@article{10240, keywords = {cultural landscape, India, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, conceptual framework, critical heritage, cultural heritage, cultural landscape, Decision making, desert, governance approach, indigenous knowledge, Innovation, livelihood, local participation, Sustainability, Tourism, urban water}, author = {Chandrima Mukhopadhyay and Devika Devi}, title = {Landscape, heritage and technological innovation: towards a framework of sustainability of cultural landscape in a desert town in India}, abstract = {Landscape heritage and Landscape justice are recent concepts in landscape studies. Landscape heritage speaks about listening to multiple voices in decision-making on landscape and heritage, especially listening to non-experts, and indigenous voices. Landscape justice is about ensuring equal access to natural resources/natural landscape. The study is based on Jaisalmer, a desert town with the only living fort in Asia, located in Thar Desert at the India–Pakistan border. The study proposes a conceptual framework on the sustainability of cultural landscape that is used to reflect peoples’ livelihood around (lack of access to) water. The framework identifies three main dimensions: the shifting natural landscape, unrecognised critical (tangible and intangible) heritage and challenges with water post-Indira Gandhi Canal project, a central government intervention for desert greening.}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, pages = {50-63}, issn = {01426397 (ISSN)}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016289259&doi=10.1080%2f01426397.2017.1297388&partnerID=40&md5=e3b45536856c10e684b766fe46a98d05}, doi = {10.1080/01426397.2017.1297388}, note = {Publisher: Routledge}, }