The ‘heart’ of public interventions in historic cities- reflections on the HRIDAY scheme

• Autorzy: Kothari Swapna , Thakur Shivangi

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DOI

10.35784/odk.3565

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper intends to discuss implemented examples from the Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana also commonly known as the HRIDAY scheme in India and how they addressed public spaces in historical cities. HRIDAY (2014-2019) was formulated to provide holistic development and improve infrastructure mainly at pilgrim towns under the Ministry of Urban Development, now the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The scheme taking into consideration the complexity of dealing with entire historic cities especially for the urban local bodies, focused on only taking into account primarily the core of a city, i.e. its old town centre. Its purview was to revitalise the city’s unique character by ‘encouraging the development of an aesthetically appealing, accessible, informative and secured environment’ (MOUD, 2015). However, as the scheme ended, there remain many historic towns and cities across the country that could benefit from reflections and understanding from its executed projects. To undertake any further development strategies from the scheme, it was imperative to understand its application specifically in the public space typology. HRIDAY primarily addressed the needs of retaining a cultural identity via improvement of public infrastructure and promoting tourism. The paper will specifically address how public chowks (squares) and market streets fared benefited from the scheme, from secondary sources in two selected cities. Additions of sanitation or public conveniences, or development of cultural event spaces, in existing public realms and interventions like interpretation centres and improvement of paths will all be considered and guidelines and theories extrapolated. These would be to guide future heritage sensitive urban development in cities and towns across India.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

HRIDAY; Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana; public space; market street; Ghats; India

• Wydawca: Polski Komitet Narodowy Międzynarodowej Rady Ochrony Zabytków ICOMOS ; Wydawnictwo Politechniki Lubelskiej
• Czasopismo: Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Nr 16
• Strony: 75--85
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 8 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kothari Swapna

• CWRS, Baroda

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-9140

autor

Thakur Shivangi

• CWRS, Baroda

• https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4874-5388

Bibliografia

• 1. Architectural Heritage Division (2011). Heritage City Development-plan of Varanasi, New Delhi: INTACH.
• 2. Architectural Heritage Division (2016). Preparation of City HRIDAY Plan Including Civic Infrastructure Development Plan for Varanasi, New Delhi: INTAH.
• 3. Celebrating Indian Public Spaces. Gupta, A., & Gupta, A. (2017). Celebrating Public Spaces of India, first ed. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing.
• 4. CRCI (India) Pvt. Ltd. & IPE Global Pvt. Ltd. (2016). City HRIDAY Plan for Amritsar (Vol. I, II, III, IV, V), first ed. Municipal Corporation of Punjab.
• 5. Desai, J., Joshi, R., Rai, G. (2017). HRIDAY reflections- A Monograph on the Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana, first ed. Ahmedabad: CEPT University, ICOMOS India.
• 6. Ministry of Urban Development. (2015). Guidelines for HRIDAY, New Delhi: Ministry of Urban Development. https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/GuidelinesHRIDAY.pdf.
• 7. National Institute for Urban Affairs. (2016). Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana, second ed. New Delhi: Ministry of Urban Development. https://smartnet.niua.org/content/7663306a-7610-46a0-919f-d0688d9493e8.
• 8. Szmelter, I. (2021). Alert in the 21st Century. Changes in Theory of Heritage Protection in Tangible, Intangible and Digital Signs. Protection of Cultural Heritage (12): 55–70. https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.2872.

Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).