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Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal
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: Received: 6 July 2023 / Approved: 7 July 2023 / Online: 7 July 2023 (11:46:28 CEST)
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SARKAR, K.; Guchhait, S.K. Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal. Preprints2023, 2023070499. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0499.v1
SARKAR, K.; Guchhait, S.K. Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal. Preprints 2023, 2023070499. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0499.v1
SARKAR, K.; Guchhait, S.K. Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal. Preprints2023, 2023070499. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0499.v1
APA Style
SARKAR, K., & Guchhait, S.K. (2023). Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0499.v1
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SARKAR, K. and Sanat Kumar Guchhait. 2023 "Eco-authoritarian Legacy of Burdwan Raj Dynasty and Cultural Praxis for the Sustainability of Heritage Sites and Built-up Eco space in Burdwan Town, West Bengal" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0499.v1
Abstract
The concept of "Eco-authoritarianism", although appeared in the 1970s, through the writings of Robert Heilbroner, William Ophuls etc., but Eco-authoritarianism as a theory has emerged very recently [1]. In this era of global environmental degradation and rampant defacement of green space in the rapidly expanding cities of developing countries especially in India, historical sites of green belts, or eco-space developed by royal dynasties or colonial rulers are still preserved by eco-authoritarianism and cultural praxis. A lot of such heritage sites and built-up eco-spaces have faded out over time but at the same time, huge numbers are still present due to the imposition of restrictions by the state or national government or statutory organizations. Built up eco-space under Burdwan Raj Dynasty during the 18th and 19th centuries is still preserved almost in its original form due to the eco-authoritarianism outlook of the present stakeholder (The University authority mainly and the Forest Department). People of this urban unit not only feel proud of such built up eco-space; they also give credit to the university authority for maintaining the legacy of the Raj Dynasty. This investigation attempts to capture not only the role of authoritarian legacy for the preservation and conservation of eco-space in the urban context but also clarify the benefits of this eco-space regarding the cultural ecosystem services and outlook of urbanites towards nature. To portray this, both the qualitative and quantitative methods have been applied to glean the whole perspective.
Keywords
urban green-space, eco-authoritarianism, preservation, conservation, cultural praxis; attitude towards nature
Subject
Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
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