Abstract
The heritage landscape of Burhanpur has an architectural and horticultural composition, consisting of many historic gardens, a unique water management system, a sustainable planning and design framework, the use of landscape and topography with numerous heritage components and historical monuments, temples, tombs and mosques that are locally, regionally and nationally significant. Conserving Burhanpur as an inspirational model for other sites is not only a cultural heritage objective, but it is also a crucial component of the heritage-based sustainable regeneration of the landscape, because it is directly linked to environmental integrity, economic efficiency and resources for present and future generations. Although the last decade has witnessed vigorous efforts by the municipal corporation to preserve and develop Burhanpur by designating it as one of the heritage cities of the UNESCO—Indian Heritage Cities Network (in 2006), a coherent, holistic and sustainable heritage outcome has not been achieved. This paper proposes to harness the cultural landscape as an approach for the sustainable regeneration of Burhanpur heritage and takes a holistic approach to the interpretation of the historic district and natural landscape of the city, where historic buildings are located.
Highlights
The cultural heritage of Burhanpur, a historic district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, is characterized by natural features and architectural and religious monuments
The natural resource management systems and complementary indigenous framework pertaining to the area’s planning and architectural traditions have been lost in the absence of proper management services, the increasing demands of population growth, over-intensive use of its walled city area and reliance on artificial technologies
The cultural heritage, natural resource management systems, indigenous planning and design framework, which are imperative to the establishment and sustenance of historic Burhanpur, are slowly deteriorating
Summary
The cultural heritage of Burhanpur, a historic district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, is characterized by natural features and architectural and religious monuments (see Figure 1). This research proposes to harness the cultural landscape as an approach for the sustainable regeneration of Burhanpur’s heritage and takes a holistic approach to the interpretation of the historic district and the natural landscape of the city where the historic buildings are located. This approach includes a broader scope of the heritage conservation framework in the Indian context that has been hitherto directed largely towards the built heritage to the exclusion of their settings. Several of the important components of the Burhanpur landscape that are deeply integrated with the ecological system to create a sustainable landscape are discussed here
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