Stage-2 (1 week)
(Understanding the city-Vadodara)
The intention of this exercise was to briefly study various aspects of Vadodara city. The study was divided under following heads
- History & various stages of growth (stage-wise growth of city, morphology, key urban open spaces)
- Topography & Climate (Contour map with ridges & valleys, location of rivers and lakes, climatic analysis, flora & fauna)
- Trade and commerce (mapping of industries, retail & wholesale markets, malls, in the map of city)
- Key Institutions (mapping political, administrative, educational, and cultural institutions in the map of city)
- People(demographics, distribution of population, festivals, etc)
- Projected growth (land-use map of the city, key urban projects, etc)
- Services & Transportation (road network, transportation network, and key urban infra-structure)