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Presentation of Kullu-Bhuntar Fieldwork. Diya Mehra. Main Arguments. 1) The importance of historical forms of urbanization in a mountainous region and its contemporary resonance 2) M ultilayered production of a district and town (through local , national, regional, intl flows)
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Presentation of Kullu-Bhuntar Fieldwork Diya Mehra
Main Arguments • 1) The importance of historical forms of urbanization in a mountainous region and its contemporary resonance • 2) Multilayered production of a district and town (through local, national, regional, intl flows) • 3) Patterns of Urbanization • 4) Review of factor guidelines
Historical Forms of Urbanization • Kullutown as the link between upper valleys of the Kullu district, and the plains • Link between Tibet and Punjab • Gateway for Lahaul and Spiti into the plains • Seat of the Kullu rajas and center of the sacred geography of the valley • Post-Independence Administrative headquarters
Contemporary Period – Himachal Pradesh • High GDP growth, high incomes • High levels of infrastructure provision – water, electricity, telephones, roads • High social indicators
Economic Activities in Kullu-Bhuntar • Tourism • Agriculture • Professional services • Government infrastructure • Shops, bazaars and markets • Religious architecture • Factories • Hydroelectric • Private infrastructure • Military infrastructure
Patterns of Urbanization • Multilayered flows/growth of the built environment • Spatial dispersion through self-urbanization and institutional growth • Ribbon development, suburbanization and metropolitanization? • Cross Border Potato Urbanization – the importance of Lahauland Spiti and their potatoes • Under reported Urbanization