Demarcation of central business district of an indian city: a case study of Sloapur city
Is there any impact of extension of city limit on the market centers?
METHODOLOGY
The first hand data was collected by field survey method. Number of shops and institutes were noted along each road in the market areas during the fieldwork.The second hand data has been collected through the census 2002 gazetteer of the Solapur district. Various department of Solapur Municipal Corporation helped in collecting information regarding land records, revenue etc. Information was also collected from town planning department of Zillah Parishad Solapur. The maps prepared by Solapur Municipal Corporation were made available for the study purpose by the Town Planning department.The collected data was compiled in tabular form to prepare diagrams and it was further used for statistical analysis. Maps were prepared with the help of the collected information. The results of statistical analysis have been interpreted and concluded.
Definition and Importance:
Central Business District is a part of city is unique in its specialized land use & distinctive functions and is thus different from all other part of city. A term Central Business District originally and American term the heart of the city, i.e. Downtown. Presently it is commonly used in human geography to describe the nucleus of the urban area, which acts as focus of its commercial, social and civic life?. Central Business District is also known as central traffic District, Central commercial District , Downtown Business District , Hardcore , and commercial core. In Britain this has been named as central area. In India a term Central Business District is generally accepted and commonly used by geographers.
According to Dickinson, “The combination of high land value and obsolescent building ripe for demolition accounts for the dingy looking zone of deterioration, the surrounds the Business center of almost every city .
According to Harris and Ullman, “The Central Business District is the focus of commercial, social and civic life and of transportation in its Downtown retail district with its department stores smart shops of office building, club, bank, hotel, theater, museum and organizational headquarters
Here one finds the greatest concentration of offices and retail stores reflected in the cities highest land value and its tallest buildings .
CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
The Central Business District is very important zone with in an urban settlement and it has a number of distinctive characteristics.
Non residential land use within the core area. Major departmental and variety stores. A great range of specialized shops. Head offices and branches offices of large commercial organization. Financial institutions, banks, etc. Administrative offices. Ancillary services such as insurance , accounting, legal work, etc. entertainment Hotel, restaurant and cafes. Most of these activities need to attract as many customs as possible in order to retain. Economic viability and there benefit from there central location within the urban area. Most of the activities are found within the Central Business District benefit from close proximity to one another. (Mutual segmentations) The Central Business District is the most accessible zone in the urban area. The Central Business District draws worker and customers of all socio economic classes from urban area as well as adjoining rural areas. The Central Business District is the area of highest land values within the city. The center of Central Business District is known as the Peak Land Value Intersection.(PLVI) Central Business District results in buildings that are not only tall but also multifunctional, ground floor are normally occupied by shops. In Central Business District there is an obvious absence of the residential population. Non western countries are however an expectation to these characteristics for there is substantial residential population so called Central Business District. Manufacturing is of limited importance in Central Business District. The size of extent of the Central Business District varies from one city to another city. The Central Business District is not a static feature. It is a dynamic. It is constantly changing in morphology, structure shapes and size in social patterns to meet changing economic conditions. The location shifts of a Central Business District can be seen through the identification of zone of assimilation and zone of discard. The heavy conjunction high incidence of atmosphere pollution at the city center has adversely affected land values.
DELIMITATIONS OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
The Central Business District is