Figure 4.1: Map of Subhash Bridge Riverfront Park and surroundings

Yes: 83% No: 10% May be: 7%

4.1.16 People’s view:

Chart 8: Public space for all? Source: Graph generated from google form survey | 12052021

“If public space arises out of a dialectic between the representation of space and representational spaces, between the ordered and the appropriated, then they are also, and very important spaces for representation.” (Mitchell, 2014)

Public spaces have become the center stage for drama in the city. Each city has been blessed with beautiful public spaces. Ahmedabad’s riverfront public space i.e., Usmanpura Park & Subhash Bridge Park is facing the challenge of becoming better. Both these parks have shown a tremendous potential of being a public space but the parks haven’t reached the ultimate potential because there are multiple issues that are being identified in these spaces. In order to understand the performance and potential of the riverfront parks. Methodology from Project of Public Space, New York has been adopted to evaluate riverfront parks. Evaluation of public space take place with four parameters (i.e., 1) Comfort & Image 2) Access & Linkages 3) Uses & Activities and 4) Sociability) and these four parameters have four attributes for evaluation.

Table 4.1.5 Identifying opportunities of various factors Source: Graph generated from google form survey | 12032021