Existing Landuse plan of Rajkot(2018)

Landuse Patterns

Residential Land Use

There is considerable variation in residential typologies depending upon the area consumption, density, design of the building, height of the building, age of the structure, etc. Residential development on the west side includes high rises, low rise low density bungalows and low rise multifamily tenements. city, slums are located in central part of the city.More than half of total developed area is in under residential use is under RMC and RUDA includes Gamtal

Commercial Landuse

Rajkot has variety of commercial typologies like-

01 Small Scale Commercial, such as shops or small stores,

02 Medium Scale Commercial, such as shopping centers or commercial strips ,and 03 Large Scale Commercial, such as malls with retails stores, theatres, entertainment centers etc.

A majority of commercial uses in Rajkot fall under Mixed Commercial which includes the Small Scale Commercial uses and Medium Scale shopping centers. Walled City are also characterized by rows of mixed small scale shops along main streets.

Industrial Land Use

Majority of manufacturing industries are located on the south and western side along the state highway such as kalavad road, Gondal road and Ahmedabad road..There are two GIDC within RMC boundary i.e. Aji and Bhaktinagar and one in RUDA boundary i.e. Metoda towards Kalavad.

Gardens, Parks and Open Spaces and Public Amenities and Utilities

Credits: Development plan studio 2018

Race Course, Aji dam, nyari dam, Parduman Park, Lalpari lake, Iswariya park are the examples of the city level open spaces whereas small parks and gardens, urban greens developed by RMC as are the neighborhood level open spaces.