CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 3
CONTENTS 5
LIST OF FIGURES 9
LIST OF TABLES . 10
LIST OF EQUATIONS 10
1. INTRODUCTION . 11
1.1 Frame of Inquiry . 11
1. 1.1.1 Aim 12
2. 1.1.2 Objectives 12
3. 1.1.3 Need for the study: . 12
4. 1.1.4 Site Selection . 12
5. 1.1.5 Methodology 13
6. 1.1.6. Scope and Limitation 13
1.2 Understanding the larger envelope of current political economy . 14
7. 1.2.1. What is Neoliberalism? . 14
8. 1.2.2. Neoliberalism simplifies . 16
9. 1.2.3. How does Neoliberalism simplify? . 17
10. 1.2.4 Critique and the problems Neoliberalism comes with: 18
1.3 The study of societies in cities – domain of Urban Sociology . 20
11. 1.3.1. What is Urban Sociology? 20
12. 1.3.2. Special or distinctive features of urban community . 21
1.4 The scope of the study in Urbanized Guwahati: 23
2.THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK . 25
2.1 What is Society? 25
13. 2.1.1. Conceptualising social system 25
14. 2.1.2 The social system triode 26
15. 2.1.3 Social conditions: . 27
2.2 Urban form 28
2.3 Society and the city – unidirectional understanding VS complex web structure . 16.
2.3.1 The problem with the concept of society 29
17. 2.3.2 The problem with the concept of city 31
2.4 The process of production of space . 31
18. 2.4.1 Space as a product of social system . 32
19. 2.4.2 Developing the notion of place using the concept of space by Lefebvre 34
2.5 The relation of social system and physical space: linear? . 35
3.AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITE – UZAN BAZAR, GUWAHATI. 37
3.1Historical Evolution 37
20. 3.1.1 5th century- 12th century AD 37
21. 3.1.2 17th century- 21st century AD 38
3.2 Why Guwahati? 39
3.3 The Historical evidences considered in the study . 40
22. 3.3.1 Guwahati Municipal Area 40
23. 3.3.2The Birth of Uzan Bazar . 41
24. 3.3.3 The royal heritage of Uzan Bazar 41
25. 3.3.3 Planned Area of the City 42
26. 3.3.4 The Ghats 43
27. 3.3.5 Railways 44
28. 3.3.6 The Roads 44
29. 3.3.7 Fish Market Supply and Operation 45
3.4 Communities 46
4. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK . 49
4.1 Findings and Analysis 49
4.2 Indices 50
30. 1. Social Interaction Index 50
31. 2. Historical Evidence Index . 51
32. 3. Community Diversity Index 51
33. Influence Index 52
4.3 On site analysis . 52
34. 4.3.1 Macro Urban form and social conditions 52
35. 4.3.2Micro Urban Form and Social Conditions . 59
4.4 Summarizing the findings of all the relationship studies . 68
5. CONCLUSION 73
5.1 Site specific . 73
5.2 General Conclusion 74
5.3 Practical extension of the study: The way ahead 75
REFERENCES 79
APPENDICES . 81