Ekta Singh

• PhD/ M.S/B.Arch
• Amity University

As per the literature study, Transit-Oriented Development is a concept that has many definitions and perceptions perceived differently by every author as it varies according to the demand of the situation. Thus, many researchers have been already done to measure the success of Transit Oriented Development around the world, with handbooks and guideb...

Transit Oriented Development in theory is not a latest concept for the planners globally, even Indian authors, practitioners as well as agencies are working on TOD concept have defined it in their own terms likewise as an integration of land uses and transit planning that focuses on the developed and planned sustainable growth of urban centers with...

Cities are the major sources of urban and economic development in developing countries and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is broadly recognized as a policy to avoid congestion on major junctions, routes of an area by majorly focusing utilization of public transit, particularly making people walk and use non-motorized transport (NMT) specificall...

India's changing economic growth with passing years has lead to an unexampled rate of globalization which is the root of many problems like unstructured growth of the cities, traffic congestion, and congestion at nodal points which leads to needing for a strategy to decongest and make people walk to improve their health for which TOD has been ackno...

Today's cities are the agglomeration of neighbourhoods with definite characteristics having varying sizes and scales. But due to urbanization, decongestion of urban cities has become a major problem as well as a common reason for all the problems of the society. To solve all the existing problems of the society, a strategy is accepted by many citie...

Abstract: Fast pace of urbanization is often complimented with inefficient urban infrastructure, a mismatch between demand and supply of urban services and poor quality of life. These are few of the driving forces for planners to introduce grass-root level planning process as an approach to facilitate local urban governance. The purpose of the pape...

Abstract: Increased urbanization in an unprecedented manner has resulted in the splitting of urban areas into small divisions for the administrative convenience and effective planning purpose. In India, ward is the smallest administrative unit and has been in attention since 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. This act provided for autonomy to the U...

Transit oriented development (TOD) is an effective urban planning technique that addresses the present-day concerns of sustainability. It relies on integrating land use and transport network systems. It is the concept with utmost effective solution for accommodating a better and controlled urban growth. Although, National TOD policy is already been...

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is an effective urban planning technique that addresses the present-day concerns of sustainability. It relies on integrating land use and transport network systems. It is the concept with the utmost effective solution for accommodating a better and controlled urban growth. Although, National TOD policy is already...

Purpose Spurred by the internationalization trend, many architectural professional bodies across the globe relaxed their norms related to the acceptance of promotion and marketing within the services. However, in India, the architectural services codes have not reflected any changes. This paper aims to focus on Indian architectural practice and at...

ASCI Journal of Management 40(2): 21–59 Copyright © 2011 Administrative Staff College of India

Purpose – This study aims to examine the current status of road infrastructure in India, working out the gap in the availability of required length and the quality of roads besides the comparison with other economies. It also seeks to analyse the socio‐economic‐political environment in India to assess the country's attractiveness towards private se...

So far, India is losing out in the competition against other emerging economies to attract more foreign direct investment to its electricity sector. This is in large part because the Indian approach towards power sector reforms is more haphazard than the more orderly and sensitive growth model of Singapore and Latin American economies.