Bridging Between City and the River: Case of Tawi Riverfront, Jammu City

Abstract

City space purposes actively to influence socio-cultural methods, identities and, indeed, the ways in which the city itself is represented. In the city, a space could transform to be as place, through human experience of a space which can be instinctive, bodily and immediate. Rivers had vision in motion as a way to show active processes in its flowing slowly, which are simply restrained in time and the life of citizens. Rivers have long been known as one of humanity’s most important natural resources. They are one of the most significant of all the natural resources necessary to ensure human health and civilization. A close suggestion among cities and water is inherent since the history of civilization whereby most cities are situated on or near a water body of some type. In general, waterfront is defined as the zone of interface between urban development and the water. It is here that the requirement of the city, the water, and its inhabitants come together. (Breen & Rigby, 1994) [1] sees waterfront as the water’s edge in cities and towns of all sizes and the water body may be a river, lake, ocean, bay, creek, or canal. The research consider the river path of River Tawi as alley connecting the urban spaces of the city of Jammu and focus on development of the river edge to reinstate the lost historicity of the temple town of Jammu.