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Sidewalks and streets exist for circulation but serve many more purposes. Their meanings are bound up with more than just transportation, as they serve as the main public places of cities. They help maintain the social fabric of the city.

The sidewalk somewhat outline urban space. They are vital element of City Design.

Cities differ from town and suburbs in that they are full of strangers. Thus, feeling safe amongst strangers is an additional task of the streets. As soon as they feel unsafe, people will use them less which only serves to perpetuate the cycle of decay.

This fear is not contained within specific areas of a city, it can be pervasive throughout even the nice, quiet, homogenous neighborhoods.

The public peace, of the streets and sidewalks, is not kept by the police, but by a network of voluntary controls and standards and enforced by the people who hold them. This is not maintained by a thinning out of people–danger of trading the characteristics of cities for suburbs.

Three main qualities of a street apt to handle strangers:

• A clear demarcation of public and private spaces
• Eyes upon the street
• Sidewalks must have continuous users

This task cannot be shifted onto another form of public space, such as a park. But, you can’t make people watch or use streets they have no reason to watch or use.

Requisite for surveillance=substantial quantity of stores and public spaces, used evening and night. Why?

1. Give concrete reasons for using the sidewalks
2. Draw people to spaces that otherwise might not have a use or be traveled
3. Storekeepers and businessmen as proponents of public peace
4. Activity of some people attracts more activity (people watching!)

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MEGHEIS

In 2018, The Government of India, AFD and the European Union launched the City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) program, a challenge process that called on cities around India to submit their proposals of how they would become the country’s next smart cities. Here is a look at the 12 winning projects.

AGARTALA GETS A REFRESHED RIVERFRONT

AMRITSAR TAKES A STEP TOWARDS SMARTER TRAVEL

BHUBANESHWAR REIMAGINES PUBLIC PLACES

HUBBALI-DHARWAD LAUNCHED GOES GREEN

UJJAIN HAS MORE ROOM TO BREATHE

DEHRADUN GETS MORE COMMUTER- AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY

SURAT, FROM WASTELANDS TO BIODIVERSITY HUBS

AMARAVATI REBUILDS THE BASICS

KOCHI ENGAGED IN A DIGITAL HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION

CHENNAI’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS EQUIPPED WITH SMARTER CLASSROOMS

PONDICHERRY WANTS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY

IN VISHAKHAPATNAM, A MODERNIZATION DRIVE FOR MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

selected cities in the CITIIS program would receive a grant of €100 million from AFD as well as €6 million of additional funding from the European Union to mobilise the expertise they required.

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India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and its growth is propelled by its cities. Evidently, Oxford Economics’ Global cities report estimates that 17 of the 20 fastest-growing cities in the world between 2019 and 2035 will be from India. Studies have also shown that Indian cities are likely to contribute to 70% of India’s GDP by 2030. All of these findings are reflected in the exponential rate of urbanization that the country is undergoing. While this is a turn towards great ..

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