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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Max Capacities of Various Modes Per Lane (‘000 PHPD)
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Travel Demand and Cost of Transport (A Conceptual Representation)
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Travel demand- Persons per hour per direction
PERSONALISED
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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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