This document discusses strategies for riverfront development. It provides examples of the Sabarmati Riverfront development in Ahmedabad, India and the Crescent riverfront development in New Orleans, USA. Some key strategies discussed include creating public open spaces and access to the river, supporting a mix of uses, rehabilitating adjacent communities, and enhancing transportation connectivity to activate the waterfront and improve quality of life. Both projects aimed to reconnect their cities to their rivers through redevelopment that balanced environmental, social and economic objectives.

1. RIVERFRONT
DEVELOPMENT

2. INTRODUCTION
• Waterfront is a location or part of a city
or town that is directly on a body of water.
• Any building on the waterfront should
boost activity in the public spaces around it
• There should be a mix of uses with seamless
interaction between inside and outdoors.
• They are the sites of festivals, markets, fireworks displays, concerts,
spontaneous celebrations and other high-energy gatherings
• Avoids residential development because it creates pressure to prevent
night time activity from flourishing.
• smart use of amenities can provide protection from inclement weather.
• Lighting strengthens a square’s identity and can draw attention to specific
activities, pathways or entrances.
• Access Made Easy by Boat, Bike and Foot
• Optimize public access
• Use parks to connect destinations, not as destinations unto themselves
• Support multiple modes of transportation and limit vehicular access

3. SABARMATI RIVERFRONT

4. SABARMATI RIVERFRONT

5. SABARMATI RIVERFRONT
• A Multidimensional Environmental Improvement and Urban
Rejuvenation Project
• One of the most innovative projects to make the city liveable &
sustainable
• Sabarmati has always been important to Ahmedabad;
• As a source for drinking water
• As a place for recreation
• As a place to gather
• Place for the poor to build their hutments
• Place for washing and drying clothes
• Place for holding the traditional Market
• And yet, Sabarmati was abused and neglected;
• Sabarmati became a place to dump garbage
• Storm water drains spewed untreated sewage into the river
• Nallas brought sewage into the river and abused Sabarmati
• Encroachments reduced the river’s flood carrying capacity
• The river was inaccessible to the public

6. THE GROWTH OF AHMEDABAD

7. RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

8. • Environmental Improvement
• Creating network of public open spaces
• Providing adequate public access to the river
• Rehabilitation of the slums
• Rehabilitation of “Gujari Bazaar”
• Rehabilitation of Dhobis (Washer men)
• Creating vibrant urban neighbourhood
• Lower walkway : 23 Km Public promenades along the entire length of the
river
OBJECTIVES

9. Rehabilitation of the slums Rehabilitation of Dhobis

10. Rehabilitation of Gujari bazaar

11. The Sabarmati is now accessible for public !

12. Sabarmati back to Ahmedabad and Amdavadis back to the Sabarmati!

13. THE CRESCENT

14. THE CRESCENT

15. THE CRESCENT
• Reinventing the Crescent, New Orleans transform six miles of unused
industrial and commercial space along the Mississippi River
• Riverfront property as a symbol of reinvention for New Orleans˗˗
transformation into America’s boutique city.
• An old city rich in culture in a new time, attracting new people and new
ideas through a city-wide “front yard.
• Aims:
- Increase tourism
- Creates jobs and revenue for New Orleans
- Fosters a renewed quality of life among
our local communities
- Encourages civic activity
- Cultivates energy
- Enhances the community culture

16. THE CRESCENT
• Reinventing the Crescent Development Plan is ambitious in overall
scope and geography.
• Designated 15 locations to reinvent – providing opportunities for
recreation, relaxation, and reconnection.
• Lifetime opportunity to reconnect the City of New Orleans to its
riverfront and embrace it in new and exciting ways.

17. REINVENTION KEYS
• Remove the physical barrier to
public access to the river
• Creation of continuous linear
access and network of great green
spaces along the river’s edge
• Created gathering places and
moment of district character
• New architectural icons and
landmarks to give new face to the
city.
• Beautiful and sustainable living
areas were created along riverside.
• Enhanced huge flow of
infrastructure with expansion in
tax for economic stability.

18. THE CRESCENT

19. THE CRESCENT
SPANISH PLAZA PEDISTRANIZED
JULIES STREET RIVER TERRACE PUBLIC GATHERING SQUARE
6 MILES WALKWAYS
RIVERBANK

20. CONCLUSION
• Showcase the river’s history
-History plays an important role in shaping a place.
-It gives any place its unique identity.
-It can also be used to educate people about the place.
• Activate the riverfront
-Recreation/Fitness
-Tourism improves the economic wealth of the city.
• Public accessibility
-Limit obstacles and connect to the river.
-Convenient means for visitors to access the waterfront area.
-Trails, walkways, beaches, along rivers provided.
-There should be multiple entry points to the river so as to have a
successful riverfront with active use.
• Local participation

21. CONCLUSION
• Engage with the water
-Existing activities like fishing, boating, repair yards etc. along the
river give it a character.
-Newer development should not totally take away the existing
activities
• Liability
-Building near water can be hazardous for people.
-With easy accessibility to water there are certain liabilities like
drowning or falling from walkways with no railing on them.
• Bank stabilization
-The accessibility factor along with bank stabilization measures.
• Employ high quality architectural materials and sustainable
engineering practices
-By selecting building materials, heights, native plants for
landscaping, reusing disturbed areas and building within the
context.

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