Geography and Disaster Management: The Study on Urban History of Srinagar Metropolis - Softcover

Yousuf, Tawseef; A. Shah, Shamim

 
9786204203324: Geography and Disaster Management: The Study on Urban History of Srinagar Metropolis

Inhaltsangabe

The very purpose of the present maiden book on Urban Geography of Srinagar has been to analyse and examine the spatial, socio-economic, historical and related characteristics of the Srinagar metropolis- the Heart of Valley.The significance of present book lies in the fact that 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. Therefore, present book is very significant attempt to analyze the historic Srinagar city and city planning thereof.

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Tawseef Yousuf, is Doctoral Scholar (Ph.D.) in Department of Geography & Disaster Management, University of Kashmir under supervision of Dr Shamim A. Shah. He has his Masters in Geography. He has qualified UGC-JRF along with UGC-NET and SLET in this subject. Dr Shamim A. Shah is an Associate Professor at KU and well known Tourism Geography expert.

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