B IN U COM Building Inclusive Urban Communities CITY RÉSUMÉ AHMEDABAD Darshini Mahadevia, Neha Bhatia, Renu Desai – 2018 CITY RÉSUMÉ AHMEDABAD Darshini Mahadevia, Neha Bhatia, Renu Desai – 2018 Funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of its content. The Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be made, of the information contained herein. The authors are solely responsible for the views expressed in this work and the accuracy of its findings. The work does not necessarily represent the views of or confer liability on the Centre for Urban Equity. © Centre for Urban Equity (CUE). Language Editor: Nalini Ramachandran This work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Contact: Centre for Urban Equity (CUE) CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India Email:
[email protected] Website: www.cept.ac.in/cue Suggested Reference: Mahadevia, Darshini / Bhatia, Neha / Desai, Renu (2018) City Résumé: Ahmedabad. Report prepared for the Building Inclusive Urban Communities (BInUCom) project, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union: http://moodle.donau-uni.ac.at/binucom/ 2 CITY RÉSUMÉ AHMEDABAD ABSTRACT This City Résumé profiles Ahmedabad, the sev- enth-largest metropolis in India and the largest city in Gujarat, to develop a background understanding of the city for the research project, Building Inclusive Urban Communities (BInUCom). The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of Ahmedabad’s development over time, with a focus on the urban poor and marginalised communities and their housing.