Copyright

Devashree Vyas

Published On

2024-09-26

Page Range

pp. 11–30

Language

  • English

Print Length

20 pages

1. Mumbai

A Metropolis Forged in Lasting Fragments of Urbs Prima in Indis

  • Devashree Vyas (author)
Chapter of: Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation (pp. 11–30)

In Chapter One, Devashree Vyas analyses the urban development of Mumbai, India, a city originally established on an archipelago of seven islands. Focusing on the typologies of the city’s constituent heritage, the author examines its colonial, post-colonial and contemporary heritages in order to shed light on collective identities in the context of widespread urban development and heritage conservation difficulties.

Contributors

Devashree Vyas

(author)

Devashree Vyas earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Mumbai University and has since worked primarily on projects related to heritage conservation, particularly within urban civic fabrics. She also achieved a master’s degree in the World Heritage Studies programme at Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg in Germany. She is currently affiliated with Ancestry Deutschland and works on digitisation of archives.