Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF SRINAGAR CITY– A GEOGRAPHICAL FACET IN URBAN STUDIES

Dr. Tawseef Yousuf, Dr. Shamim Ahmad Shah

Abstract :

 Kashmir valley which is functionally a city–centered region, for the geographical, historical, socio–economic forces of urbanization have shaped and contributed to the emergence of urban primacy of Srinagar city. Being the single largest city, Srinagar constitutes around two–third of the state’s urban population. The socio–cultural artifacts of Srinagar city is the accretion of a long period of time as over a period of six hundred years or so, the city has cradled itself between the hills of Hariparbat (Hawal) and Shankaracharya (Dalgate) along the banks of the river Jhelum. The present city thus stands as a mirror to reflect the complex historical background of the various stages which it has passed through.

Srinagar City has grown enormously in the last twenty years. Apropos to this, the present study tries to analyse and examine the spatial, socio–economic, historical and related characteristics of the Srinagar metropolis– the Heart of Valley. The authors suggested some revival measures for better urban management of the historic Srinagar city.

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Dr. Tawseef Yousuf, Dr. Shamim Ahmad Shah, HISTORICAL ATLAS OF SRINAGAR CITY– A GEOGRAPHICAL FACET IN URBAN STUDIES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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