The bungalow – part of India's vernacular heritage. Issue 4 (3rd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bhardwaj, Monalisa; Garg, Pushplata
• Is Part Of: International journal of environmental studies. Volume 73:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 604
• Page End: 615
• Publication Date: 2016-07-03
• Subjects: Colonial -- Vernacular architecture -- Bungalow -- India -- Heritage; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; 333.707
• DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2016.1185335
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7233

Abstract

Abstract : Further to the entry of the East India Company, British people became resident in the Indian sub-continent down to 1947 and even later. Their distinct socio-cultural traditions and practices in an environment which was different from Britain resulted in a distinctive indigenous-like response towards building. Their built environment was acutely sensitive to the locally available resources and adapted to their in-transit lifestyle; and it sustained their social, economic and cultural environment. Their buildings are part of the heritage of South Asia and South East Asia.