• Dr.Prashanti Rao

Presently in most of the Indian cities, there are two major concerns, one is the rising population which developed the housing demand and another is a hasty urbanization. These concerns are directly impacting the urban land parcel availability and per capita green space of the city. For unplanned growth and urbanization, government policies for housing finances are also responsible, which provided encouragement for the growth of real estate sector. The Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation guidelines 2014, suggest that 50-60% of land use must be under residential use. The Housing Start up Index, developed by Reserve Bank of India, highlighted the role of Real estate sector in construction of the Gated Residential Communities, which reveals that it constitute the major share when compared to other types of residential Communities. In today’s perspective, the location of gated residential communities at periphery area in Indian scenario itself is a greater challenge in terms of safety-security and access to city level green spaces to avail the benefits. Which in turn means that, the population accommodated in gated communities need to depend upon its available green spaces due to lack of access to city level green spaces. Theoretically, on one hand, varied school of thought describes the gated residential communities as socially unsustainable due to boundaries and limited accessibility to the amenities. Whereas, on other hand, past models indicates the qualitative-quantitative green space as sustainability indicator for residential communities. Hence this paper is an attempt to evaluate sustenance of the residential communities for present context, by examining the theoretical construct of the past models pertaining to green space as well as present criteria of provision of green spaces. To understand this dynamism of green space, case studies of gated residential communities of Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh, categorized as per density are examined and evaluated. The results shows that theoretical construct needed to be reframe in terms of accessibility i.e. along with physical accessibility , the role of visual accessibility for green spaces also shows a strong impact in sustenance of the gated residential community by enhancing livability conditions.

Gated Residential Communities, Green Space, Models and theories, Sustenance, Accessibility

"Assessing Past Models and Theories Related To Green Space Use for Sustenance of Gated Residential Communities ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.932-940, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906U26.pdf

"Assessing Past Models and Theories Related To Green Space Use for Sustenance of Gated Residential Communities ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp932-940, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906U26.pdf