MASTERS' THESES ( A&P): Recent submissions

  • ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN INDIA 
    T., Oommen (1974)
    Any educational system should be an inherent product of the, society reflecting the dominant themes of the culture. A system of education which Is not attuned to the ways and needs of the society had only bleak chances of ...
  • VIABILITY OF THE CONCEPT OF "CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT" IN INDIA 
    Janeja, Suhasini; Gadgil, Suhasini (1973)
    Market' and 'Marketing' are, perhaps, as old a phenomenon as 'Civilization' itself. Apparently, the Emily settlers who evoked the initial germs of civiliza-tion would have felt the need of exchange of goods and services, ...
  • CANTONMENT PLANNING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LANDUSE CORELATIONS IN INDIAN CONTEXT 
    Janeja, Capt. B. K. (1973)
    The dictionary meaning of the word "Cantonment" is 'lodging of troopst,1 but in India it is referred as a permanent military station . Cantonment planning has been definedlto be planning of a city or town with mili.. tary ...
  • PLANNING CRITERIA FOR AUDIO-VISUAL FACILITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE. TO CINEMA AUDITORIUM 
    Khante, M. N. (1972)
    Audio.ivisual facility is one of the most important tool of communication* which is an art of transmitting the information, ideas and attitudes from person to peroon, by seeing and hearing simultaneously. It io playing the ...
  • SHAPE AND GEOMETRY OF ORISSAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE 
    Mishra, Partha Sarathi (2012)
    This dissertation focuses on the study of the Orissan Hindu Temple. There has been done a lot of research in Orissan Hindu Temple Architecture, Still many aspects of this subject are unexplored. This study has attempted ...
  • ENERGY EFFICIENT RETROFIT OPTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS IN INDIA 
    De, Bhaskar (2012)
    Considering present day energy crisis and rising fuel prices, it can be predicted that in near future several existing buildings would outrun its working life span and be considered as wasteful and uneconomic to maintain ...
  • ADAPTIVE REUSE OF POL HOUSES IN AHMEDABAD 
    Kaur, Amanjeet (2012)
    The old walled city of Ahmedabad with its bustling narrow lanes, intermingling pols, community announcement boards, the bird feeders, the timeless darwajas (city-gates), temples, Indo-Islamic monuments, day markets ...
  • REGENERATION PLAN FOR WALLED CITY OF AMRITSAR 
    Preet, Vimal (2012)
    Cities are like living organisms, and they require constant maintenance and development for their healthy growth, without which, city functions fail and they decay with time. Changes in functioning have to be adopted at ...
  • PLANNING FOR OPTIMUM GOVERNANCE FOR BHAGALPUR DISTRICT, BIHAR STATE 
    Singh, Shivendu Shekhar (2012)
    People live in strangely paradoxical antediluvian times with regard to issues of governance. The aroused identities, technological change, process of globalization, make the governance itself a fairly complex issue. ...
  • PLANNING FOR OPTIMUM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN PATNA CITY, BIHAR STATE 
    Saurabh, Anand (2012)
    Introduction Traffic problems are increasing in the cities and the situation is becoming complex especially in core areas of the city. It is projected that India's urban population would, grow to about 473 million in 2o21 ...
  • GUIDELINES FOR REJUVENATION OF TRADITONAL MARKETPLACES IN INDIAN CITIES 
    Sarkar, Jaideep (2012)
    Traditional marketplaces are fast losing their glory in this modern urban world, where shopping malls are propping up every day. With the rising stress on them, traditional marketplaces are finding it hard to survive the ...
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY VERTICAL URBANISM 
    Singh, Kanika (2012)
    India like any other country is crippled by so many problems everyday like traffic congestion, Land acquisition, population pressure etc. India accounts 2.4 % of the world's surface and ac-commodates 16.7 % world's population ...
  • STUDY OF SUSTAINABILITY IN TRADITIONAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL TRAVANCORE 
    Abraham, Liya Rachel (2012)
    The study of sustainability of houses built 100 years back, to derive some useful guidelines of how to maintain a sustainable building construction and maintenance as far as residences of central Travancore region is ...
  • SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF AHMEDABAD BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM 
    Sharadchandra, Rawal Tejas (2012)
    The research examines the impacts in terms of sustainability from a transport development project, taking the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Ahmedabad as the case study. The principal focus therefore is on the service ...
  • COMMUNITY BASED REDEVELOPMENT OF CHITAR OLI, MAHAL, NAGPUR 
    Punwatkar, Snehal H. (2012)
    Nagpur, the orange city of Maharashtra is also the largest city in central India. Nagpur UA is the 13th largest urban conglomeration in India. In addition to being the seat of annual winter session of Maharashtra state ...
  • URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR BIOPHILIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN A HILL TOWN 
    Mallick, Somnath (2012)
    Forever mankind has co-evolved with nature, relying on each other, hand in hand, an innate relationship where not only does he receives but also gives and forms a part of a loop that results in civilization. Unfortunately, ...
  • DESIGN CRITERIA FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SHOPPING MALL IN INDIA 
    Singh, Vandana (2012)
    There has been an increased demand of energy due to the pressing needs of heating and cooling of the buildings in the recent years. But with growing concerns over global warming - and ' climate change, more building ...
  • PLANNING FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF JAIPUR CITY, RAJASTHAN STATE 
    Suthar, Ganpat Lal (2012)
    Solid waste management is one among the basic essential services provided by municipal authorities in the country to keep urban centers clean. However, it is among the most poorly rendered services in.the basket—the systems ...
  • PLANNING COMPACT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CASE: PUNE, PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD 
    Rajendra, Marathe Manas (2012)
    There is a growing concern amongst people all over the world about increasing urban sprawl, decreased open spaces within the city, traffic, congestion and rapid depletion of natural resources. The roots of these problems ...
  • ASSESSMENT OF FOUR LANING OF E-W CORRIDOR BETWEEN DARBHANGA & MUZAFFARPUR 
    Kumar, Binit (2012)
    IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM After the four laning of highways under NHDP, the vehicular movement on it has increased tremendously and hence, the number of people on the highway. More people onhighway mean more potential of ...