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NAME: PATEL ISHA K. ROLL NO: 05
Rajkot INTRODUCTION:
• RAJKOT IS THE 4TH LARGEST CITY IS THE STATE OF GUJARAT
AND IS SITUATED AT THE CENTRE OF THE SAURASHTRA
REGION OF GUJARAT.
• IT IS THE 35TH LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN INDIA AND
THE 22ND FASTED GROWING CITY IN THE WORLD AS OF JULY
2019. RAJKOT IS IN A TRANSITION PERIOD OF GROWING
CULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMICAL ACTIVITIES.
• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAJKOT'S LOCATION IS OWING TO THE
FACT THAT IT IS ONE OF THE PRIME INDUSTRIAL CENTRES OF
GUJARAT.
HISTORY:
CITY’S FIRST MUNICIPALITY
ESTABLISHED
ELECTRIFICATION OF CITY,
LAYING OF RAILWAYS &
MILLS
DAMS CONSTRUCTED; FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL
DIRECTED GROWTH INTENSIVE ZONE
HISTORY: EVOLUTION OF THE CITY
• RAJKOT, BELIEVED TO BE THE CAPITAL OF SAURASHTRA IS STRUCTURE:
LARGEST AND THE FASTESTDEVELOPING CITIES AMONGST • THE CITY OF RAJKOT HAS GROWN RAPIDLY OVER 400 YEARS OF ITS
ALL THE PRINCELY STATES OF KATHIAWAR. POLITICAL HIS-TORY. THE EVOLUTION OF THE CITY HAS ALSO LEAD
• THE CITYHAS THE HISTORY OF 400 YEARS. TO THE SHAPING OF THE HOUSEFORMS AND ITS EXISTENT.
• TODAY THE RAPID INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF THECITY HAS • THE STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SETTLEMENT PATTERN
POSTED FEAR IN THE MINDS OF ARCHITECTS AND COULD LEAD US TO ALL THE CONTEXTUAL FORCES RESPONSIBLE
PLANNERS. THE CHANGE IN THE HOUSE FORMS IS SO FOR FORMATIONOF THE HOUSE FORM TILL DATE.THE EVOLUTION
ABRUPT THAT IT HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE OF THE WHOLE CITY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 7 LEVELS, FROM
TRADITIONAL HOUSE FORMS THAT HAS CONTINUED ITSELF WHICHTHERE ARE THREE MAJOR PHASES SHOWING THE
SINCE DECADES ,RECIPROCATING TO THE NATURAL MAXIMUM EVOLUTION IN THEHOUSE FORMS OF THIS CITY:
ENVIRONMENTS OF THIS REGION. 1.ORIGIN OF LAND UTILIZATION
• THUS IT BE-COMES OF VALUE IMPORTANCE TO STUDY THE 2.PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENTS FOR AGRARIAN PURPOSE
HISTORY OF THE PLACE, THE ASPECTS SHAPING THE 3. PHASE I: TOWN FORTIFICATION
PREVALENT FORM AND ITS EVOLUTION OVER THE PERIOD 4. PHASE I: LAND UTILIZATION OUTSIDE THE FORTWALL WITH THE
OF TIME. ESTABLISHMENTOF BRITISH RULE (DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DEBAR
ROAD AFTER ESTABLISHMENTOF RAILWAYS)
5. PHASE III : AFTER THE BRITISH RULE (ESTABLISHMENT OF PLOTS AND
FORMA-TION OF RESIDENCES ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING BYLAWS
DURING THE REIGN OFLAKHAJIRAJ).
6. PHASE IV: INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE CITY: DEVELOPEMEMT OF
INDUSTRIALESTATES IN SUBURBS AND RESIDENTIAL SOCIETIES.
7. PHASE V: ESTABLISHMENT OF R.M.C AND R.U.D.A
REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY: WARD MAP:
RAJKOT HAS A GOOD ROAD CONNECTIVITY TO THE CITIES IN
VICINITY, FACILITATING AN EASY MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND
SERVICES WHICH IS COMPLIMENTED BY THE RAILWAYS
CONNECTING MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES.
SPATIAL EVOLUTION:
DEVELOPED AREA: DEVELOPED AREA: DEVELOPED AREA:
UNDEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED
AREA: AREA: AREA:
PLANNED AREA: PLANNED AREA: PLANNED AREA:
PARTIAL GROWTH ZONED YET UNDEVELOPED GROWTH IN NON DEVELOPMENT
EXISTING LAND USE PLAN:
• THE MAP GIVEN ABOVE SHOWS THE LANDUSE DISTRIBUTION
IN THE RUDA. MOSTOF THE COMMERCIAL USES ARE LOCATED
IN THE CENTRE AND ALONG THE 150 FT RINGROAD AND
OTHER MAJOR ROADS. INDUSTRIES ARE LOCATED MAINLY AT
METODA GIDC,SHAPER INDUSTRIAL AREA AND AJI INDUSTRIAL
AREA. RESIDENTIAL USES MOSTLYDISTRIBUTED IN THE
WESTERN PART AND VERY LESS IN THE EASTERN PART.
REMAININGAGRICULTURE AREA IS MOSLTY PRACTICING IN THE
EASTERN PART AND MORE AMOUNTOF FALLOW LANDS ARE
AVAILABLE IN THE WESTERN PART.
INITIAL IMPRESSION: TRANPORTATION:
• TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF RAJKOT ON GROUND BY EXPERIENCING AND • THE MAP GIVEN ABOVE SHOWS THE LANDUSE DISTRIBUTION IN THE RUDA.
PRACTICALLY ANALYZING THE URBANGROWTH TREND THROUGHOUT ITS MOSTOF THE COMMERCIAL USES ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTRE AND ALONG
FABRIC THE TOOL ADOPTED TO ACHIEVE THIS ANALYSIS WAS TO DO A THE 150 FT RINGROAD AND OTHER MAJOR ROADS. INDUSTRIES ARE LOCATED
TRANSECTSTUDY ALONG THE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS TO OBSERVE THE MAINLY AT METODA GIDC,SHAPER INDUSTRIAL AREA AND AJI INDUSTRIAL
CHANGE IN LAND-USE, BUILT-USE, BLOCK SIZES,BUILDING HEIGHTS, DENSITY, AREA. RESIDENTIAL USES MOSTLYDISTRIBUTED IN THE WESTERN PART AND
AND URBAN CHARACTERS AS APPLICABLE ALONG 6 DIRECTIONS FOR MAJOR VERY LESS IN THE EASTERN PART. REMAININGAGRICULTURE AREA IS MOSLTY
RADIALS. PRACTICING IN THE EASTERN PART AND MORE AMOUNTOF FALLOW LANDS
ARE AVAILABLE IN THE WESTERN PART.
