What kind of city is chandigarh?

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The City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states

Plan and architecture
Taking over from Albert Mayer, Le Corbusier produced a plan for Chandigarh that conformed to the modernist city planning principles of CIAM, in terms of division of urban functions, an anthropomorphic plan form, and a hierarchy of road and pedestrian networks.

This vision of Chandigarh, contained in the innumerable conceptual maps on the drawing board together with notes and sketches had to be translated into brick and mortar. Le Corbusier retained many of the seminal ideas of Mayer and Nowicki, like the basic framework of the master plan and its components: the Capitol, City Centre, besides the University, Industrial area, and linear parkland. Even the neighbourhood unit was retained as the basic module of planning. However, the curving outline of Mayer and Nowicki was reorganised into a mesh of rectangles, and the buildings were characterised by an 'honesty of materials'. Exposed brick and boulder stone masonry in its rough form produced unfinished concrete surfaces, in geometrical structures. This became the architecture form characteristic of Chandigarh, set amidst landscaped gardens and parks.

Chandigarh is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in India. Roundabouts like this one can be found throughout the city.The initial plan had two phases: the first for a population of 150,000 and the second taking the total population to 500,000. Le Corbusier divided the city into units called 'sectors', each representing a theoretically self-sufficient entity with space for living, working and leisure. The sectors were linked to each other by a road and path network developed along the line of the 7 Vs, or a hierarchy of seven types of circulation patterns. At the highest point in this network was the V1, the highways connecting the city to others, and at the lowest were the V7s, the streets leading to individual houses. Later a V8 was added: cycle and pedestrian paths.

The city plan is laid down in a grid pattern. Divided into identical looking sectors, each sector measures 800 m x 1200 m. The sectors were to act as self-sufficient neighborhoods, each with its own market, places of worship, schools and colleges - all within 10 minutes walking distance from within the sector. The original two phases of the plan delineated sectors from 1 to 47, with the exception of 13.

The city was to be surrounded by a 16 kilometer wide greenbelt that was to ensure that no development could take place in the immediate vicinity of the town, thus checking suburbs and urban sprawl.

elle

it is a city in india. In English "City Beautiful"
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http://chandigarh.nic.in/

brainless

Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru, was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier. Picturesquely located at the foothills of Shivaliks, it is known as one of the best experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the twentieth century in India.

Chandigarh derives its name from the temple of "Chandi Mandir" located in the vicinity of the site selected for the city. The deity 'Chandi', the goddess of power and a fort of 'garh' laying beyond the temple gave the city its name "Chandigarh-The City Beautiful".

The city has a pre-historic past. The gently sloping plains on which modern Chandigarh exists, was in the ancient past, a wide lake ringed by a marsh. The fossil remains found at the site indicate a large variety of aquatic and amphibian life, which was supported by that environment. About 8000 years ago the area was also known to be a home to the Harappans.
Area 114 sq kms
Longitude 760 47' 14E
Latitude 300 44' 14N
Altitude 304-365 meters above MSL
Annual Rainfall (average) 1110.7 mm
Monsoon July-September
Temperature Winter (Nov.-Jan, 2005) 30C-140C
Summer (April-July, 2004) 310C-440C
Prevalent Winds From the North West to South East in Winter and reverse in Summer
Total Population (2001 census) 9,00,635 (Rural population-92120 (10.2%)
(Urban population-808515 (89.8%)
Density of population/sq. km. 7,900
Birth Rate (per 1000) 21.95
Death Rate (per 1000) 9.37
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000) 33.14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 777
Decennial Population Growth 40.33%
Literacy Rate 81.9%

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Eesha D

Chandigarh, The City Beautiful, is a place that truly stands to prove itself to be very beautiful, as the name suggest. Its so well planned, great smooth roads, markets ranging from very expensive to very cheap products, academically popular and has very helping people. Climate is fine, though its quite hot in summers but not hot as other places. Not to forget the famous Rock Garden and Rose Garden. the best part is that its industrial development has not deteriorated its natural beautiful. There are lots of trees along the road sides. Besides, it has some botanical gardens also.

Chandigarh has something in store for everyone. So, its the place worth visiting.

Anitha S

Hmmm...well its a very awesome place.....better c it...than to ask. Know wht ,itz the only city which is very well organized n neat . Believe me....i loved it very first tym i saw it! so do Check out urself!!! ALL THE BEST

Lance

Chandigarh, also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. However, administratively, the city is not under the jurisdiction of either state, it is administered by the Centre government and hence classified as a union territory. The Governor of the Punjab is the Administrator of Chandigarh.

The city derives its name from a temple of goddess Chandi (the Chandi Mandir) located in nearby Panchkula District of Haryana. The word Chandigarh literally means "the fort of Chandi".

Chandigarh is known for its high standard of living and tops the list of Indian States (Provinces) and Union Territories with a Human Development Index of 0.674.

Chandigarh has two satellite cities (both of which share a border with it): Panchkula and Mohali. Sometimes, the triangle of these three cities is collectively called as the Chandigarh Tricity.

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rahul_054321

nice place

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