TY  - BOOK
AU  - Islam,MdNayeem Al
AU  - Kammeier,Hans Detlef
AU  - Archer,Raymon W.
AU  - Chandra,Sarvesh
ED  - The Canadian International Development Agency  Broad Based Development Program (CIDA-BBDP), 
TI  - Urban development in hill areas of Guwahati City, India: constraints and opportunities
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Bangkok
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - City planning
KW  - India
KW  - Guwahati
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology; Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1986
N2  - The city of Guwahati is facing an acute shortage of land for housing. With the sudden increase in its population, after the shifting of  the capital from Shillong the problem has become serious . Although the  demand for raw land is high most of the hills of the city are still lying  vacant. The hills in the inner city belonging to the public sector have  been occupied illegally by settlers who, while trying to reap the maximum  benefit out of land, resort to indiscriminate cutting for construction  without any engineering background. This has lead to land erosion and  many storm drains in the city get flooded due to heavy siltation.  For proper development of hills special technical measures are to  be adopted and the knowledge of geology and geotechnical engineering helps  in a great way . This study stresses the need for better understanding  of the problems of appropriate hill development for Guwahati and reviews  that various aspects that lead to such developments.  To give a guideline for the future hillside developments a complete  methodology starting from setting up design criteria, analysis of the  hills by sieve map technique, selecting a sample area and then proceeding  to give a design solution as part of a demonstration project are shown in depth
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