urban forms

Market-focus
of work -
income

Demographics, Urban Education,

linguistic and patterns occupation-
ethnic (cultural value of
background housing
values)

Socio
economical
factor
Elements of human settlements

nature

Infrastructure human

Human
settlements

Building society
 Factors influencing urban forms

• Natural and manmade features need for protection

• Physical and economical landscape allow

communication with other region
Traditional
• Topography of the site suggests the construction
settlements
• Climate leads to building solution

• Cultural and religious belief

Factors influencing urban forms

• Land ownership

• Street patterns

Built • Existing land use

form • Economic consideration

• Planning regulations

• Political and historic events

Factors influencing urban forms

• Ethnic composition

• Migration
Economic
• Religion
Political
Social • Economic consideration

relationship • Race

• Political and historic events

The Evolution of the Urban Form of
Indian Cities

result

Agricultural change
Urban centers
Domestication of animals
Maximum food production
and
cultivation of land

Change in profession
 Social Evolution Built
pattern of urban form
patterns

In indian
cities
Land
Caste ownership

Political and
Street
historic
patterns
events

Socio- Built
Language cultural Class
Factors form
Planning Existing land
regulations use

Religion Economic
consideration
 Socio-cultural Factors
Caste

hierarchical divisions
Repulsion of
caste

Isolation Distinct
and creation residential
enclaves
 Class

education, occupation, prestige and income

Religion

Change
New in
parties power

Ruling
Hindu dominance

Ratio of
Muslim
peoples
 Diverse &
Language Complex
category

Official
language
 Basic model in general
• Burgress concentrate model

• Hoyts sector model

• Multi nuclei theory

No indian towns purely follows this urban morphological models

A lot of variations in the city structure are observed - ranging from fully
planned and modern westernized cities to more or less indigenous cities, but
a varying blend of the orient with the occident and with the distinctive
Indianness is a common feature.
HYDRABAD
SECUNDERABAD
BANGALORE
Two node
cities
CHENNAI
MUMBAI
KOLKOTA

Angiized
Indian Indigenous
cities with one
Port cities
cities dominant node

LAKE REGION

CHANGDIGAR
JAMSHEDPUR Planned
city
BHUVANESHWAR