"Nashik's sacred waterscapes — the Godavari riverfront, temple…" — Kajol Chaudhari (#c405)

Card #c405IR // #c405SynthesisThesis

Nashik's sacred waterscapes — the Godavari riverfront, temple tanks, ghats — are degrading under urbanization and tourism stress; using GIS spatial analysis, field observations, and stakeholder consultations, the study maps water-body typologies over time and proposes a holistic, context-sensitive action plan balancing heritage, ecology, and urban life.

— In our words · Source: Integrating Blue Infrastructure in Temple Towns: A Case of Nashik's Sacred Waterscapes (Kajol Chaudhari)

[Use when]

Sacred cities run on sacred infrastructure — plan the water, not just the monuments, or you lose both the ecology and the heritage.

[Why it matters]

Temple towns are sacred-ecology systems, not just heritage sites — the thesis treats the water network as the connective tissue and argues rapid urbanization is breaking it.