URBAN DESIGN

Urban design involves the arrangement and design of

buildings, public spaces, transport systems, services, and GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
amenities. Urban design is the process of giving form, shape, LUCKNOW CITY An official Census 2011 detail of Lucknow, a district of Uttar Pradesh
and character to groups of buildings, to whole has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Uttar Pradesh.
neighborhoods, and the city. DESCRIPTION
Urban design blends architecture, landscape architecture, CITY LUCKNOW
and city planning together to make urban areas functional GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
and attractive.
URBAN AGGLOMERATION LUCKNOW METROPOLITAN
STATE UTTAR PRADESH

LUCKNOW TOTAL MALE FEMALE

METROPOLITAN
POPULATION 2,902,920 1,509,451 1,393,469
LITERATES 2,145,479 1,162,679 982,800
CHILDREN(0-6) 302,778 159,043 143,735
AVERAGE LITERACY(%) 82.51% 86.10% 78.64%
SEX RATIO 923
CHILD SEX RATIO 904

ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

 PATHS: Paths are the channels along which the observer CLIMATIC DATA
customarily , occasionally , or potentially moves . They All year climate & weather averages in
may be streets , walkways , transit lines , canals , Lucknow
railroads. High Temp.: 40°C Precipitation:55.9mm
Wind:7 km/h
Low Temp.: 8°C Humidity: 65%
Source: Census 2011 Of Lucknow City
Pressure:1008mbar
Mean Temp.: 25°C Dew Point:17°C
Visibility:4km MASTER PLAN OF LUCKNOW 2021

 EDGES: They are the boundaries between two phases ,

linear breaks in continuity : shores , railroad cuts, edges of
development , walls . Such edges may be barriers , more
or less penetrable , which close one region off from
another ; or they may be seams , lines along which two
Source: Climate-data.org
regions are related and joined together.
GROUND WATER LEVELS
Source: City Development Plan Of Lucknow City
Around 85% of the
land-area of Lucknow LAND USE DISTRIBUTION
City is situated on the
Central Ganga
alluvial plain, and
stretches across both
banks of the Gomti
 DISTRICTS: Districts are the medium-to-large sections of River.
the city , conceived of as having two-dimensional extent , Source: City Development Plan Of Lucknow City Source: City Development Plan Of Lucknow City
which the observer mentally enters "inside of, " and which
are recognizable as having some common , identifying
EVOLUTION OF STRETCH AMAUSI METRO
character . STATION TO TRANSPORT NAGAR DEPOT PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
2003 • Water Supply
• Electrification
• Sewage
• Drainage System
• Solid Waste Management System
• Hotels
2008 • Power Stations etc.
 NODES: Nodes are points , the strategic spots in a city
into which an observer can enter , and which are the
intensive foci to and from which he is traveling . They
may be primarily junctions , places of a break in
transportation , a crossing or convergence of paths ,
moments of shift from one structure to another.
2012

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Religious Places
• Health Centers
Present
• Schools & Institutes
• Parks & Open Spaces
 LANDMARKS: Landmarks are another type of point-
• Public Spaces (Lawns & Banquet Halls)
reference, but in this case the observer does not enter
• Eateries
within them , they are external . They are usually a rather
simply defined physical object : building , sign , store , or
mountain.

METRO STATIONS-
• Amausi Metro Station
• Transport Nagar Metro Station