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CONSERVATION AFTER LEGISLATION Issues for Mumbai

“CONSERVATION AFTER LEGISLATION – Issues for Mumbai” is available for reference and purchase at UDRI Resource Centre.

INTRODUCTION

This publication is based on the seminar titled ‘Conservation After Legislation’ held in April 2000, organised by the Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai and the Urban Design Research Institute.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. OPENING COMMENTSRahul Mehrotra and Abha Narain Lambah
  2. SESSION 1 : CONSERVATION LEGISLATION
    1. Conservation Legislation – Learning from Mumbai Shyam Chainani
    2. Conservation Legislation in Mumbai – Has it worked? And What next?Cyrus Guzder
    3. Evaluating the Legislation and its impactNatubhai Badheka
    4. Reconstruction of Cess BuildingShirish Patel
      1. PANEL DISCUSSION – EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEGISLATION IN MUMBAI
      2. Chairperson: S.P. Shorey
      3. Panelists: D.M. Sukthankar, Jamsheed Kanga, Shirish Patel, Cyrus Guzder, Natubhai Badheka, G.S.Panthbalekundri and Shyam Chainani.
  3. SESSION 2 : POST – LEGISLATION ISSUSES
    1. Conservation and Community Participation – Mumbai’s NeighbourhoodsPankaj Joshi
    2. Planning for ConservationRahul Mehrotra
    3. Architectural Conservation after Legislation – An Overview Abha Narain Lambah
    4. MMR Heritage Conservation Society: MMRDA’s Initiative in Heritage ConservationS.P.Pendharkar
    5. The Role of the Government – Supporting Conservation in AhmedabadDebashish Nayak
      1. PANEL DISCUSSION – CONSERVATION AND THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
      2. Chairperson: Jamsheed Kanga
      3. Panelists: BMS, BEST, MHADA, Traffic Police,Fire Department, Chief Architect Government of Maharashtra ,PWD, Bombay Port Trust And MMRDA.
  4. SESSION 3 : MAKING IT HAPPEN
    1. More Carrots – Financing ConservationMichael A. Tomlan
    2. Legislative Incentive for Heritage ConservationNayan Shah
    3. Heritage Tourism and the CityAylin Orbasli
    4. Role of the NGO in the Life and Death of the Built Heritage of the City – The Case of Delhi Nalini Thakur
    5. Conservation and the Urban Development ProcessV. Ramaswamy
      1. PANEL DISCUSSION I – THE ROLE OF THE PRESS & THE NGO’s
      2. Chairperson: Daryl D’Monte
      3. Panelists: Dev Mehta, Kisan Mehta, Gunvanthi Balaram, Shirin Bharucha, Ashish Singh, Sharada Dwivedi and Sachin Borkar.
      1. PANEL DISCUSSION II – INCENTIVE OPTIONS FOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION
      2. Chairperson: Nasser Munjee
      3. Panelists: G.S. Panthbalekundri, Michael A. Tomlan, R.R. Chari, Nayan Shah, D.T. Joseph and Debashish Nayak.
  5. CONCLUSING NOTESRahul Mehrotra and Abha Narain Lambah
  6. APPENDIX: THE TECHNOLOGY OF CONSERVATION
    1. Heritage Conservation – A Multidisciplinary Integrated ApproachJagjit Singh
    2. The Structural Engineer and the Stethoscope – How to listen to what a building is trying to tell us Sturat Tappin
    3. Appropriate Conservation Technologies for MumbaiRavi Gundu Rao
    4. Restoration of Mycological Damage in Historical BuildingsJorgen Bech Anderson