1st Edition
The Sacred Waters ‘of’ Varanasi The Colonial Draining and Heritage Ecology
By Mahesh Gogate
Copyright 2023
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book on urban water bodies, catchment areas and drainage pattern is set against the backdrop of the unprecedented heavy rainfall that severely deluged metropolitan cities and other parts of India in recent years. The recurring natural catastrophes in water-stressed cities of India and alarming rate of diminishing water bodies, wetlads and catchment areas needs a re-visit to an entire urban... Read more
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. City of Waters
2. The Tale of Two Maps
3. Draining the Wet City
4. Debating Heritage Ecologies
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Mahesh Gogate is affiliated researcher at Kyoto University, Japan and studying the dynamic and fluid topography of Varanasi city, India. Before academia, he worked in the software the industry, and spent many years working as a research associate.
