SESSION 1B - ‘TOD Karo’ - Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing TOD Principles in India

1. Learning from Traditional Cities
R. J. Vasavada, Consultant, EMBARQ India

4. Jami
Masjid
Teen Darwaja
Delhi Gate
Dariyapur Gate
Premabhai Gate
Kalupur
Gate
Sarangpur
Gate
Raipur Gate
Astodia Gate
Bhadra Tower
and Three Gates
Panchkuva
Gate
Manek Chowk
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Dandigara
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Jamalpur Gate
The Walled City of
Ahmadabad
World Heritage Nomination Dossier - Historic City of Ahmadabad
Prepared for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation by Centre for Conservation Studies, CEPT University
7 WALKS IN THE HISTORIC CITY OF AHMADABAD
(Devised by R.J. Vasavada for WHND Expert Meetings)
22/ 02/2012 PIPARDI NI POL (with Jukka and Henry)
22/ 02/2012 SANKDI SHERI (with Jukka and Henry)
24/ 02/2012 JADA BHAGAT NI POL, KADVA POL (with Jukka and Jigna Desai)
24/ 02/2012 VAGHAN POL, DOSHIWADA NI POL (with Jukka and Jigna Desai)
24/ 02/2012 RAJA MEHTA NI POL(with Jukka and Jigna Desai)
28/ 02/2012 RATAN POL, MANEK CHOWK, DHALGAR VAD (with Jukka)
29/ 02/2012 DANDIGARA NI POL (with Jukka)
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8. Traditional cities were planned considering the mobility based on walking
distances and non motorized transport systems
The growth of settlements followed the extensions of transit nodes and their
evolutionary expansion within the urban structure
The scale of distances were primarily based on walking
There was a strict hierarchy of street network depending on the need for
accessibility and scale of population distribution
This mobility network was graded depending on their distance between important
nodes and the urban morphology was organic in nature retaining the balance
between the density and the mobility needs
The modes of transport were controlled by human actions and never were in
conflict with the primary right of human mobility
The advancements in mechanized transport provided a shift in traditional urban
structures depending on the modes adopted and the scale of cities