Dr. Karteek Guturu

Floor Space Index, Liveability in Urban areas, Sustainable Urban Design, Infill and redevelopment

Figure ground studies, Urban areas 3D mapping, Statistical correlation methods like T-Test, Multiple regression analysis

Floor Space Index and Liveability of residential neighborhoods: Establishing linkages for retrofitting

"The research synthesizes the aspects of Liveability and dwells upon how the parameters help to moderate and play instrumental role in a certain kind of experience by the residents. The research undertaken helps in devising or retrofitting FSI in existing areas as demonstrated, to enhance Liveability, particularly for residential neighborhoods. However, this conclusion is significant enough as ward level FSI’s in small and medium towns in India, predominantly low rise, do not still have permissions beyond FSI of 1.75 or 2 in general. If FSI is relaxed up to 3 or height restrictions are relaxed to arrive at an effective FSI of 3 as per abutting road widths, there can be no adverse implications. Higher FSI upto 3 can actually bring up Liveability and prospects of higher revenues for Urban Local Bodies."

"The methodology structured in this research can also support exercises that can find correlations between different parameters as elaborated in different contexts. The approach is devised to assess the case areas that were low rise, but the same research methodology can be adopted for various cities across India with varying levels of densities, variation in heights and varying values of FSI. The qualitative parameters can be broadened depending upon the context, location and societal structure of a city. The bottom-up approach as explained in the research can lead to Micro Indexing of Indian cities for Liveability which can be the scope for further research in the Indian context."