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Table 1. Changes in the land use pattern of Noida.

Land use category	Area as per successive Master Plans (in hectares)
	1976–1992		2001		2011		2021 (proposed)		2031 (proposed)
	Area	Percentage of Total Developed Area	Area	Percentage of Total Developed Area	Area	Percentage of Total Developed Area	Area	Percentage of Total Developed Area	Area	Percentage of Total Developed Area
Industrial	324	9.8	495	13	985	12.7	3001	20	2806.52	18.37
Residential	1725	52.2	1870	49.2	3672	47.2	5334	35.7	5772.14	37.45
Commercial	134	4.1	230	6.1	431	5.5	564	3.77	581.33	3.8
Public/semi-public spaces	460	13.9	365	9.6	1224	15.7	1219	8.15	1357.97	8.89
Recreational spaces	200	6.1	292	7.7	536	6.8	1513	10.11	2432.82	15.92
Transportation	400	12.1	495	13	941	12.1	2211	14.78	1942.15	12.71
Water bodies/ unusable land	61	1.8	53	1.4	NA	NA	121	0.81	104.5	0.68
Agriculture	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1001	6.67	NA	NA
Total	3304	100	3800	100	7789	100	14964	100	15279.9	100

Source: Potter and Kumar (2004), NOIDA Master Plans (2001, 2031).

Potter, R., and A. Kumar. 2004. A Profile of NOIDA: A New Town in the National Capitol Region of India. Geographical Paper No 174, University of Reading.

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