URBAN PLANNING

TOPIC : POST INDEPENDENCE CITY-PLANNING OF GANDHINAGAR

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION and LOCATION
2. HISTORY
3. URBAN FORM
4. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
5. SHAPE OF THE URBAN DESIGN
6. CHARACTER OF THE CITY
7. ORIENTATION OF ROADS
8. ACTIVITY PATTERN
9. GANDHINAGAR MASTERPLAN 2026
INTRODUCTION and LOCATION
• Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat.
• Gandhinagar is located in central Gujarat, Vadodara and located to the north of Ahmedabad.
• It is a planned city situated on the Ahmedabad- Vadodara highway, Gandhinagar is the commercial
heart of Gujarat and western India.
• Gandhinagar is being developed as info city .
• AREA: It has an area of 649 km², and a population of 13,34,455(13LAKHS) DENSITY: 660 inhabitants
per square kilometre
HISTORY AND THE FORMATION OF THE CITY

• Gandhinagar got its identity post

Independence.
• In order to pay a tribute to Gandhiji’s
contribution in the independence of our
country the place of his birth was thus named.
• The territories in India were divided and
Bombay was divided into two states, Gujarat
and Maharashtra.
• Ahmedabad was chosen as the state capital
but later was shifted to Gandhinagar in 1971.
• The city was planned by Chief Architect H.K.
Mewada, educated at Cornell University, and
his assistant Prakash M Apte
Location Map
URBAN FORM OF GANDHINAGAR
• Gandhinagar is spread over an area of 205 sq.km
covering the districts of Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha
and Banaskantha.
• Gandhinagar is mostly an arid and dry land.
• There are wetlands also present in the form of
lakes, swamps, etc.
• The main rivers of the city are
1. River Sabarmati
2. River Vatrak
3. River Meshvo and
4. River Khari
• The main deserts of Gandhinagar are:
1. Thar desert
2. Kutch and
3. Hissar
• There is a lake named Adalaj lake at Sector 1
Map
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
• Gandhinagar has a tropical wet and dry climate with three main
seasons: summer, monsoon and winter.
• The climate is generally dry and hot outside of the monsoon season
• The weather is hot to severely hot from March to June when the
maximum temperature stays in the range of 36 to 42 °C and the
minimum in the range of 19 to 27 °C .
• It is pleasant in the winter days and quite chilling in the night during
December to February. The average maximum temperature is
around 29 °C , the average minimum is 14 °C , and the climate is
extremely dry.
• The southwest monsoon brings a humid climate from mid-June to
mid-September. The average annual rainfall is around 803.4 mm
 SHAPE OF URBAN DESIGN
• The city is planned on the western bank of
the river Sabarmati
• The city has been planned in a GRID IRON
METHOD
• It is a highly structured city and has orders
street grid patterns.
• It was built by taking inspiration from
CHANDIGARH, BHUBANESHWAR.
• The development of city first started near the
capital complex which is situated in the centre
• Villages around the site developed as the
residential nodes with rapid transit to
CAPITOL COMPLEX at the centre

Original concept for future expansion & physical extension

maintaining the Axis and Urban design.
CHARACTER OF THE CITY
• Gandhinagar has 30 sectors which are of 1 km x .75 km
each in length and width.
• Each sector has a primary school, a secondary school, a
higher secondary school, a medical dispensary, a
shopping centre and a maintenance office.
• Gandhinagar is developed on the neighbourhood
concept.
• Gandhinagar's streets are numbered from 1-7
• All streets are aligned at 30 deg. n-w and 60 deg. n-e,
to avoid direct glare of morning and evening sun while
driving
• The Gujarat assembly building is in the centre of the
city to make it close to all the residents CHARACTER OF
THE CITY
ORIENTATION OF ROADS
• The system consists of a grid (1 km. x 0.75 km.) of
motor roads and another grid (1 km. x 0.75 km.) of
cycle pedestrian ways superimposed on each other
• The main town roads have been so oriented with
respect to light and air ventilation of the buildings
surrounding it.
• The alignment of the distributor road within the
sectors is taken in such a way that it facilitates to
orientation of the residential quarters in a correct
manner.
• Practically in all the sectors, nearly 60% of the
residential quarters have been correctly oriented with
reference to light air and ventilation.
ACTIVITY PATTERN
• The major activity pattern of the district are :
• Work areas
• City centre
• Shopping, commercial, and warehousing area
• Residential areas
• Recreation area
• Sports centre

LEGENDS

PIE-CHART showing the different

Activities and land use Development plan of the city based
on activities and population growth
GANDHINAGAR MASTERPLAN 2026
• Gandhi Nagar Master Plan 2026 provides the framework for
rationalizing the orderly movement of traffic and
transportation within the city and defines the area for laying
down net-work of various services.
• The plan is used for promoting integrated development of
the urban centre by rationalizing its pattern of land use and
their interrelationship.
• Master Plan acts as a tool for determining the infrastructural
cost which would be required to make the city sustainable.
The plans offer futuristic solutions by laying down agenda
for its growth and development
 DONE BY : Aishwarya Ravi
THANK YOU Darshan A Jain