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who will get their portions of habitation along with new well-off families who can
afford to buy these apartments at the core city. But again renewal planning must be
locally contingent (Gupta 2014). Traditional forms of reuse of old buildings tend to
gentrify the locality like conversion of the buildings into upscale apartments which
include community development and genuine urban renewal. This sort of approach
can therefore harmonise conflicting values among those involved in the restoration
and renovation of old buildings. The process of renewal should therefore be seen as
community development rather than mere beautification of city core (Paoli 2012). A
well-developed plan of conservation and reuse of these old buildings and an ingenious programme to develop viable business activities in these areas will eventually
generate the necessary revenues that will justify expenditure. Finally, Government
policy will pay a crucial role in regular valuation of these old urban properties and
must generate proper comprehensive renewal plan for the holistic development of
urban space in this city.
References
Brady JE, Parker AJ (1975) The factorial ecology of Dublin- a preliminary investigation. Econ Soc
Rev 17(4):229–252
Central Public Works Department of India (2013) Handbook of conservation of heritage buildings.
Directorate General, Central Public Works Department of India, New Delhi
De Paoli RG (2012) Urban heritage and methodologies for renewal. Reg Sci Enq J IV(1):141–149
Government of India (2011) Census of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India,
New Delhi
Government of West Bengal (2017) The Kolkata Gazette, West Bengal Act XIII OF 2017, The
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2017. Government of West Bengal, Kolkata
Gupta D (2014) Conserving urban heritage in India. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural
Heritage, New Delhi
Kaiser HF (1958) The varimax criterion for analytic rotation in factor analysis. Psychom Theory
23(3):187–200
Karforma TA (2010) Initiatives in conserving Kolkata’s rich heritage: report. Kolkata Municipal
Corporation, Kolkata
Lefebvre H (1991) The production of space (trans: Nicholson-Smith D). Blackwell, Oxford.
(Original work published in 1974)
McIntyre NE, Knowles-Yánez K, Hope D (2008) Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field:
differences in the use of “urban” between the social and natural sciences. In: Marzluff JM
et al (eds) Urban ecology: an international perspective on the interaction between humans and
nature. Springer, New York, pp 49–70
Mejia J, Nguyen D (2008) Kolkata’s architecture legacy and the question of identity. ETH Studio
Basel, Basel
Ray S (2016, October 20) Extra 100 Percent FAR to redevelop unsafe buildings. Times of India.
Retrieved from www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Ray S (2018, May 28) KMC to issue express notice to dwellers living in dilapidated buildings.
Times of India. Retrieved from www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Ray S (2019, June 23) KMC to demolish highly insecure buildings. Times of India. Retrieved from
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thompson M (2017) Contesting ‘dilapidated dwelling’. In: Cairns G, Artopoulos G, Day K (eds)
From conflict to inclusion in housing. UCL Press, London, pp 199–227
Venida VS (2000) Old buildings: an economist’s view. Philipp Stud 48(3):373–391
Yau Y (2015) The value of building safety: a hedonic price approach. Urbani izziv 26(1):92–104.
https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2015-26-01-003
T. Dey
who will get their portions of habitation along with new well-off families who can
afford to buy these apartments at the core city. But again renewal planning must be
locally contingent (Gupta 2014). Traditional forms of reuse of old buildings tend to
gentrify the locality like conversion of the buildings into upscale apartments which
include community development and genuine urban renewal. This sort of approach
can therefore harmonise conflicting values among those involved in the restoration
and renovation of old buildings. The process of renewal should therefore be seen as
community development rather than mere beautification of city core (Paoli 2012). A
well-developed plan of conservation and reuse of these old buildings and an ingenious programme to develop viable business activities in these areas will eventually
generate the necessary revenues that will justify expenditure. Finally, Government
policy will pay a crucial role in regular valuation of these old urban properties and
must generate proper comprehensive renewal plan for the holistic development of
urban space in this city.
References
Brady JE, Parker AJ (1975) The factorial ecology of Dublin- a preliminary investigation. Econ Soc
Rev 17(4):229–252
Central Public Works Department of India (2013) Handbook of conservation of heritage buildings.
Directorate General, Central Public Works Department of India, New Delhi
De Paoli RG (2012) Urban heritage and methodologies for renewal. Reg Sci Enq J IV(1):141–149
Government of India (2011) Census of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India,
New Delhi
Government of West Bengal (2017) The Kolkata Gazette, West Bengal Act XIII OF 2017, The
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2017. Government of West Bengal, Kolkata
Gupta D (2014) Conserving urban heritage in India. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural
Heritage, New Delhi
Kaiser HF (1958) The varimax criterion for analytic rotation in factor analysis. Psychom Theory
23(3):187–200
Karforma TA (2010) Initiatives in conserving Kolkata’s rich heritage: report. Kolkata Municipal
Corporation, Kolkata
Lefebvre H (1991) The production of space (trans: Nicholson-Smith D). Blackwell, Oxford.
(Original work published in 1974)
McIntyre NE, Knowles-Yánez K, Hope D (2008) Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field:
differences in the use of “urban” between the social and natural sciences. In: Marzluff JM
et al (eds) Urban ecology: an international perspective on the interaction between humans and
nature. Springer, New York, pp 49–70
Mejia J, Nguyen D (2008) Kolkata’s architecture legacy and the question of identity. ETH Studio
Basel, Basel
Ray S (2016, October 20) Extra 100 Percent FAR to redevelop unsafe buildings. Times of India.
Retrieved from www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Ray S (2018, May 28) KMC to issue express notice to dwellers living in dilapidated buildings.
Times of India. Retrieved from www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Ray S (2019, June 23) KMC to demolish highly insecure buildings. Times of India. Retrieved from
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thompson M (2017) Contesting ‘dilapidated dwelling’. In: Cairns G, Artopoulos G, Day K (eds)
From conflict to inclusion in housing. UCL Press, London, pp 199–227
Venida VS (2000) Old buildings: an economist’s view. Philipp Stud 48(3):373–391
Yau Y (2015) The value of building safety: a hedonic price approach. Urbani izziv 26(1):92–104.
https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2015-26-01-003
T. Dey