Analyzing expectation of landowners from Brownfield TOD project: A case study from MP Nagar, Bhopal

Abstract

Population growth in urban areas induced the demand for housing, job opportunity, and education, thereby stretching the urban boundaries and thus resulting in urban sprawl. Affordable car prices, unsafe pedestrian pathways, and lack of accessibility, people prefer to travel in private vehicles than walking. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is an urban development concept which holds key to sustainable and smart city planning but a major challenge for TOD implementation has been the availability of land. The purpose of this study is to analyze the expectations of landowners of prospective TOD site and establish that the stakeholder and landowner consultation before preparing the plan for TOD areas, is the key to success. The study area is Maharana Pratap (M.P). Nagar, a commercial hub in the city of Bhopal, India. The mixed research methodology approach is adopted to extract the opinion of shop / land owners and people visiting the area, through survey questionnaires. The methods used in the analysis are the Chi-square test of association and regression analysis. Chi-square result outcome was not significant as there is no association between ownership and moe choice opted by them. Regression model includes Landscaped and Safe Street Network (LSSN), Quality of Living (QoL), Pedestrian and Cycling Pathway (PCP), and Trip Time for the workplace (TT_WP) best predictors for opting TOD by participants. Research result indicates that people are motivated to walk if provided with safe pedestrian movement along with landscaping and effective urban design of the area, and are willing to opt for TOD based development if these conditions are met. The research will help policymakers and researchers to build a land development model integrating transit and land parcels, based upon stakeholders expectations.