Publication Date: 2023/12/12
Abstract: In ancient times water bodies played key role in establishment of different settlements. Most of the Indian cities have a great heritage of a number of natural as well as manmade water bodies. Human life was closely linked with these water bodies for day-to-day activities. Now days, due to rapid urbanization and change in technology this link is weakened and most of the water bodies are in neglected condition. There is significant shrinkage in their size and number. Even though most of the water bodies in urban areas are not serving the basic purpose of water supply, they play vital role in maintaining ground water table, lowering the temperature in surrounding areas, providing large open space in dense urban fabric or even adding to the beauty of urban fabric. Hence, conservation of this unbuilt heritage is very important. Government has formulated different policies for protection and restoration of water bodies in urban areas. In spite of these policies, there is no significant improvement in the condition of water bodies. This study was started with the hypothesisthat re-establishing link between water bodies and human life will help in the rejuvenation of water bodies. This paper is an attempt to find out the contribution of micro level factors in bridging the gap between water bodies and human life. The scope of study is limited to the lakes in urban areas. It involves study of different physical aspects related to the lakes, physical and visual connectivity, surrounding development, land uses and ownerships of adjacent land, human activities and the provisions in government policies and Acts. Research methods used are qualitative and quantitative analytical method. Under these methods; tools used are case study, secondary data and observations. The area chosen for the case study is city of Kalyan gifted with a number of natural and manmade lakes, located in Thane district, Maharashtra.
Keywords: Lland ownerships; land uses; physical connectivity; policies; visual connectivity.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10362036
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23NOV2438.pdf
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