Contents
Abstract i
Acknowledgements iii
Contents v
List of figures ix
List of abbreviations xi
1 Thesis Introduction- 2
1.1 Aim- 2
1.2 Objectives- 2
1.3 Methodology- 2
1.4 Scope- 3
1.5 Limitation- 3
2 History of Jute 6
2.1 Jute Industrialization/ Mechanized production of Jute- Bengal to Dundee to Bengal again 6
2.2 Decline of Jute Mills- 7
3 Jute mills & Hooghly region 10
3.1 Concentration of jute mills along Hooghly river 10
3.2 Jute mills as part of landscape of Hooghly river 10
4 Typological study of mills- 12
4.1 Selection of mills- 12
4.2 Brief Introduction to mills- 12
4.3 Land use Area Pie Charts- 13
4.4 Context comparision- 14
4.5 Spatial zoning plan- 14
4.6 Key takeaways from typological study for India Jute mill- 17
5 Serampore & India Jute mill 20
5.1 Introduction- City of Serampore 20
5.2 History of Serampore- 20
5.3 Culture & crafts in Serampore- 22
6 India Jute Mill Study- 24
6.1 Locating India Jute Mill- 24
6.2 Morphological documentation of mill precinct 25
6.3 Sighting the mill precinct- 26
6.4 Activity mapping- 28
6.5 Other buildings of heritage value- 30
6.6 Ownership in the Industrial cluster- 31
7 Values of mill precinct- 34
7.1 Historic Value- 35
7.2 Architectural value- 39
7.3 Social value- 40
7.4 Shared heritage values- 41
7.5 Economic value- 42
7.6 Identifying heritage structures- 43
8 IJM in present context- 45
9 Stakeholder/ people’s perception about the future of IJM 48
10 Government Heritage policy and its implementation- 49
10.1 Functions of WB heritage commission- 49
10.2 Functions of District heritage conservation committee or Municipal heritage cell- 50
10.3 Industrial policy- 50
10.4 Policy issues- 51
11 Statement of Significance- 53
12 Analysis- 55
12.1 Scenarios 55
12.2 SWOT Tool kit 58
13 Program Framework- 59
13.1 Realisation of project- 59
13.2 Stakeholders- 60
13.3 Program- 61
14 Master plan 63
14.1 Strategy at urban level- 64
14.2 Development of Creative industries and civic centre- 65
14.3 Place making- 68
14.4 Celebrating shared Heritage between Bengal & UK- 73
15 Conservation Learnings for regional level 75
15.1 Industrial heritage of jute mills at regional levels- 75
15.2 Swot Tool kit at regional level 76
15.3 Core concerns and there provable solutions- 76
15.4 Factors on which the conservation program depends- 77
15.5 Program & there intended function- 77
15.6 Program & corresponding Possible Projects- 78
16 Bibliography 80