What makes something a growth corridor?

Exploring the Concept of a Growth Corridor

A growth corridor is an area designated for investments to further economic growth and development. The planning and strategies for these regions can cover everything from community infrastructure and social facilities to housing, transportation and jobs.

The first step to developing a framework for establishing a growth corridor is identifying areas and allocating them for residential, industrial or commercial development. In this process, it is important to ascertain natural ecological corridors for preservation. Strategies can then be created to tackle land use planning for open spaces, community centres, transportation networks and urban infrastructure development.?

The Need for Growth Corridors

Failing to plan is planning to fail. And the planning involved in growth corridors stands as an overarching guide for the future. It offers strategic direction that ensures informed decisions are taken with regard to community planning in the long run.

Features That Define Growth Corridors

One of the main features of growth planning is creating self-sufficient and well-connected urban communities. Such communities are expected to have diverse infrastructure that locally caters to the education, health, sporting, wellness, celebratory and retail needs of its members.

Residents inhabiting communities give rise to the need for a multi-modal transport network to connect to employment, leisure and other facilities. Providing sustainable and economically viable transportation options ensures that the local economy prospers.

Another way to support the corridor’s economy is by creating employment opportunities for the local dwellers. These can be jobs created across the business and industrial precincts or the residential and community precincts.

In a deteriorating ecological climate, it is of utmost importance to maintain the integrity of the environment. In growth corridors, there is an emphasis on preserving biodiversity, using renewable energy and maintaining the local ecological character. The key to ensuring these upcoming corridors maintain the character of the local topography is to plan all growth and development around the physical features of the area.

GMR AeroCity Hyderabad as a High-growth Corridor

In an assortment of corridors, GMR AeroCity Hyderabad stands out as a sustainably planned high-growth corridor with its futureproof strategies. Global and innovative in its approach, the aerotropolis was built with a local and community-centric appeal.?

GMR AeroCity Hyderabad is an airport-based ecosystem that provides business, industrial, manufacturing and warehousing infrastructure along with a full slew of social amenities and facilities. Its robust road, rail and air connectivity will be further augmented by the plans underway for the development of a metro connection. With plenty of employment opportunities across its varied asset classes, there are also sufficient residential units for the local labour catchment. The preservation of green cover around the ecosystem ensures a low pollution index and higher indoor air quality for its inhabitants.

A growth corridor plan requires a lot of long-term diligence to create and implement. With innovative planning and a sustainable strategy at the core of its operations, GMR AeroCity Hyderabad is developing into a one-of-a-kind high-growth corridor!