Restoring Balance: Recognizing Nature and Knowledge in Jaipur’s Heritage Through Research-Practice Collaboration

Heritage Cell, NNJH

Résumé

As a cultural World Heritage Site in an arid region of India, Jaipur city is experiencing pressures of a rapidly expanding human population and is susceptible to growing impact from climate change. To address some of the key issues faced by the city, the process established by a multidisciplinary research-practice team during the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership Heritage Place Lab led to a wide-ranging, management needs-oriented research agenda which will add to the existing body of heritage conservation of Jaipur. The Heritage Place Lab promoted a cross functional collaboration between the Manipal University, Wildlife Institute of India Category 2 Centre and Jaipur Municipal Corporation and Town Planning, in which all institutions applied their respective expertise to (1) revise their individual approaches to heritage conservation and (2) to develop a common policy incorporating diverse points of view that may serve as a template for other teams, especially in the field of urban heritage.

Classifications

Région
Asie du Sud
Ampleur de la mise en œuvre
Local
Ecosystème
Connective infrastructure, networks and corridors
Écosystème urbain
Thème
Accès et partage des avantages
Acteurs locaux
Aménagement urbain
Atténuation du changement climatique
Cadre juridique et politique
Connaissances traditionnelles
Non répertorié
Santé et bien-être humain
Science et recherche
Services écosystèmiques
World Heritage
Défis
Désertification
Chaleurs extrêmes
Utilisations conflictuelles / impacts cumulatifs
Objectifs de développement durable
ODD 3 - Bonne santé et bien-être
ODD 11 - Villes et communautés durables
Objectifs d’Aichi
Objectif 1: Sensibilisation accrue de la biodiversité
Objectif 2: Valeurs de la biodiversité intégrées
Objectif 10: Ecosystèmes vulnérables au changement climatique
Objectif 14: Services des écosystèmes
Objectif 15: Restauration et la résilience des écosystèmes
Objectif 17: Stratégies de la biodiversité et des plans d'action
Objectif 18: Connaissances traditionnelles
Objectif 19: Partage de l'information et de la connaissance

Emplacement

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Impacts

The first impact was to be able to identify the key challenges facing the property with inputs from the broader perspectives of different team members - conservation architects, academics, natural and cultural heritage researchers, town planning and urban management professionals - to be able to draw on the extensive natural features that underpin its historical location to frame more effective management questions and shortlist questions addressing the same.

 

The same mix of expertise and techniques led to the proposal that the wider aim of conservation of Indigenous traditional knowledge could be focused on what was of key importance to Jaipur. Hence the need for detailed research on traditional water management systems was identified. These systems had functioned very effectively when the city was first set up and could still offer ways to improve water management & contribute to achieving modern day water needs. A structured look through the archives of the historic urban development and architectural control guidelines would help in conservation of Jaipur’s heritage through identification and cataloguing of heritage records.

 

All of the above identified research priorities would lead to solutions which (1) preserve Jaipur’s extensive heritage and help promote it to the citizenry, and (2) cause impactful changes in the city’s living conditions and fulfil citizens’ present day needs.

Contribué par

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Anuranjan Roy Wildlife Institute of India , WII-Category 2 Centre on World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific

Autres contributeurs

Manipal University, Jaipur
Manipal University, Jaipur
Heritage Cell, Nagar Nigam Jaipur Heritage
Heritage Cell, Nagar Nigam Jaipur Heritage