Enterprise at chinchmal: hands on eco-tourism
By: Barve, Shruti
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Contributor(s): Raut, Richa.
Publisher: Mumbai Arihant Publications 2022Edition: Vol.87(10), Oct.Description: 56-59p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: Matheran hill station is the only pedestrian hill station in Asia. It is also
within an eco sensitive zone as declared by the government in 2003.
Due to increasing tourism, the environmental quality of the zone is
under stress. Adding to this is a sense of resentment amongst the
local village population towards the declaration of the Eco Sensitive
Zone Act (ESZ Act, MOEF 2005). The appointment of a High Level
Monitoring Committee (HLMC) has also generated a sense of anxiety.
The aim of this article is to understand this gap between communication
of scientific knowledge and lack of participatory approach towards
environment and tourism in this region, as well as to find means to
convert esoteric knowledge to an applicable skill in order to achieve
effective conservation.The methodology used involves community
engagement with multidisciplinary resource persons on site and hands-
on workshops, held at Chinchmal, a village in the eco sensitive zone of
Matheran. These workshops were funded by the Dept. of Science and
Technology, Govt.of India.
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Matheran hill station is the only pedestrian hill station in Asia. It is also
within an eco sensitive zone as declared by the government in 2003.
Due to increasing tourism, the environmental quality of the zone is
under stress. Adding to this is a sense of resentment amongst the
local village population towards the declaration of the Eco Sensitive
Zone Act (ESZ Act, MOEF 2005). The appointment of a High Level
Monitoring Committee (HLMC) has also generated a sense of anxiety.
The aim of this article is to understand this gap between communication
of scientific knowledge and lack of participatory approach towards
environment and tourism in this region, as well as to find means to
convert esoteric knowledge to an applicable skill in order to achieve
effective conservation.The methodology used involves community
engagement with multidisciplinary resource persons on site and hands-
on workshops, held at Chinchmal, a village in the eco sensitive zone of
Matheran. These workshops were funded by the Dept. of Science and
Technology, Govt.of India.
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