Comparative Evaluation of Integrated Townships

Civil Engineering

An Integrated Township is a self sustainable township to provide Amenities and Facilities (Residential, Commercial, Recreational, Public etc) required by a fully groomed Township. Integrated Townships can be defined as "Housing schemes in public-private partnership to provide affordable housing to various sections of the society in urban areas of the State". An integrated township is a self sustainable township mainly initiated by private developers in order to provide, in advance, the amenities and facilities (residential, commercial, recreational, public etc) required by a fully groomed Township. The FDI in the same sector have paved way to the entry of multinational companies in the local real estate business scenario making the competition tough and very competitive. For a lot of metropolitan cities today which are facing chaotic situations due to various problems, few of them like the growing population, migration of people from rural to urban areas, increasing housing demand inadequate infrastructure of the city etc and much such problems-integrated township development is the need of the day. The purpose of the study is to research the development of an integrated township and to analyze its pros and cons. The first chapter gives an introduction to the topic and talks about the reasons of the study. The second chapter gives an insight into the factors of urbanization and its influence on housing conditions. Followed by the overall view of the real estate scenario as prevailing in India and deals with some of the issues, which affects the whole business scenario along with the real estate market of Pune. An integrated township can't be seen in the isolation of the current real estate scenario. The following chapters deal with the laws and regulations and the need of an integrated township in Pune. The next will be the case studies which give an insight for the research as regards the scope and also its implications on the urban conglomeration. Finally based on the analysis and evaluation of the case studies, guidelines have been recommended for development of integrated townships followed by our conclusions

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