The New Town of Gandhinagar was built in the 1960s as the capital of Gujarat state in western India with a spacious, modern character. Over the next four decades, it developed as an administrative center, but due to development restrictions and rigid periphery control, it was not able to effectively respond to regional growth pressures. The objective of Gandhinagar’s Development Plan for 2011 was to transform it from an administrative center into a thriving and economically vibrant community able to accommodate the demands of a rapidly urbanizing economy. This plan marked a departure from the state-led master planning and development based on eminent domain, and adopted a land readjustment mechanism for urban expansion. It applied a place-based approach to preserve the formal character of the capital city, while at the same time transform the quality of its built environment. This paper provides insights into the unique challenges of re-planning a planned New Town, and particularly highlights the opportunities that urban design scenarios provide to planners to meet a variety of planning objectives. A decade later, implementation success has been limited to urban expansion areas with the realization that the legacy of state-led development is not easily overcome without accompanying institutional changes.

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规划新城的独特挑战：甘地那加尔体验

甘地那加尔新城建于 1960 年代，是印度西部古吉拉特邦的首府，拥有宽敞、现代的特色。此后的40年里，它发展成为行政中心，但由于发展限制和刚性外围控制，未能有效应对区域增长压力。Gandhinagar 2011 年发展计划的目标是将其从一个行政中心转变为一个能够满足快速城市化经济需求的繁荣且经济充满活力的社区。该规划背离了国家主导的以征用地为主的总体规划开发，采用了城市扩张的土地调整机制。它采用基于地点的方法来保留首都的正式特征，同时改变其建筑环境的质量。本文提供了对重新规划规划新城的独特挑战的见解，并特别强调了城市设计场景为规划者提供的满足各种规划目标的机会。十年后，实施成功仅限于城市扩张地区，因为人们意识到，如果不伴随制度变革，国家主导发展的遗留问题是不容易克服的。