EVOLVING AN URBAN VILLAGE

SCENARIO IN CHENNAI

Aim Of The Study

Main aim of the study to implement an urban village principal Done By :
layout in a major part of Chennai city s.vishalakshi
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 Synopsis
Urban Village Typically Would
Mean A Well-Planned Set-Up With
A Village Concept Of Being Fairly
Self-Sufficient And Not Having The
Need To Travel Long Distances To
Get Daily Things Done. What Is
Most Important, Perhaps, Is That
It’s Intended to Tackle the Problem
of Increasing Population in Cities
Urban Villages Are Seen To
Provide An Alternative To Recent
Patterns Of Urban Development In
Many Cities, Especially
Decentralization And Urban Sprawl
They Are Generally Purported
Objective Of The Study
1. Analysis of Present Scenario through Primary
Survey. (Issues Identification)
2. Comparisons Analyses
3. Review of the Development Control
Regulations And Building Bye-Laws.
4. Self Help and High-Density Housing
Initiatives.
5. Heritage Significance and Maintenance.
6. Preparation Of A Practical Model And
Planning Guidelines For Development Of
7. Centralized Villages
8. Reduce Car Reliance And Promote Cycling,
Walking And Transit Use
9. Provide A High Level Of Self-Containment
(People Working, Recreating And Living In
The Same Area)
10. Help Facilitate Strong Community Institutions
And Interaction
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 Research Methodology

◈ Stage 1: Study about Urban Village And New

Urbanism Planning Method And History
◈ Stage 2: Research Findings on the Case Study of
Urban Village’s Redevelopment Project
◈ Stage 3:Literature Review About The Chennai City
And Settlement
◈ Stage 4: Study method about Urban Renewal
Policies and the Emergence of Actors
◈ Stage 5: Data Analysis
◈ Stage 6: Reflection, Discussion and Conclusion

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 Significance Of Research
Scope Of The Study
Limitation Of The Study

◈ Significance Of ◈ Scope Of The Study:

Research: ◈ Urban Villages Are Widely Seen To
◈ This Research Can
Able To Understand
About Redevelopment
Planning Of Urbanism
And Re Development
Of Cities With Its
Principals
◈ Limitation Of The
Study:
◈ Detail Study On
Redevelopment Of
Urban Village With Its
Planning Method
Provide A Solution To The Demise Of
Community That Is Often Associated
With Modernism And Sprawl. The
Concept Uses The Social And
Physical Morphology Of The
Traditional Rural Village As An
Inspiration For Creating Better
Functioning Communities Urban
Village Ideals Have Been Applied To
New Greenfield And Brownfield Develo
pments And Urban Renewal Projects
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 Justification Of The Study Area:

◈ Urban Villages Are Essential For Cities As A Whole. Urban Areas Need
To Accommodate All Income Groups And Integrate Them Into A Mixed
Society Where Possible
◈ Urban Villages Are Often Criticized As Unrealistic Because They Ignore
Broader Social And Economic Realities. The Ability To Create Self-
Contained Villages Is Questionable As Employment And Activity
Patterns Continue To Become More Complex. The Viability Of Creating
A Variety Of Employment And Activity Within An Area With A Small
Population Base Can Also Be Questioned. It Has Been Suggested That
The Demise Of The Neighborhood Community Is A Function Of
“Conscious Economic And Social Choice” Rather Than A Product Of
Urban Form.
◈ Some Urban Commentators Believe That Urban Villages Are Not A New
Concept And Are Simply A Re-Formulation Of Ideas That Have Been
Prevalent In Urban Planning For Decades

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1. BACKGROUND
FOR THE PROJECT
STUDY ABOUT URBAN VILLAGE
AND NEW URBANISM PLANNING

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An urban village is an urban development typically
characterized by medium- density, housing, mixed
use zoning, good public transit and an emphasis
on pedestrianization and public space.
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STUDY ABOUT URBAN VILLAGE AND NEW URBANISM
PLANNING

