Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Suhani Gupta
4th Year A
Roll No 6
Upliftment of heritage
Vicinity- Firoz Shah Tughlaqs Tomb & Madrassa
Prohibition for construction of structures by ASI
CHAPTER 4: CASE STUDY 1- HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE
History of Hauz khas village
Hauz khas Complex
2000 2010:
Early 2000s was dead, Name changed on request, Tourist market,
Landlord & Tenant Relationship, Peaceful space.
2010 2016
Sub culture, Real Estate Bubble, Commercialization, cultural
adjustments, Gentrification
Modern Concept of Hauz khas
CHAPTER 5:CASE STUDY OF MOHAMMADPUR VILLAGE
Study the missing character of the place as compared to Hauz
khas village
Positives and negatives of the place
Importance of the village
CHAPTER 6: CASE STUDY OF KHIRKI VILLLAGE
OBJECTIVES
To study the factors in the development of an Urban Village.
a disciplined manner.
RESEARCH METHODOLGY
This research is based on the descriptive approaches the study
of urban villages of Delhi through books and web research.
Primary and Secondary case studies shall be conducted to
analyze the significance of urban villages.
Comparative study of case studies of Delhi
LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER -1
ABSTRACT
Delhi, an eternal capital city and the capital of modern India,
inheres many contradictions. The existence of villages, known in
were forced to turn to rental income after the loss of their farming
land, large numbers of external commercial and manufacturing
activities entered into urban village localities.
The villages of old, now absorbed into cities, were on the fringes of
India urbanizing. They are lagging behind compared to other parts
of the cities in terms of basic services and urban infrastructure.
With the advance of urbanization, the old villages are becoming suburbs of cities
or towns, becoming consequently irreversibly. These villages, which are now
neighborhoods in cities or towns, are located on the margins of an India that is
urbanizing. Therefore, they are lagging behind in terms of being equipped with
basic
urban
services
and
infrastructure
compared
to
other
urban
CHAPTER-2
URBAN VILLAGES
From time to time, rural villages are notified under Section 507 of the
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957, shifting the settlements into
FROM
THE
CITY
OF
VILLAGES
TO
THE
METROPOLITIAN CITY
Transformation is, of course, taking place, but, for one, it is slow and,
for another, its result is producing a curious mix. From this point of
view, urban villages would appear to be an appendage to the city
they are part of as well as an anomaly in socio-cultural terms.
An urbanizing village reflects the natural process of transformation
of a human settlement from one economic order to another and
one
way
of
life
to
another.
Thus,
socio-economic
and
urban
spaces
furthermore
intersects
with
intensified
During 1951-61, Delhi consumed 131 sq. kms. of land. The next
decade i.e. 1961-71, witnessed the city adding another 119 sq. km.
to its boundary.
In order to accommodate the swelling population, the urban limits
of Delhi had to increase. However, in this process not only
agricultural land had to be acquired, but also a large number of
exempt from the building by-laws, and strict construction norms and
regulations, as regulated under the Delhi Municipal Act.
Though the term Lal Dora applies to both Rural and Urban villages,
the thin dividing line has vanished over the period of time, and
prime areas of Delhi at present
SOCIO, ECONOMIC & PHYSICAL CHANGES
The process of urbanization undoubtedly brought physical and
socio-economic changes, particularly changes in the livelihood
pattern inherent in the loss of agricultural land in the Delhis
urbanizing villages.
CHAPTER-3
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Delhi exists as capital site of India, a historic power centre.
According to the urban sociologists and historians (Mumford, 1966)
in influencing social
sustainability in Indian
approaches in India,