File(s) under permanent embargo
Quo vadis, Delhi? Urban heritage and gender: towards a sustainable urban future
Historic architectural heritage is important to sustainable urban planning policy, particularly in cities that have heritage sites and/or themselves have ancient archaeological value. Delhi is one of the oldest living cities in the world. However, the vision of its planning policy is limited to valuing heritage for itself and for its economic value instead of also exploring the ways in the city’s heritage might contribute to the social organisation and utilisation of the urban public space. Particularly, like most national policy documents on heritage, it ignores the heritage/gender nexus, which has implications for the identity and status of women in Delhi, community development and ecological preservation. But twenty women practioners and scholars of development in Delhi referred to heritage as a challenge as well as opportunity for gender and urban sustainability when asked for their perspectives on the most important sustainability issues in the city. I argue that Delhi’s urban planning strategies must acknowledge the gender/heritage nexus to enable holistic and gender-inclusive urban development for the present and future generations of its citizens, which is an important thrust of the sustainability agenda.
History
Journal
International journal of heritage studiesVolume
20Issue
5Pagination
488 - 499Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
ISSN
1352-7258eISSN
1470-3610Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2013, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedLicence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC