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Identification of Resilience Attributes for Hospital Building Design in Case of Natural Disasters: A Systematic Review
Abstract: Objective: The resilience of hospital buildings is measured in terms of hospital functionality against natural disasters. While adequate provisions are available to assess the structural safety of buildings there is a gap in assessing the functional performance of hospitals in case of patient influx. This paper presents academic literature on the resilience assessment of hospital building design. It also enlists the qualitative attributes of resilient design, planning and management for …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 1–12 Read article
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Understanding Flood Resilience in Urban Context-A Case of Chennai City, India
Abstract: In recent times, incessant and torrential rainfall has brought devastating floods to many cities in India which resulted in disastrous effect on the inhabitants and damage to the infrastructure. The massive scale of anthropogenic interventions has contributed to changes in climate extremes, global sea level rise etc. In addition to poor urban planning, constructions of illegal, unregulated substandard informal settlements in low lying areas (prone to flooding) are the main …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 32–48 Read article
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Hospital-Like Care within home for all Ages and Abilities
Abstract: Home is a place of comfort and freedom of expression, movement and existence. For a medically unfit person, home is also a place of solace, healing and recuperation. When it comes to designing a space for a person with disability or limitation owing to age or ill-health, parameters which need consideration are adaptability, safety and simplicity. Patients with chronic conditions requiring long- term care, desire to live a life of …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–4 Read article
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City Identity—The Curious Case of Muscat
Abstract: Identity of cities references a multi-sensory experience of the urban space, across tangible and intangible elements, involving building, history and memories. It is also spread across scale - local, city, national and regional. It develops over time and is influenced by several factors. The easiest way to identify the identity of a city is through its buildings, or architecture. Buildings, in turn, represent the legacy and culture of a place. …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 29–41 Read article
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Socio-economic Impact of Land Acquisition Act on Tribal House-hold of Jajpur District, Orissa
Abstract: The impact assessment of a newly planned development on socially marginalized sections of people is a rare phenomenon. In the current land acquisition practice for large scale development, the impact assessments carried out are confined to the economic viability, whereas the social aspect is understated. Realisation of such lacunae in land acquisition processes becomes evident only when the people start protesting. In this study, the impact of land acquisition in …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Chandigarh: Probing New Urbanism
Abstract: This paper discusses Chandigarh which is one of the best examples of town planning not only in India after independence but also in the world. Chandigarh was designed as the capital of Punjab after independence subsequent to partition in 1947 by CIAM proponent Le Corbusier. The paper examines the neighbourhood planning of Chandigarh in context of principles of New Urbanism. New Urbanism was an urban design movement started in early …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 27–45 Read article
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Assessing Housing and Liveability in Northeast India
Abstract: Data are just mere numbers if we look at them in isolation. A number of data are perceived or presented as either good or bad if the focus is on only one state. One of the commonly used measure of data analysis is ranking which is sorting of data for a more holistic assessment. Ranking helps in influencing and prioritizing decision making. Northeast India apart from being considered a high …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 27–32 Read article
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Influence of Migration on Traditional Houses of Kerala
Abstract: Originally people of Kerala (Nairs) were Kshatriyas who fought on behalf of different local rulers and British. After independence due to unavailability of job opportunities locally, people migrated to other countries in search of living. Initially they had migrated to different states within the country later on to other countries depending on their skill level. Kerala state is known for its people migrating abroad looking for better job opportunities. As …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 55–60 Read article
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IMPORTANCE OF BIM IN URBAN PERSPECTIVE
Abstract: With the growing urbanization and migration of people, cities get expanded for future development. Usually, the nearby towns or villages become a part of the city, and this is where the problem arises. The towns or villages being planned as per their own evolution, now subjected to newer guidelines and development, causing unregulated development. The proposed master plan for any city provides a set of guidelines and a conceptual layout …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 53–59 Read article
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Analysing the Present Rental Housing Situation for the Migrant Workforce in Delhi
Abstract: Delhi’s economy is highly dependent on migrants comprising about 50% share of the total population growth concentrated in the national capital as estimated by the Master Plan, 2021. In the year 2020, with the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic and a series of lockdowns in the country, the migrant workforce who lived in rented houses mostly in urban villages, slums, unauthorized colonies, peri-urban areas, etc. were forced to travel back …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 18–33 Read article
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Landscape Design to Control Climatic and Energy Conservation Changes