◈ 1.1 INTRODUCTION
◈ 1.2 HISTORY
◈ 1.3 BASIC CHARACTERTIC OF URBAN VILLEGE
1.3.1 Small and intimate:
1.3.2. Unique
1.3.2 Designed for social interaction
1.3.4. Locally driven and locally responsive
1.3.5. Functional
1.3.6. A mixed community
◈ 1.4 SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
◈ 1.5. THE ORIGIN OF IDEA OF URBAN VILLAGE
◈ 1.6 THE FEATURES OF URBAN VILLAGE
◈ 1.7. THE CONCEPT OF LIFE QUALIT
1.7.1 Life quality has three features
1.7.2 The effects of sustainability on life quality
◈ 1.8 NEW URBANISM
1.8.1the principles of new urbanism
1.8.2 ways to implement new urbanism
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STUDY ABOUT URBAN VILLAGE AND NEW URBANISM
PLANNING

◈ 1THE PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM:

◈ Walk ability –
◈ Most things within a 10-minute walk of home and work - Pedestrian friendly street design (buildings
close to street; porches, windows & doors; tree-lined streets; on street parking; hidden parking lots;
garages in rear lane; narrow, slow speed streets)
◈ - Pedestrian streets free of cars in special cases
◈ 2. Connectivity
◈ - Interconnected street grid network disperses traffic & eases walking - A hierarchy of narrow
streets, boulevards, and alleys - High quality pedestrian network and public realm makes walking
pleasurable
◈ 3. Mixed-Use & Diversity
◈ A mix of shops, offices, apartments, and homes on site. Mixed-use within neighbourhoods, within
blocks, and within buildings - Diversity of people - of ages, classes, cultures, and races
◈ 4. Mixed Housing :
◈ A range of types, sizes and prices in closer proximity
◈ 5. Quality Architecture & Urban Design :
◈ Emphasis on beauty, aesthetics, human comfort, and creating a sense of place; Special placement
of civic uses and sites within community. Human scale architecture & beautiful surroundings
nourish the human spirit

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PLANNING

◈ 6. Traditional Neighborhood Structure

◈ - Discernable center and edge - Public space at center - Importance of quality public realm; public
open space designed as civic art - Contains a range of uses and densities within 10-minute walk -
Transect planning: Highest densities at town center; progressively less dense towards the edge.
The transect is an analytical system that conceptualizes mutually reinforcing elements, creating a
series of specific natural habitats and/or urban lifestyle settings. The Transect integrates
environmental methodology for habitat assessment with zoning methodology for community
design. The professional boundary between the natural and man-made disappears, enabling
environmentalists to asses the design of the human habitat and the urbanists to support the
viability of nature. This urban-to-rural transect hierarchy has appropriate building and street types
for each area along the continuum.
◈ 7. Increased Density
◈ - More buildings, residences, shops, and services closer together for ease of walking, to enable a
more efficient use of services and resources, and to create a more convenient, enjoyable place to
live. - New Urbanism design principles are applied at the full range of densities from small towns, to
large cities

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PLANNING

◈ 7. Increased Density
◈ - More buildings, residences, shops, and services closer together for ease of walking, to
enable a more efficient use of services and resources, and to create a more convenient,
enjoyable place to live. - New Urbanism design principles are applied at the full range of
densities from small towns, to large cities
◈ 8. Smart Transportation
◈ -A network of high-quality trains connecting cities, towns, and neighborhoods together -
Pedestrian-friendly design that encourages a greater use of bicycles, rollerblades, scooters,
and walking as daily transportation
◈ 9. Sustainability
◈ -Minimal environmental impact of development and its operations - Eco-friendly technologies,
respect for ecology and value of natural systems - Energy efficiency - Less use of finite fuels
- More local production - More walking, less driving
◈ 10. Quality of Life
◈ Taken together these add up to a high quality of life well worth living, and create places that
enrich, uplift, and inspire the human spirit

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 2 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WORK

◈ INDRODUCTION:
Eleven most important things to analyze in any
Case Study :
1. Environment and micro-climate t yp e o f s t u d i e s
2. User behaviour and requirements Linear,
3. Studying the functioning of a particular place Process-oriented,
4. Utility and space enhancement Grounded.
5. Form and Function
6. Horizontal and vertical circulation
7. Site Planning and Landscape detailing
8. Structural details such as Column and Beam Design, Steel and
Composite structures
9. Building Services such as Fire Alarm system, HVAC, Water supply
systems

