Metropolitan Housing Market: A Study of Ahmedabad

Metropolitan Housing Market focuses on understanding local housing market behavior in Indiaùa research area that has so far been largely ignored. This study reflects the basic philosophy of planning education at the School of Planning in Ahmedabad, India. The school's urban planning approach concentrates on the socio-economic aspects of urban planning which differs from the mainstream approach of physical land-use plan preparation. This book examines the housing supply and demand processes within a metropolitan setting. It provides a descriptive account of the nature and changes in the supply of housing by the public and private sectors and the impact of various policies on the supply of housing in the city, as well as providing income and price structuring for owner and renter housing across various income groups. This analysis will provide significant information for local, state and national level housing policy making and will interest scholars and professionals in urban studies, policy studies, and public administration. "The value of the Mehtas' work lies principally in their providing a complete picture of housing supply and demand in a particular place and in providing an intelligent analysis of its components. Overall the work is useful because housing is a principal item of family consumption and a particularly important component of welfare in developing countries. It is also rare for a study of housing to deal concretely and intelligently with both supply and demand in a specific place." --Pacific Affairs