Overview
- Presents an overview of the socio-spatial patterns of Indian cities past and present and their culture
- Includes numerous drawings and photos, making it easy to follow
- Provides important debate for fostering cultural heritage in Indian cities
Part of the book series: Cities, Heritage and Transformation (CHT)
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This book discusses the importance of socio-spatial patterns in cities that are embedded in the cultural heritage and self-understanding of a society, showing that Indian cities follow different urban concepts. In nine episodes (nine is a sacred figure), it highlights the principal influences and social impacts on cities from ancient times to contemporary city developments. As such, it provides planners and architects with insights that can easily be applied in contemporary cities and towns and help foster India’s cultural heritage—a much-needed, but little-discussed approach.
Indian cities are the result of various factors, some imposed, others following local traditions that shaped them. They were founded around social needs, landscape conditions and production routines, as well as the religious influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and animism. However, Western town-planning models are often implemented, blurring the traditional way of life in cities. For sustainable town development, it is of key importance to find solutions that deal with Indian city models.
Indian cities are the result of various factors, some imposed, others following local traditions that shaped them. They were founded around social needs, landscape conditions and production routines, as well as the religious influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and animism. However, Western town-planning models are often implemented, blurring the traditional way of life in cities. For sustainable town development, it is of key importance to find solutions that deal with Indian city models.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Renate Bornberg is the founder of buTa | bornberg urban theory and application. She is a lecturer at the TU Wien, Austria, and the editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture (jccs-a). She is member of the board ICOMOS Austria and monitor for the World Hertage Site " Wachau/ Austria", as well as AAV of ICOMOS International.
Renate Bornberg received her diploma in architecture and her PhD from the TU Wien, Austria. After working as an architect, she was lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and locum professor at the Leibniz University of Hanover, before she became a lecturer at the TU Wien.
Her research focuses on comparative settlement structures in both, primitive and so called high cultures, including European and Non-European cities, villages and compounds. Of particular interest are the social implications that are embedded in the built environment.
Renate Bornberg received her diploma in architecture and her PhD from the TU Wien, Austria. After working as an architect, she was lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and locum professor at the Leibniz University of Hanover, before she became a lecturer at the TU Wien.
Her research focuses on comparative settlement structures in both, primitive and so called high cultures, including European and Non-European cities, villages and compounds. Of particular interest are the social implications that are embedded in the built environment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban India
Book Subtitle: Cultural Heritage, Past and Present
Authors: Renate Bornberg
Series Title: Cities, Heritage and Transformation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23737-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23736-2Published: 04 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23739-3Published: 05 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23737-9Published: 03 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-5363
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 312
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 172 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development, Cultural Studies