10. Socio-economic profile of user group

11. Parking details and standards
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 2 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WORK

◈ 2.2 THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTIC OF CHINA’S

URBAN VILLAGE
2.2.1What is the difference between China’s Urban Village and
Slum
◈ 2.3 URBAN VILLAGE IN SHENZHEN
2.3.1 Social transformation of Urban Village in ShenzheN
2.3.2 Difference between locals and outsiders
2.3.2 Economic transformations of Urban Village in Shenzhen
◈ 2.4 ANALYSIS OF THE SITE
2.4.1 The sitE
2.4.2 Shadow analysiS
2.4.3 Skyline analysis
2.4.4 Self-renewaL
◈ 2.5 REFORM THE SITE
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◈ CONCLUSION:
a new concept for people who live in these Urban Villages a better living condition. A
equal, comfort, happiness life. It is not just design
an architectural form, but the most important thing is to design a social network.
Meanwhile, more architect may also be invited, each one can design a group, so that
each group will have a unique shape, character and culture. This will bring more
people into the community, to achieve the goal of self-renewal protection.
Because only supply internal person, the impact force is limited. Only more people
involved, understand the site, love the site, and can truly protect it not been
demolished to build a new housing district.
Here, urbanization has a new meaning, not to provide people with a new city, new
look, but to learn to respect everyone lives there, learn how to protect vulnerable
groups, learn fair. I think this is the sociological significance of urbanization, a more
fundamental

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 THE CONCEPT OF URBAN RENEWAL IN THE INDIA
◈ INTRODUCTION
Every city is affected by trends of
transformations or the process
of change. The term decline in
the context of urban
development is used to
describe undesirable
changes. Local policies and
strategies designed to deal
with urban decline, decay or
transformation are termed as
urban renewal.
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◈ . DIMENSIONS OF
URBAN RENEWAL
◈ Different definitions given by Physical
renewal leads to improvement of
urban fabric;
◈ Social renewal leads to improvement
of community and housing;
◈ Cultural renewal promotes
enhancement of culture and traditions
◈ Economic renewal leads to new
generation of employment and
revenue; and
◈ Environmental renewal leads to
minimizing ecological imbalances in
urban environment
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THE CONCEPT OF URBAN RENEWAL IN THE INDIA

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THE CONCEPT OF URBAN RENEWAL IN THE INDIA

◈ URBAN RENEWAL IN INDIAN CONTEXT

Indian experience of urban renewal is fairly recent, though several cities, particularly
metropolises, have been attempting to tackle the problem of decline and
dilapidation through ad-hoc initiatives. In diverse and complex nature of Indian
society,
problems are different, contexts differ, needs change, and therefore, policies and
programme to deal with each city and town would also differ. For example, urban
renewal of Jaipur city would be conservation and restoration of its cultural
heritage of being a pink city while in Delhi it would
◈ The concept of renewal was restricted to conservation of heritage sites in early
master plan of metro cities. No specific efforts were made for development of
heritage zones. Even the present urban renewal mission is more inclined
towards provision of infrastructure rather than renewal.
◈ The redevelopment is taking place only on the prime locations of the cities
occupied by slums without proper social and economic interventions resulting
into displacement of slums

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◈ URBAN CENTERS POLICIES

 Area not exceeding one and one-half square miles (960 acres).
 Accessibility to the existing regional transportation network
including access to other urban centers, with access to the regional
high-capacity transit system to be provided in the future
 Zoning that can accommodate a broad mix of activities, including
commercial and residential activities, as appropriate to the planned
balance of uses in the center.
 The area is already connected to surrounding neighborhoods by
bicycle and/or pedestrian facilities or can be connected through
planned extensions of existing facilities.
◈ The area presently includes, or is adjacent to, open space
available for public use, or opportunities exist to provide pubic
open space in the future
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◈ Zoning that permits the amount of new development needed to

meet the following minimum density targets
◈ a. A minimum of 15,000 jobs located within a half
mile of a possible future high capacity transit station;
◈ b. An overall employment density of 50 jobs per
acre; and
◈ c. An overall residential density of 15 households per
acre.

