Cities are always expanding. It can be said that city is an expansion of one village, that may or may not have covered several other adjacent villages under its reign and now it is functioning as one big city. Cities are never saturated, that is why they are always expanding their city limits further.
To understand the evolution, transformation & saturation of Ahmedabad city, one square kilometer area was studied in depth. This one square kilometer lies in the north-western part of Ahmedabad - GHATLODIYA, 4.5 kms from CEPT. This is the main area of the Ghatlodiya neighborhood having the old gamtal settlements in the center of the precinct having a dense fabric of low-rise to mid-rise built forms. The precinct has some part of Green belt. Ghatlodiya’s development shows failure of this Green belt, as it is the development beyond the limits of green belt. The resilience capacity of the neighborhood may become beneficial for the new opportunities coming in the precinct.
