Satellite Towns: An Overview of Jaipur
Keywords:
Satellite Towne, urban planning,, sustainable developmenAbstract
Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, is facing intense pressure on basic amenities due to rapid growth in population caused by high birth rate and immigration as well. Besides, Jaipur is also witnessing haphazard, unplanned and unchecked urban growth. Therefore, the Rajasthan government has prepared the Master Plane of Jaipur 2025 to achieve holistic, inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development of entire Jaipur region. This master plan envisages to develop 15 cities in the form of satellite town. This research paper tries to discuss pros and cons of satellite towns along with making a set of recommendations of urban planning so that optimum utilization of available resources and sustainable development can be achieved in this regard
References
https://www.scribd.com/archive/plans
Percival, T.D., ‘Articulating intra-Asian urbanism: The production of satellite city megaprojects in Phnom Penh’, Online dissertation, August 2012, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk; Investor Words website, www.investorwords.com.
Greater Horn Of Eastern Africa (GHEA) outlook #18: Are satellite cities the (official) future of
GHEA’s urbanisation?’, Society for International Development, 2010, www.sidint.net; Konza Technology City website, www.konzacity.co.ke.
Howard, E. (1898, 1985) Garden Cities of Tomorrow (Rhosgoch, Wales: Attic Books).
Mishra, V., (2002) : “Population growth and intensification of land use in India”. International Journal of Population Geography, Vol. 8, pp. 365- 383.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.