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India • A Population Of One In India, the Census Commission defines a metropolitan city as an area having a
Million Or More. population of one million or more, comprised in one or more districts and
• In One Or More consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas,
Districts. specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area. Where SOURCES
• Consisting Of Two the city having over four million is known as Metro cities. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Or More Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmadabad are the metro cities of India. There are
Municipalities Or 47 one million-plus cities in India as of 2020.
Panchayats Or Other
Contiguous Areas.
LITERATURE REVIEW
AHMEDABAD METROPOLITAN REGION PLAN
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi Department of
Regional Planning
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KEYMAP
DEFINITION, CONCEPT AND APPROACHES OF METROPOLITAN
REGION
Planning Approches - Why?? Integrated and Sustainable Approach
It helps you to link your vision and work to the efforts of others who Sustainable development is a dynamic process in
share the same broad goal. Its value is that it forces you to always keep which communities anticipate and accommodate
the longer-term goal in mind. the needs of current and future generations in
ways that reproduce and balance local social,
• It is systematic;
economic, and ecological systems, and link local
• It creates a transparent basis for the processes of planning and
actions to regional concerns
evaluation;
• It enables effective participation in decision-making; and
• Most donors like organisations to use this approach when they make LEGEND
requests for funding. Promoting Inclusive planning - Acknowledging heterogenous nature of community,
having vulnerablity in different sectors. Participatory planning at the community level can
The types of approaches to developed any metropolitan area are as help to balance the relationship between environment, poverty and health.
follows:
LITERATURE REVIEW
AHMEDABAD METROPOLITAN REGION PLAN
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi Department of
Regional Planning
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