A reformist approach towards industrialization has been underway in India since 1991. Under this program Public sector economy has been restructured, in order to make it more productive and competitive. Today as a result ...

Many cities in the India have older and historic inner-city areas, which are considered as cores of cities, which are of considerable historical and cultural value. These city cores are not only valuable old assets, but ...

All around the globe, cities are becoming truly multi-ethnic and multicultural. A city that adjusts to new massive migration inflow of cultural fabric are in the course of rapid transformation. These type of proposed foreign ...

India is a country of diverse culture and rich historical past with arts and craft embedded in the tradition of many communities. Such communities, living and working in the same geographical location, engaging themselves ...

In the Indian history, cities has experienced tremendous change caused by rapid urbanization and tourism growth. It is recognized that changes is inevitable in evolving historic urban cities. And it is essential to consider ...

A good public space must be accommodative for everyone included the marginal, the forgotten, the silent, and an undesirable people. With the process of development, the city leaves behind the marginalized section of the ...

The identity of any place lies in its local art, craft, architecture. The local crafts which are very unique to a city have their main laborious work being carried out in nearby towns. The crafts then become a part of ...

Water systems are the life lines of human settlements serving various livelihoods, functional and recreational needs of people. There was a time when cities had strong associational value with rivers and lakes or the water ...

Each city has a unique collective memory which gets reconstructed over a given period of time. Collective memory helps in providing a cultural identity to the city. As the city grows the collective memory also keeps on ...

Banaras or Varanasi apart from its religious importance is also known for various artforms such as wooden toys, stone works, brocade weaving and zari work and also for its performing arts such as music and dance. The ...