High Altitude North Indian Settlements: Shared built and ecological heritage

The North Zone and EPWG of ICOMOS India would like to welcome you all to the webinar on-
"High Altitude North Indian Settlements: Shared built and ecological heritage" 

Background

The Himalayas, one of the youngest mountain ranges in the world, forms a continuous border spanning nearly 1600 miles along the northern border of the Indian Subcontinent. Himalayas are eco-sensitive fragile places of immense natural and cultural biodiversity. Geologically, Himalayas are divided into three ranges, namely the upper Himalayas, middle Himalayas and lower Himalayas. Development in all three ranges is a challenging task because of the varied altitudinal sensitivity and at times fragile eco-systems. The cities and settlements are under tremendous pressure from tourism centric growth that at times conflicts with the principles of sustainability and indigenous life and culture. The cultural understanding of high-altitude indigenous settlements is closely interrelated with nature, where humans and nature share a bond of mutual respect that resulted in the vernacular built forms and culturally dominated lifestyle practices of intangible cultural heritage. 
 

The webinar on "High Altitude North Indian Settlements: Shared built and ecological heritage" is conceived to- 

• To understand the Topology of High-altitude settlements based on three segments with variations according to geological, ecological and settlement types.
   
• To create a matrix of linkages and parameters of interdependence for sustenance and identity special/ unique character/ characteristics retention.

Kindly find speaker details in the attached poster.

Date: 29 August, 2021

Time: 11.00 AM - 1.30 PM