PURA A Model for Sustainable

Urban Settlements

Dr. PS Rana Chairman,

Construction Industry Development Council

Regional Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Urbanization

in South Asia Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, 17-18 December, 2014

Employment In Agriculture Sector - Scenario in Developing Countries

2003-2007 India Brazil China Egypt

Mean for Developing Countries

Total economically active population in agriculture

(1000 inhab) 276687 12134 510010 8594 102044

% of Total Population 25.59 6.72 38.61 11.71 29

% of rural population 35.80 40.93 64.18 20.23 47

The Need for Planned Urbanization

The primary sector employment cannot sustain more than 10% of labour force (4% of the total population).

Non-farm employment to take care of 90% of the labor force.

This is possible through integration of economic and social infrastructure .

Desirable size of a town is 1 to 3 lacs.

Concept: Regional Planning

Towns to accommodate 70%

Suburbs upto 30 min 20%

Villages 10% Atleast one town within 60 min.

Overall Country Scenario

Area

Future Population (2050)

UrbanPopulation (@70%)

Required Urban Area to accommodate 1072 million population

( @100 per Hec.)

32.56 lac sq.km

1531.4 million

1072.0 million

107200 sq.km.

Just 3.3 percent of the country’s geographical area is

sufficient to accommodate the projected urban population

Selection of a Location

Location should be in the vicinity of a growing city and having good connectivity.

Connectivity by road as well as by rail will improve the potential considerably.

A link-corridor connecting the main city to a near-by town.

Availability of water.

Variation in Trip Rate and Trip Length by City Size

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Energy Requirement by Various Modes (Watt hr per Passenger km)

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Travel Demand and Cost of Transport (A Conceptual Representation)

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Travel demand- Persons per hour per direction

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Urban Form and Size of Settlements

Cost of services increases exponentially with the city size

Its’ cheaper to have many small cities than a few big ones

Limited success of counter-magnet concepts (not cost-effective and often counter-productive)

Several towns developed along a single corridor are more cost effective

The Idea

Guide the development along established corridor

Corridor will have a high density core

Surrounded by low and medium density development

Use of Existing Rail-corridors

The most cost effective, efficient and environmental friendly transport system is provided by having rail as the basic mode and;

walk, cycle, rickshaws etc. feeders.

Development of new rail-based transportation network in the existing cities requires substantial capital investment.

On the other hand, developing new urban centres along the existing rail corridors prove cost effective.

Infrastructure Spinal Corridor

RAILWAY

EXPRESSWAY

PIPELINE

POWERLINE

COMMUNICATION LINE

100 KM

CITY CITY

Satellite Towns Vs Corridor Concept

CITY CITY

Bus

Bus

Telecom

School

Hospital

Power

Cut Development Costs by Rurbanising – Transforming

A Loop of Villages into a Low-cost Virtual Town –

With Potential To Grow Fast Courtesy: Prof Indresan

ViIlages Railway Station?

Hotel

Office

Industry

Food processing

Modern Housing

To Nearest City

Self Contained Townships Along Linear Rail Corridor

Self Contained Townships Along Linear Rail

Corridor – Option 1

1-1.5 KMS

5 K

MS

Potential Corridors – NCR

PANIPAT SONIPAT DELHI

ROHTAK

HINTERLAND

Potential Corridors – NCR PANIPAT

MEERUT

ROHTAK SONIPAT

HAPUR

GHAZIABAD

khurja

FARIDABAD GURGAON

REWARI

ALWAR

MATHURA

ALIGARH

Economic Plan

Identify local resources / skills and activities

Identify two or three key investors as anchors

Identify industry ancilliarization / outsourcing / forward-backward linkages

General PURA

Involving in-situ urbanisation for multiple economic activities, such as

Herbal / Agro based

Dairy

Poultry

Meat processing & animal husbandry

Food processing

BPO

Engineering

Manufacturing etc..

DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT - OUTLINE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL BELT

Coastal Corridor

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