CONTENTS
CHANGE STRATEGIES
STRATEGY
SHORT TERM I MID TERM I LONG TERM
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
IMPACTS SHORT TERM
MID TERM LONG TERM
2. LANDUSE PLANNING
3. SOLID WASTE Density open space, green belts
The heart of the city is very congested and needs some amount of open area. Planners should incorporate green networks
within congested neighborhoods, extensive green lungs within intermediate areas and green belts in the peripheral areas of
the city.
Residenial density
Instead of horizontal spreading of the residenial areas, verical increase should be promoted which can give more movement
and green area. However, this would necessitate changes in land use policy and regulaions. The planning of such areas should
integrate infrastructure and services as well as address concerns of mobility and livability. Essenially, a healthy residenial
development should be encouraged, so as to avoid extremely congested neighborhoods amidst of gated suburban enclaves.
Green building inducing sustainable thermal comfort
For the development of areas the bylaws to incorporate measure towards ‘green’ of ecologically eicient buildings. The drainage lines should have a dual
pipe system so that soiled waste water can be reused for lushing, gardening or other reuse purposes with minor treatments at site.
Rain Water Harvesing system in all large new buildings are being implemented. An annual review system to maintain efeciveness of such RWH structures
needs to be put in place. Also, feasibility of using these storages as a standby before the water crisis period also needs to be explored.
Water bodies and the urban environment
Water bodies improve the general environment and livability of the city. Moreover, they create good micro climaic condiions and make for excellent
public spaces. Exising water bodies can be conserved and developed. In addiion, SMC should undertake development programs like reclamaion of
Tapi bank. Water bodies are being developed as eco-zones for entertainment. Eco-educaion for youth can be made a part of these projects. Since Surat is
Malaria endemic area, ecological vector control measures should be should be integrated in design and management of these structures.
Decentralizaion
New or developing areas can have decentralized treatment units and incenives can be alloted to such units that reduce the load
to STP’s. Moreover decentralized growth would also allow for beter allocaion of infrastructures and resources and alleviate
traic condiions.
Slum free city
There are about 406 slums in the city accommodaing a populaion of about 0.6 million for whom up gradaion schemes which have
been iniiated by SMC. These programs can be strengthened promoted and an acion plan acivated be made towards slum
free city.
Future Development
Appropriate modiicaions to DCR to encourage transit oriented development are necessary. They would include higher FSI along
transit corridors and developing nodes at appropriate locaions.
Decentralized Solid Waste
Decentralized Solid Waste processing system can be adopted into the developing areas which can lead to reducion into the
municipal solid waste management system. For e.g. large hotels and Canteens can adopt either decentralized composing system
or anaerobic degradaion and biogas generaion system.
Waste Segregaion
Waste Segregaion at source should be promoted which can help in segregaing much of reusable and recyclable waste further
reducing the load on disposal faciliies with increasing shortage in available land. Incenives should be given for those units
following the norms and penalies for the ones disobeying them. Awareness generaion at householdcommunity level should be
undertaken.
Coninuous Monitoring
The exising network of solid waste management has proved to be extremely eicient. However, coninuous monitoring of the facility needs to be coninued
for sustained success.
Awareness
The solid waste management is currently working saisfactorily, but hygiene pracices in handling and disposal need further improvement. With increasing
temperatures under climate change scenarios, the decomposiion rate of degradable materials is likely to increase and would require imely handling
and disposal.
4. TRANSPORT Controlling personal vehicles
