CONTENTS
0 INTRODUCTION
0.1. INTRODUCTION 2
0.2. THE STUDY 3
0.3. AIM 3
0.2.1. OBJECTIVE 3
0.2.2. SCOPE AND LIMITATION
0.4. METHOD OF STUDY 3
1. LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1. THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SPACE 6
1.1.1. SOCIAL SPACE 6
1.1.2 STUDYING SOCIAL SPACE 7
1.2. IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL SPACE ON THE PHYSICAL 8
1.2.1. ALTERNATIVE VIEW 8
1.2.2. SYNTHESISING THE TWO APPROACHES 9
1.3. THE CHANGE 10
1.4. METHOD AND FRAMEWORK 11
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTEXT
2.1. SRINAGAR - LOCATION AND HISTORY 16
2.2. THE HISTORY AND MEANING OF THE PUBLIC REALM 17
2.3. URBAN GROWTH PATTERN 20
2.4. DOWNTOWN- OLD CITY OF SRINAGAR 22
2.4.1. OVERVIEW 23
2.4.2. COMPOSITION OF THE FABRIC 23
i. ILAAQA 25
ii. MOHALLA 26
iii. TYPICAL CLUSTER 29
iv. HOUSEFORM 29
2.4.3. SOCIAL LIFE AND SPACES 31
i. STREETS
ii. GHATS
iii. MARKETS
iv. SPACES AROUND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
3. THE CITY TODAY
3.1. FIVE DECADES OF CHANGE 32
3.2. SOCIAL LIFE 33
3.3. PHYSICAL FORM 36
4. NEIGHBOURHOOD STUDY
4.1. SELECTION OF AREAS OF STUDY 43
4.2. ZAINA KADAL AREA
3.1.1. NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE 45
3.1.2. STREET NETWORK AND PATTERNS 47
3.1.3. OPEN SPACES AND ACTIVITY ZONES 49
3.1.4. BUILDING USE 51
3.1.5. RIVER EDGE 53
3.1.6. HOUSEFORM 53
4.3. SAFA KADAL AREA
3.1.1. NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE 55
3.1.2. STREET NETWORK AND PATTERNS 57
3.1.3. OPEN SPACES AND ACTIVITY ZONES 59
3.1.4. BUILDING USE 63
3.1.5. RIVER EDGE 65
3.1.6. HOUSEFORM 67
5. ANALYSIS AND INFERENCES 73
6. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
ENDNOTES
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