Print Email Facebook Twitter [UN]WAR Title [UN]WAR: Spatial Planning and Strategies for Social Cohesion in the Kashmir Valley, India Author Sansare, Ninad (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Contributor Nadin, Vincent (mentor) Hausleitner, Birgit (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism Project Complex Cities Date 2019-07-01 Abstract Planning in a conflict region is considered as one of the challenging discourses of urbanism due to extreme geopolitical and societal conditions. This research-design project addresses spatial planning, policies, and design in the contested areas, through the case of Kashmir which is a disputed geopolitical region between India and Pakistan. Due to this, political and cultural conflict emerge in the region resulting in underdevelopment and social fragmentation. In order to understand the theoretical aspects of conflict and urbanism, the major part of this thesis is dedicated to the literature review. In which literature by several urban scholars on this topic as well as policies by the Indian government and State government of Jammu and Kashmir has been analyzed. Which leads to the problem formulation for the thesis which constitutes and find out the missing link between current planning practices and cultural conflict in the region, in order to further assist in the conflict mitigation. Also, the analysis has been done by various methods like comparative analysis, Empirical analysis, field visit to understand the planning and governance system in Kashmir. This analysis resulted in finding spatial opportunities as an urbanist to develop the region. Finally, this project aims to create a strategic framework to achieve social cohesion in the area by altering the current planning practices and giving design interventions. Subject Contested citiesCultural conflictUrban planning in IndiaGovernance modelsSrinagarKashmirPolitical conflict To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:10c768f2-dd73-4ba5-92a6-fdf84e4635c7 Coordinates 34.090000, 74.790000 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Ninad Sansare Files PDF P5_Report_Ninad_4747747.pdf 70.21 MB PDF Poster_Thesis.pdf 8.65 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:10c768f2-dd73-4ba5-92a6-fdf84e4635c7/datastream/OBJ1/view