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CASE STUDIES
open spaces to be utilized by when he was commissioned IDENTIFYING THE
people for various activities. to design the campus of UC, POTENTIALITIES OF
The geographical settings- Berkeley, where he created a GREENWAYS IN THE
a river, a network of lakes, greenway linking the college INDIAN CONTEXT
an important geological of California to the Oakland
formation, a coast, or a city, which was called the Undoubtedly, we will find
mountainous topography – most of the Indian cities
give unique character to the Park and Piedmont Way situated near an existing
places and opportunities to plan. This was one of the natural system for their
tap resources from vantage first boulevards that was water resource. Either they
points that are the focal intentionally designed. From are existing networks of
points around which city here on, this concept evolved storm water streams which
develops. With growth and through various projects of eventually meet the larger
expansion, cities. Loose larger scales which created river downstream like in
original characters and the a network of park systems Delhi, Kochi etc., or the
relationship of the core / which were vehicle-free ways natural topography has led
old areas to their geography for movement and connected to a series of interlinked
diminishes. Moreover, the various neighbourhoods of water reservoirs to serve the
overcrowding, densification, the city. As a result, what it city eg. Bengaluru, Bhopal
and renovations in the or Udaipur. Sometimes, it
older areas of a city dilute gave back to the city was a is the combination of both
the relation of the city to its series of quality open spaces at systems. One important
surroundings. When a city neighbourhood level which in character of these systems is
loses its connection to the turn connected to larger green that it commutes from one
local geographical features areas of the cities. pedestrian/ end to another end of the
and gets moulded by new bicycle friendly pathways for city and forms a continuous
construction tools, invariably communicating across the uninterrupted network.
it dilutes its connection to city and an uninterrupted Another important, but a man-
the existing natural systems. ecological corridor for made system that provides
This in turn takes the city movement of flora and fauna. such an uninterrupted
away from its potential open network, is infrastructural
spaces and networks which Looking at the studies of corridors, like railway lines,
otherwise would have added greenway systems and service lanes, etc., which
value to the city life. examples of their applications can also be looked at with a
Taking off from the idea in inner city cores, this paper new lens. Identifying these
networks and integrating
of ‘greenway systems’ focuses on application of this them with the Master Plans
was first demonstrated by concept in the Indian context of the cities, can open various
Sir F.L Olmstead in 1860, as a tool for Urban renewal ways to utilize these spaces
who recognized the great to add quality open spaces in a positive manner without
potential of the linear green into core areas of the city of altering their operational
space, which would provide Belgaum, Karnataka. The functionality.
continuous links between study will also look at various
city parks while extending examples as case studies Case Study Summary: Delhi
its benefits in neighbourhood across India and the world to Delhi, the capital of India,
areas. This idea was initialized strengthen the proposal. as it is laid today, is an
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