ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude towards our guides Prof. Vaani Herlekar and Mansi Shah, whose sincerity and support has been a constant source of inspiration. Their experience has been of great help in working on and reviewing each sub-part in this studio and we thank them for their patience and steadfast encouragement to complete this study. They were always available to clarify all our doubts and motivated us to achieve the best. We owe them lots of gratitude for having shown us confidence in this way of research.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Academic dean Prof. P.M. Phatak for having assisted us in this studio and guided us when necessary and also thank Prof. Neha Bhatt and Prof. Rutul Joshi for their valuable comments during the review and sharing insights for the relevance of study. We also thank all the other faculty members who spared time from their busy schedules to guide us whenever required.

We would like to thank Vatsal Patel (Chief town planner), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, as well as Ward officer, Chandkheda (AMC), Arunsingh _ for sparing their time for the interviews and discussions and giving expert opinion which aided us in formulation of proposals.

Our families have been a constant pillar of support and we thank them for always having been there to guide and