Functional Establishments in Madurai City, Tamil Nadu, India

Madurai City is one of the ancient cities of South India. It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu regarding population. The City occupies a position in the south central part of Tamil Nadu. The City has grown on the banks of River Vaigai. National Highways such as N" 7, 49 and 4513 passes through the City. The broad gauge lines connect Madurai City with Chennai, Coimbatore, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, and Bodinayikannur. One Airport is in the outer core of Madurai City. The functional establishments along road like from Fenner to Viratipattu. The NH-49 extension road connecting Madurai-Theni passes through this ward between the points of Fenner to Viratipattu. The field observation survey conducted by the investigator on either side of the road listed out 18 different functional establishments. These functional establishments are grouped under 5 categories. They are Residential, Commercial, Educational, Industrial, Public and semi-public. Apart from this, another type of observation also made, that is, single functional establishments and Multifunctional establishments. Keeping this in mind the paper aims to study the pattern of road side functional establishments in order to identify the trend of urban requirement and landuse in development.