Overwriting Historic Space in Modern Cities
By: Menon, A. G. Krishna
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2019Edition: Vol.71(1), Sep.Description: 38-45p.Subject(s): BUILDING TYPES (AR-BUIL)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: The recent thrust towards implementing large infrastructure-led urban projects has exposed generic fault lines in urban planning in India, which prioritizes new development at the cost of addressing the needs of existing habitats, including the conservation of built heritage. Urban planners routinely seek answers to local problems by mimicking methods applied to the rapidly developing cities of East Asia and the West in order to achieve “world class” status. Referring to a series of cases that have involved legal and administrative tussles between the ASI and government authorities with regard to the AMASR Act, the writer critiques the current policies at work. He argues that to change the present intellectual paradigm, potentials of hybrid modernity can be exploredas the preferred strategic model for introducing new infrastructure to Indian cities.
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The recent thrust towards implementing large infrastructure-led urban projects has exposed generic fault lines in urban planning in India, which prioritizes new development at the cost of addressing the needs of existing habitats, including the conservation of built heritage. Urban planners routinely seek answers to local problems by mimicking methods applied to the rapidly developing cities of East Asia and the West in order to achieve “world class” status. Referring to a series of cases that have involved legal and administrative tussles between the ASI and government authorities with regard to the AMASR Act, the writer critiques the current policies at work. He argues that to change the present intellectual paradigm, potentials of hybrid modernity can be exploredas the preferred strategic model for introducing new infrastructure to Indian cities.
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