effective. The area around transit stations A
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should therefore be designed to support its
use.
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 Encourage future development in
centers and in nodes along corridors
that are served by transit and are
already functioning as centers for
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 STREETS
• Refine the City's highway nomenclature and
standards to distinguish among user priorities
• Streets serve multiple functions (movement
of vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians,
shopping, recreational strolling) and multiple U
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users (pedestrians, transit, automobiles and B
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trucks). They must therefore be designed to N

accommodate these functions and users.

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 • Buildings should have service uses that are
oriented to pedestrians along the sidewalk,
with parking behind.
• Sidewalks should be wide and lined with open
canopied street trees, pedestrian-scale street
lights provided to recognized standards
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commensurate with planned nighttime use, R
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and other pedestrian amenities. A
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 LIVEABLE NEIGHBORHOODS
• As discussed previously, the definition of the
City's current form and character resides
largely in its neighborhoods. Neighborhoods
should therefore be the focus of the City's
planning efforts with respect to urban form U
and community character. R
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• All neighborhoods in the City deserve to have N

well designed buildings and a safe, secure,

and attractive public realm. D
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 Lets understand the concept of
neighborhood through studying
the plan of Chandigarh…

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 Some of the important features of
“NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT” in the Chandigarh’s
master plan are:
1. Each sector is 1.2 km In length and 0.8 km in width. They can
accommodate population ranging from 15000 to 25000
depending upon the area an density of population. There are
usually 3 to 4 neighborhood units in each block.
2. There is a clear segregation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
in the town. U
3. Each sector has a continuous green open space on the longer R
side and shopping street on shorter side. B
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4. The green open spaces has cycle track and pedestrian N
pathway, which are separated from the main road. The
shopping street contains local shops and markets.
5. School and essentials services are located in the centre of the D
sector for easy accessibility without crossing main roads. E
6. The residential plots in all sectors do not have direct access to S
the main road facilitating fast movement of traffic with out any I
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 Actors who shape Urban
Form
• Land owners
• Building owners
• Developers
• Builders
• Professionals: Planners, Architects, U
Engineers, etc. R
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• Government A
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• Financial institutions
• Households at different level of formal and D
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 Structures that shape urban
form
1. Structural Background
■ Macro framework
• Political-Economic
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• Socio-Cultural R
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■ Local frameworks A
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• Political-Economic
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 2. Property and Resources
  ■ Systems of ownership
■ Land ownership patterns
(who owns what)
■ Other systems of capital U
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access B
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• Financing N
• Other
■ Availability of local resources: D

building materials and other E

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physical resources, labor, I
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 3. Governance

  ■ Institutional frameworks
■ Organization of
government and levels of U
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■ Regulatory framework
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 4. Regulatory tools

  ■ Land ownership controls (on division,

aggregation, etc.)

■ Plans and special plans U

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■ Zoning and rezoning A
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■ Building codes D
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■ Urban Design Guidelines S
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 5. Technology

  ■ Transportation

■ Communication U
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■ Building N

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 6. The existing physical city

  ■ Classic morphological elements

(streets, lots, buildings)

■ Systems of infrastructure U
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(open space, sewers, B

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