Abstract: Structures expend critical expansive measure of vitality for cooling, warming, ventilation and lighting in structures to make alluring warm solace conditions. Expanding utilization of vitality has prompted to natural contamination bringing about an unnatural weather change and ozone layer exhaustion and hence having environmental change. Henceforth to lessen the discharge of nursery gasses, brought about by fossil energizes to control the operational vitality necessity of the structures has empowered the …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 32–38 Read article
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Vertical Landscaping – A Tool for Sustainable Tall Buildings in Tropical Climates
Abstract: With rapid urbanization there has been an ever increasing demand for office and housing space in cities, resulting in taller building typologies. The large concentration of development in urban centers causes an imbalance to the ecology of the place as it replaces vast quantities of natural reserve and vegetation. In recent decades, this has triggered many environmental issues, the city has become more aware and urban planners are willing to …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 29–37 Read article
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Identification of Ecological Open Spaces of Urban Areas for Smart City Development: A Case of Jabalpur City in Madhya Pradesh in India
Abstract: The birth of a human habitation starts from an idea of shelter in a natural place which satisfies the parameter of food, water and security. These centers in course of time expand and utilize the neighborhood resources for land, minerals, forests, water from ground and surface water bodies, etc. thereby depleting the original values and in the process ending all vital open spaces which were once the cause of genesis. …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 23–32 Read article
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Innovations in Landscape Architecture and Urban Designing
Abstract: Urbanization has become a worldwide phenomenon after the second half of the last century. Today more than half of the world population lives in urban environments. According to the World Bank data, 51% percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas as of 2010 (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.U RB.TOTL.IN.ZS/countries/1W?display=gr aph). Urbanization is a complex and multidimensional concept with its spatial, ecological, economic, social and cultural aspects. While urbanization is widely accepted as …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 1–15 Read article
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A Review on Methods of Classification and Delineation of Riparian Zones
Abstract: Riparian ecosystems are effective systems between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and show the conversional zone between two adjacent ecosystems with well-describe vegetation and soil characteristics. They are vital elements of watersheds, primarily due to their protection of surface and ground water quality from impacts related to human land use. The vegetated buffers are complicated ecosystems that gives food and habitat for individual plant and animal species, and are crucial to …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 16–41 Read article
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Canal Front Regeneration as Sustainable Approach: Bist Doab Canal
Abstract: People are drawn to water. Human interaction with water is prime feature that calls for canal front development. People have a strong desire to feel it, reach it; and thus it becomes very important that approach to water should be given, public space production along the canal shore should be primary purpose. The impact of public spaces on a canalfront can be seen in particular area’s development in economy, people’s …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 35–44 Read article
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Significance of Cultural Landscaping: How Tangible Cultural Aspects Defines Our Legacy
Abstract: The goal of the current paper is to express significance of cultural landscapes though the regional identity of a place. How these landscapes which are cultural in nature become the legacy for a particular community. Indian history is rich in such landscapes and with every successor the relationship of man with the landscape evolved. Moreover such cultural resources and wildlife therein are associated with various historical events exhibiting its cultural, …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 45–48 Read article
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Intentional Unsustainability in Waterfront Regeneration: A Case Study of Sabarmati Riverfront Ahmedabad
Abstract: Indian urban riverfronts have largely been neglected and have lost both on ecological and urban aspects. Large tracts of riverfront lands are often encroached, both illegally and quasi-legally, and essential flood plains have been destroyed. Against this background, the development of the Sabarmati riverfront was an opportunity to reenergize Ahmedabad and unfortunately became a pilot project for other cities. The project reclaims about 200 hectares of land and creates around …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Artificial Geography: A Result of City Development Process and Expansion
Abstract: Place promotion or city marketing is an industry that has developed around the deliberate manipulation of natural system of urban areas to promote economic development leading to an artificial urban geography. Cities closer to water edge have been exploiting the natural edge beyond repair. These artificial geographies have become a new dimension in defining a city. Cities have negotiated these. Most of these negotiations happen through a natural process of …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 33–37 Read article
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Recreating Mughal Garden in a Contemporary Park: Case study Sundar Nursery, New Delhi
Abstract: The research on Islamic gardens spans across a huge panorama of examples starting from the inception to the climax of designed gardens such as the famous gardens of the Alhambara in Spain and the Taj Mahal at Agra. Where most volumes of research address the architecture and the ‘paradise symbolism’. Addressing gardens of the Islamic world as ‘paradise gardens’ is a complete misnomer rather a narrow way of looking at …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 21–32 Read article