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◈ CONCLUSIONS :
◈ For the success of any planning, diagnosis and measurement of
urban health is a prerequisite. Unfortunately there is no scale for
measuring urban decline, urban stress or deprivation which do not
alarm when the city reaches the threshold. There is a need to
establish causal relationship and correlation between the six
dimensions of urban renewal. This can be achieved by further
breaking up each dimension in the form of indicators which can be
measured and scaled quantitatively as well as qualitatively. Proper
understanding of the concept of urban renewal we can target
changing problem spaces to opportunity spaces. In Long term
perspective of the cities can manage to grow old gracefully

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 URBAN VILLAGE STUDY DELHI

◈ INTRODUCTION :
◈ 1: Villages witnessing impact of urban employment. This is the
most
◈ commonly witnessed scenario. Urban Impact
◈ 2: Villages near industrial areas attract large migrant population to
work as industrial labourers. This creates a demand for housing.
Such an impact also
◈ has other socio-economic bearings between the native population
and the migrant
◈ population. Urban Impact
◈ 3: Urban sprawl and growth of the city impacts many nucleated
◈ settlements that were originally dependent on agriculture by an
urban way of life As a result, the dependency diverts to urban
activities for survival.

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◈ Types and Stages of Urban Villages:

◈ Stage 1: Villagers face a problem of acquaintance with the new
change in occupation and livelihood triggered by acquisition of their
agricultural land.
◈ Stage 2: A process of adaptation in terms of alternate livelihoods,
new structures, and change in land use.
◈ Stage 3: Renewal and Reconstruction

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◈ Timeline of Government Policies :

◈ Delhi has 362 villages out of which 135 are urban villages and 227
rural villages.
◈ 1908. Revenue Settlement was done for the first and only time
when the Lal Dora
◈ areas were defined.
◈ 1948. East Punjab Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation
Act –
◈ to consolidate agricultural holdings.
◈ 1951. This Act was extended to Delhi.
◈ 1951-1954. 102 Lal Dora villages.
◈ 1954. Delhi Land Reforms Act enacted, later amended to allow
extension of ‘abadi’ areas for amenities like health facilities,
religious buildings, physical infrastructure, landscaping and open
areas. Extended area demarcated by new boundary called ‘phirni’.
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◈ 1957. Delhi municipal Corporation Act kept Lal Dora areas out of
purview of
◈ building byelaws.
◈ 1963. Delhi Administration Notification stating residents
constructing houses within
◈ 1977. Ministry of Urban Development issued order pertaining to
regularization of
◈ unauthorized colonies. This order was extended to Lal Dora as
well.
◈ 2004. A circular stated that as of August 2004 byelaws be
applicable to Lal Dora
◈ areas and action be taken on those buildings which were
constructed after August
◈ 23rd, 2004.
◈ dated 27th August 2006 approving an individual’s request to not
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◈ A stratified random sampling was adopted at 95% confidence level

and 5%
◈ confidence interval to collect data. The questionnaire was designed
to collected basic factual data on respondents and also to
understand their tenure status and household transformations. In
addition, questions were directed towards understanding the
transformation in livelihood and alternate sources of income
adopted. Respondents were also asked if they would prefer to live
within the urban village or shift elsewhere. This gave a good
understanding of the present living conditions and the residents’
satisfaction levels.

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◈ Proposed Approach to Improve Mobility in Kotla

Mubarakpur

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◈ Conclusion
◈ The study attempted to focus on a unique phenomenon; the urban
villages in Delhi. It identifies different stages of urban villages
through a comparative study of three urban villages. The study
tries to find the sensitivity of various parameters on residential
location, type and ownership preferences of the residents. It can
help policy makers and planners identify at what stage of
transformation an urban village is and predict the likely future
scenarios. It will also provide design inputs which can increase the
residents’ satisfaction level. The Proposal to improve mobility could
improve the access to these areas making it easier for urban
development to spread through these developmentally isolated
‘abadi’ areas

