Pushplata Garg
Biographic Data
| ID | 116164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pushplata Garg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pushplata |
| FAMILY NAME | Garg |
| SIGNATURE | GARG P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4788-0493 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Significance of Traditional Urban Public Spaces in Sustaining Place Identity in the Urban Landscape of Kerala
Many studies have found that a loss of place identity in urban landscapes causes a slew of social, cultural, and psychological problems. The significance of traditional urban public spaces in sustaining place identity in a cultural landscape is discussed in this paper, which employs a statistical model tailored to Kerala, specifically Calicut, and is applicable via questionnaire research. The study begins with a look at the historical context and…
Case-based assessment of planned hill town using existing urban sustainability assessment tools
The urban development and heritage conundrum
The colonial hill station of Darjeeling, in the post-independence scenario, has experienced immense urban transformation due to explosive population growth and increased tourism activities, damaging the urban character and built heritage of the town. Adaptation and implementation of the Heritage Urban Landscape approach are hindered by the town’s peculiar socio-political complications and economic limitations. The paper examines the case by analy…
City profile
Urban sustainability assessment tools
Public space quality evaluation
Public spaces are an important part of cities as they contribute to improvements in liveability, environmental quality and sustainability. Despite these conditions of public spaces in cities in developing countries like India, are far from desirable in terms of quantity as well as quality. Though considerable research has been done on successful public open spaces to identify quality attributes/criteria and their evaluation in the context of deve…
Formulating Contextual Building Regulations for Hill Towns of India
Hill towns of India are best known for their salubrious climate, scenic beauty, picturesque setting and healthy living environment. Hill towns have been experiencing high pressure for development for the last three decades and as a result, are facing numerous problems related to new development that is contextually inappropriate and leads to deteriorated living conditions and poor environmental quality. Most of the issues of existing development …
The bungalow – part of India’s vernacular heritage
Further to the entry of the East India Company, British people became resident in the Indian sub-continent down to 1947 and even later. Their distinct socio-cultural traditions and practices in an environment which was different from Britain resulted in a distinctive indigenous-like response towards building. Their built environment was acutely sensitive to the locally available resources and adapted to their in-transit lifestyle; and it sustaine…
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The bungalow – part of India’s vernacular heritage
Further to the entry of the East India Company, British people became resident in the Indian sub-continent down to 1947 and even later. Their distinct socio-cultural traditions and practices in an environment which was different from Britain resulted in a distinctive indigenous-like response towards building. Their built environment was acutely sensitive to the locally available resources and adapted to their in-transit lifestyle; and it sustaine…
Formulating Contextual Building Regulations for Hill Towns of India
Hill towns of India are best known for their salubrious climate, scenic beauty, picturesque setting and healthy living environment. Hill towns have been experiencing high pressure for development for the last three decades and as a result, are facing numerous problems related to new development that is contextually inappropriate and leads to deteriorated living conditions and poor environmental quality. Most of the issues of existing development …
Urban sustainability assessment tools
Public space quality evaluation
Public spaces are an important part of cities as they contribute to improvements in liveability, environmental quality and sustainability. Despite these conditions of public spaces in cities in developing countries like India, are far from desirable in terms of quantity as well as quality. Though considerable research has been done on successful public open spaces to identify quality attributes/criteria and their evaluation in the context of deve…
City profile
The urban development and heritage conundrum
The colonial hill station of Darjeeling, in the post-independence scenario, has experienced immense urban transformation due to explosive population growth and increased tourism activities, damaging the urban character and built heritage of the town. Adaptation and implementation of the Heritage Urban Landscape approach are hindered by the town’s peculiar socio-political complications and economic limitations. The paper examines the case by analy…
The Significance of Traditional Urban Public Spaces in Sustaining Place Identity in the Urban Landscape of Kerala
Many studies have found that a loss of place identity in urban landscapes causes a slew of social, cultural, and psychological problems. The significance of traditional urban public spaces in sustaining place identity in a cultural landscape is discussed in this paper, which employs a statistical model tailored to Kerala, specifically Calicut, and is applicable via questionnaire research. The study begins with a look at the historical context and…
Case-based assessment of planned hill town using existing urban sustainability assessment tools
Geography (8 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Architectural engineering (4 works) · Civil engineering (4 works) · Sustainability (4 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works) · Political science (3 works)