Developing Accessible Cities in India (Naya Raipur, Capital City of Chattisgarh)

The main objective of Urban Design and Landscape Design of the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, Naya Raipur, is to visualize a new city on an 80 square kilometre greenfield site for a population of 500,000. The overall goal is to create design tools capable of producing an imageable capital city for Chhattisgarh in which regional identity of the state and the democratic ideals of the nation are upheld, and the future aspirations of the new city to play a vital role in the global economy is nurtured. In addition to reinforcing the role of Naya Raipur as a new capital city, the urban design of Naya Raipur promotes sustainable urbanism by combining the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-performance, energy-efficient infrastructure and buildings. All the public areas of the city are designed according to the principles of Universal Design so that people with different abilities will have access to the entire city. This design proposal was presented to the Government of Chattisgarh after a teamwork of Design Accord Consultants and Kaimal Chatterjee & Associates for Consultancy Engineering Services (CES). All the three are New Delhi based firms. A very elaborate and comprehensive study of the state was done to understand the socio economic conditions of the masses. to understand the needs of the people, their daily needs and pattern, age, composition etc. was also studied. Traffic movement and type of traffic was also studied to understand the zoning and facilities to be provided for the local masses.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

  302, Tower A, New Mandarin Plaza, 14 Science Museum Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon
  Hong Kong,   China 
• Authors:
  • Singh, Vipul
• Conference:
  • TRANSED 2010: 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Hong Kong , China
  • Date: 2010-6-1 to 2010-6-4
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 4p
• Monograph Title: TRANSED 2010: 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, June 1-4, 2010

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Cities; City planning; Highway design; Highway traffic; Urban design
• Geographic Terms: India
• Subject Areas: Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01361444
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 2012 7:51AM