Cultural landscapes of South Asia : studies in heritage conservation and management / edited by Kapila D. Silva and Amita Sinha.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : Imagining the Future of Conservation in South Asia / Rahul Mehrotra -- Conservation of Cultural Landscapes in Bhutan / Françoise Pommaret -- Blurring Boundaries and Moving Beyond the Tangible/Intangible and the Natural/Cultural Classifications of Heritage : Cases from Nepal / Neel Kamal Chapagain -- Cultures of the Landscape : A Paradigm of Enriching Diversity Un-recognized in the World Vision of Heritage in Pakistan / Anila Naeem -- The South Asian Shahar : Reimagining Shahariyat as Urban heritage / Jyoti Pandey Sharma -- The Historic Urban Landscape of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh / Farhana Ferdous -- "All the world coming and going" : the past and future of the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, India / Manish Chalana -- The Modernist Historic Urban Landscape of Islamabad, Pakistan / Farhan Karim -- The Landscape Theatre of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka : Interaction of the Regal, Natural and Agricultural Landscapes / Nilan Cooray -- The symbolic authenticity of Kandy, Sri Lanka / Kapila D. Silva -- The Cultural Landscape of Pohela Boishakh Festival and the Making of a National Identity in Bangladesh / Nubras Samayeen and Sharif Shams Imon -- Tourism, Liquid Modernity and Bhutanese Traditional Festivals / Wantanee Suntikul -- Bhaktapur, Nepal : Heritage Values and Conservation Practices / Kapila D. Silva -- Getting the City Back to its People : Conservation and Management of Historic Ahmedabad, India / Debashish Nayak -- The Public Realm of Heritage Sites in India : Sustainable Approaches Towards Planning and Management / Amita Sinha -- Grounded Speculations on Cultural Landscape Conservation / Amita Sinha -- Epilogue : Prospects for Conserving South Asian Cultural Landscapes / Kapila D. Silva.