Project information and modeling for urbanization of existing infrastructure: A case study of Mumbra town

Abstract

With the increase of population, cities are becoming more and more denser leading to unaccounted and haphazard growth of colonies and residential structures. These structures do provide a basic living condition but without proper planning these residential colonies proves to be unsustainable and sometimes even dangerous for the people living in them. Our subject city MUMBRA once regarded as “Greenland of MUMBAI” in early 90’s has become a center of improper city planning and due to this even the basic necessities such as water, electricity, parking and proper breathing space have become a problem. Improper construction has led to poor road network leading to traffic problem and even the interconnectivity within the city. Thus as an initiative to bring about an idea of change that can be implemented in this city we have carried our work. Various aspects of a self-sustaining city model have been kept under consideration for planning this city. Our main aim is to give basic idea, how can a city be properly organized into a well-planned city model. We have tried our best to formulate a development friendly city plan keeping in view the interest of local residence and local governing body. Various important needs of the locals were taken under consideration while preparing this report. Our main is to provide solution for present problems of Mumbra along with fulfilling the future demands of the city.