CITIZEN PARTICIPATION & COMMUNITY COHESION THE …

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION & COMMUNITY COHESION

THE LAJPAT NAGAR BAZAAR:Community and Citizen role for ……

COUNTER-TERROR & WOMEN’S SECURITY

ICA Conference at CANCUN : AUGUST 2019

Dr. MANJARI KHANNA KAPOOR

President- ABS India, New Delhi

Practising Architect & Academician

Ms. JANHABI SETH

Architectural student of SPA, New Delhi

Member ABS India

Mr. DEVKINANDAN SHARMA

Architectural student of SPA, New Delhi

Treasurer & Member ABS India

Copyright © 2017 [MANJARI KHANNA]. All Rights Reserved.

BAZAARWhat is a bazaar?

● Indian word for a ‘Market’ or Market Place

belonging to both the Hindi and the Urdu languages.

● Generally a combination of built formal market places and open air public areas including informal shopping.

● Maybe planned or organically developed or both.

LAJPAT NAGAR 1 SUCH BAZAAR

● Located in South Delhi● Planned and Developed in 1950s

● Named after a Freedom Fighter

The original market area was the quadrangle …. As shown above Commercial blocks 4 storeyed on the periphery with 2 to 3 storeyed market arranged around parks

LAJPAT NAGAR 1 SUCH BAZAAR

WHY LAJPAT NAGAR ?WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL -1

One of the most popular Shopping destinations of Delhi

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Footfall averages per hour Women Men

Footfall average of 24 persons per minute at just 1 of the gates

Total footfall in excess of a lakh ….. On average days Excess of 2 lakhs ………………during festivals & holidays

Gender ratio

Women Men

Also average footfallsRatio of Female to Male

64.4% Women 35.6 % Men

Market very popular with WOMEN

Why?Is it more secure?

Do they feel more secure?

MAIN AUTHORS

Janhabi Seth Devkinandan SharmaDr.Manjari Khanna

BROAD FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS

UNBIASED RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY FOLLOWED

ABSI FORMULATED A RESEARCH TEAM as mentioned aboveThis team formulated the structure and content

Further to eliminate personal BIASIndividual notionsand for comprehensive DATA collection.

The research was undertaken as part of a 3day Workshop by Students of Architecture, New Delhi

CPTED AUDITRESEARCH WORKSHOP

• For

corroboration

of findings

• To make the

Research

Unbiased

Application

based exercise :

3 DAY WORKSHOP