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Social Infrastructure Existing Situation (Issues and Problems) and Data Analysis
Social Infrastructure Existing Situation (Issues and Problems) and Data Analysis
Social Infrastructure Existing Situation (Issues and Problems) and Data Analysis
Review of Riverfront Development Practically all large cities riverfront plans has provided an opportunity to make
are located on oceanfronts or lie next to navigable rivers. special recommendations for the improvement of the
Rivers have always served as guides of explorers, pioneers riverfront by the creation of public open spaces. In the
and travelers. They were the natural highways of all civilized future, these spaces may serve as an urban open-space
nations. The early settlements were directly linked to the resource, and in time new activities may develop to attract
accessibility of navigable water as it was the primary source people to the riverfront. IMPHAL: A Rs 97-crore project for the rejuvenation
of transportation.
and conservation of the Nambul river in Imphal was
Ecological Conservation and Open-Space Buffer Zone For open spaces
along the river, a buffer zone should include design and development launched by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on
Existing Problems techniques that will provide and enhance the following: provision of Saturday.
1. Lack of image and focal theme has not helped the ecosystem services, ecological restoration, conservation and
core city to realize its potential. improvement of biodiversity, increased habitat corridor potential,
The project aims to control river pollution by treating
2. The binodal, unequally balanced downtown, improved public trail access, open-space amenities, and environmental urban waste present in the water by using the latest
bisected by the Des Moines river, lacks sufficient education
linkages required to create a cohesive core area available technology
3. The quality of existing riverfront lacks
competitiveness with newer developments.
4. The riverfront is underdeveloped, and use of the
river for active and passive uses is generally
limited, particularly near the core.
5. Parking facilities are fragmented and
inappropriately located along the riverfront.
6. Too many vacant, old and neglected buildings are
on the east side of the nver.
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Development Scheme 1: Social Infrastructure JYOTSANA CHOUDHARY