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Case Studies | Civil Engineering | India | Volume 3 Issue 3, March 2014

Overview of Area Planning Proposal for Medium Town: A Case Study of Kamrej Town, Surat District

Yamee Thakkar | Dr. Krupesh A. Chauhan

Abstract: India, being a developing country, important objective of all planning exercise should ensure balanced regional development. The ultimate aim of planning process is to raise the living standards of poor as well as to provide healthy environment to the local people in which they can live peacefully, comfortably and work efficiently with minimum friction. The study is done to address the present problems and issues arising in existing kamrej town, the nodal centre in Surat district, regarding infrastructure facilities, present road connectivity and overall land use planning. Presently Surat is witnessing a tremendous growth of urbanization and its impacts on present settlement have been such that the development effort and the growth cannot be balanced. The paper attempts to highlight the present scenario of kamrej town, which comprises of 69 villages, and hence area planning proposals are made to channelize the future growth.

Keywords: kamrej town, present scenario, proposals for future development

Edition: Volume 3 Issue 3, March 2014,

Pages: 69 - 72