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5.ABOUT THE CHENNAI CITY AND SETTLEMENT

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5.ABOUT THE CHENNAI CITY AND SETTLEMENT

Villages in Chennai district

There are six villages in Chennai:
Kazhipattur
Manickapuram, Tiruppur District
Peravallur
Perumudivakkam
Thirumangalam, Chennai
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Vada Agaram
6. FACTOR TO INSTILL EVOLUTION POSSIBILITIES

◈ BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “URBAN

VILLAGE” ENVIRONMENT :
◈ 6.1.1 Physical Environment
◈ 6.1.2 Social Environment
◈ 6.1.3 Economic Environment

◈ basic criteria
◈ urban villages, as indicated in Urban Village, shall be consistent with
criteria developed to address the following factors:
◈ • existing zoned capacity
◈ • existing and planned density
◈ • population
◈ • amount of neighborhood commercial land
◈ • public transportation investments and access
◈ • other characteristics of hub or residential urban villages as provided in
this Plan, or further refined

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FACTOR TO INSTILL EVOLUTION POSSIBILITIES

◈ CASE : 1
6.3.1 Evolution Possibilities in Perumudivakkam
◈ INFERENCE:
1. Since population increasing ratio is too low (negative )
2. Temple base city
3. 59% people are marginal worker
4. If fare away to main city so self sufficient village needed
5. 20% of scope
6. 63% of male and 47% of female population are literate here
7. literacy rate in the village has decreased by -9%. Male literacy has
gone down by -11% and female literacy rate has gone down by -8%.

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◈ CASE : 2
◈ 6.3.2 Evolution Possibilities in Kazhipattur:
◈ INFERENCE:
◈ It’s located in near omr road
◈ Working population increases day by day because many it hub
the village
◈ Transport facility near the village
◈ Sholinganallur at near to the site
◈ 50-70 % scope in this site
◈ Mixed use base village
◈ Literacy rate is very low by 2011

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◈ CASE : 3
◈ 6.3.3 Evolution Possibilities in Manickapuram :
◈ a village in Palladam Taluk in Tiruppur District of the
Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 19 km (11.8
miles) south of District headquartersTiruppur. 465 km
(288.9 miles) from Chennai
◈ It’s don’t consider part of urban area in Chennai

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◈ CASE : 4
◈ 6.3.4 Peravallur :
◈ INFERENCE:
◈ 10km from main central Chennai
◈ Working population 50%
◈ Male populated village
◈ Residence base village
◈ Railway station at 10km
◈ Bus stop and bus service at village
◈ School and college near by
◈ 87% and 71 % are literacy
◈ 80% scope for urban village
◈ It’s already located at the centre of urban area

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◈ CASE : 4
◈ 6.3.4 Peravallur :
◈ INFERENCE:
◈ 10km from main central Chennai
◈ Working population 50%
◈ Male populated village
◈ Residence base village
◈ Railway station at 10km
◈ Bus stop and bus service at village
◈ School and college near by
◈ 87% and 71 % are literacy
◈ 80% scope for urban village
◈ It’s already located at the centre of urban area

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◈ CASE : 5
◈ 6.3.5 2 Evolution Possibilities in Vada Agaram :
◈ ada Agaram is a small Village/hamlet in Marakkanam Block in
Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It comes under Urani
Panchayath. It is located 64 KM towards East from District head
quarters Viluppuram. 15 KM from Marakkanam. 121 KM from State
capital Chennai
◈ It’s don’t consider part of urban area in Chennai

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◈ CASE : 6
◈ 6.3.6 Evolution Possibilities in Thirumangalam,
Chennai :
◈ INFERENCE:
◈ The place near by anna nagar , ambattur
◈ Temple base settlement
◈ Developing village
◈ Residential base village
◈ 43% working people
◈ 70 % scope

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◈ 6.4 CONCULATION:

◈ Kazhipattur perfect example for urban sprawl

possibility of urban village is high
◈ Peravallur and Thirumangalam are located at
inside the urban area and are already well
connected
◈ Manickapuram ,Vada Agaram and
Perumudivakkam are fare away from the city

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