Table of contents
Undertaking & Certificate
Acknowledgements
Abstract
List of figures
Glossary
1. Introducing the fortifications of York and Ahmedabad
2. Literature Review 02
2.1 Fortification Walls as historic urban landscapes within their cities 08
2.2 Complexities of urban development and World Heritage narratives 09
2.3 Charters paving the ideology behind an evolving conservation approach 10
2.4 Understanding Heritage interpretation in the 21st century 11
2.5 The idea of sustainable development in conservation 12
2.6 Key literature for the fortification walls of York and Ahmedabad 13
3. Methodology
3.1 Research questions as the thesis’ aims 14
3.2 Developing a process of objective fulfilment 14
3.3 Establishing a comparative lens throughout the thesis 19
3.4 Scope and Limitations of the study 19
3.5 Future scope of research 20
4. York’s City Wall: A case study of Red Tower to Fishergate Postern Tower
of the study
4.1 Setting the Stage
4.1.1 A brief history of the city and its fortification walls 22
4.1.2 Narrative of the City Walls 23
4.1.3 The City Walls’ contribution in the city’s World Heritage narrative 24
4.2 Understanding the Site
4.2.1 Location of the City Wall 25
4.2.2 Map Regression of the Site 26
4.2.3 Elevation of the City Wall
4.2.4 Wall Inventory & Historic Evidences 27
4.2.5 Stakeholder Identification 33
4.2.6 Understanding the Wall’s context 34
4.2.7 Significance of the City Wall 36
4.3 Policy
4.3.1 Listing criteria & policy of protection 36
4.3.2 Management of the City Wall 40
4.3.3 Facilitating development of the city around the City Wall 44
4.4 Conservation
4.4.1 Attitude to conservation 45
4.4.2 The fabric’s conservation strategies 46
4.4.3 Response to archaeology 50
4.4.4 Adaptation of functionality of the Wall 52
4.4.5 Natural History around the Wall 54
4.4.6 Fronts of sustainability 54
4.5 Interpretation
4.5.1 Interpretation through ‘walking the walls’ 58
4.5.2 Interpretation through self-guided tours 60
4.5.3 Interpretation through web-based mediums 62
4.5.4 Understanding life around the Wall 66
5. Ahmedabad’s Fort Wall: A case study of Nehru Bridge to Raikhad Darwaja
5.1 Setting the Stage
5.1.1 A brief history of the city and its fortification walls 68
5.1.2 Narrative of the Fort Walls 69
5.1.3 The Fort Walls’ complex narrative with the city’s World Heritage tag 70
5.2 Understanding the Site
5.2.1 Location of the Fort Wall 71
5.2.2 Map Regression of the Site 72
5.2.3 Elevation of the Fort Wall
5.2.4 Wall Inventory & Historic Evidences 73
5.2.5 Stakeholder Identification 75
5.2.6 Understanding the Wall’s context 76
5.2.7 Significance of the Fort Wall 78
5.3 Policy
5.3.1 Listing Criteria & Policy of Protection 78
5.3.2 Management of the Fort Wall 82
5.3.3 Facilitating development of the city around the Fort Wall 86
5.4 Conservation
5.4.1 Attitude to conservation 87
5.4.2 The fabric’s conservation strategies 88
5.4.3 Response to archaeology 92
5.4.4 Adaptation of functionality of the Wall 94
5.4.5 Natural History around the Wall 96
5.4.6 Fronts of sustainability 96
5.5 Interpretation
5.5.1 Interpretation through ‘walking the walls’ 100
5.5.2 Interpretation through self-guided tours 100
5.5.3 Interpretation through web-based mediums 100
5.5.4 Understanding life around the Wall 101
6. Discussions
‘comparative’
6.1 Summarising the narrative of the cities and their fortification walls 104
6.2 Historical Data and its significance 106
6.3 Documentation and State of Conservation 108
6.4 Policy and Management 111
6.5 Urban Fabric around the Walls 113
6.6 Heritage Interpretation ‘approach’ 118
6.7 The Approach to Conservation 120
6.8 The Approach to Interpretation ‘learning’ 123
6.9 Opportunities for Ahmedabad and York 126
7. Conclusion
7.1 Reflecting on the research questions 132
7.2 Discussing the future scope of research 133
Reference List 134
Figure Credits 140
Appendix 1 : Timeline of York 144
Appendix 2 : Inventory of the City Wall of York 145
Appendix 3 : Timeline of Ahmedabad 152
Appendix 4 : Inventory of the Fort Wall of Ahmedabad 153
Appendix 5 : Note on Patrick Geddes’ Visit to Ahmedabad 158
Appendix 6 : Thesis Schedule 160