IN-PERSON Barcelona. Section B

Abstract

India is a heritage rich country. Most of the ancient cities had temples as its core focus as their socio-cultural, political nerve centers. It is highly essential to bring back the lost heritage and cultural values to leverage the heritage based tourism development. The aim of this paper is to set an example for conservation of the rich cultural heritage cities like Ayodhya having unique identities. Its sustainable values are evident in its tangible and intangible heritage. Clashes between development and conservation are bound to occur in the context of cultural economies and concerns over environmental and community sustainability. Cultural heritage values tangible and intangible both need to be preserved and continued in the urban development for maintaining its unique identity. This paper is an attempt to identify the challenges and potentials of Ajodhya heritage city development so that its historicity its not lost. Objectives of the paper would include deriving a conceptual framework for the practices to be adopted for its tangible and intangible heritage values for sustainable development and tourism management. Ajodhya’s development, sustainable & socio economic is at the cross roads of development where it can either follow the haphazard growth by its investors or set an example for the world on how religious and ancient cities once developed can lead to sustainable growth. Suitable framework for development has to be drawn through scientific studies for world class sustainable model which highlights the heritage based development of this sacred city.
Keywords: Cultural planning, Sustainable Urban Development,Conceptual Framework