SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS SHAPING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIAN CONTEXT: A METHODOLOGY FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT

摘要

Mixed use developments (MXDs) have been in existence even before any definition emerged to delineate what constitutes it. This could be the reason why till date, it is one of the most evasive terms in the planning vocabulary. The context of strategies or policies that aid to frame the developmental pattern of MXDs remains a challenge to the planners. Various planning organizations and institutes have come up with varying methods to consolidate the issues that jeopardize the growth and developments of the mixed land use. Several attempts have also been made to make them efficiently planned areas. However, these methods are case-specific and cannot be optimized to address the sensitive socioeconomic disposition of any particular identified mixed land use. Adoption of any of these methods to address any mixed land use, particularly, in an Indian context, where socioeconomic composition is highly heterogeneous, would not be feasible. Here, the requirements would be to derive a correlation pattern between the plethora of socioeconomic issues of Indian MXDs with respect to the influence factors for relating them to a quantifiable module of assessment in order to resolve them. This study aims to conglomerate the identified influence factors and their contribution to a case-specific area/zone. It also develops a methodology that better addresses the identified influence factors to ensure socio-economic sustainability of the MXD. Finally, the study analyses the scope for possible adoption of the methodology for inclusion of a planned mixed land use pattern in a long term planning process of any identified mixed use zone.