Aquatecture submitted by Vinaya Dhone Guided by Prof. Saurabh Paliwal

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AQUATECTURE THESIS REPORT

Mohenjo-Daro

Resilience on the other hand is defined as, the ability of a system, community or society exposed to
hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and
efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures
and functions.(# 3 Ref UNISDR, 2009).
Recent research suggests that the recovery component of resilience is more than simply the ability of
‘bouncing back to the pre-disaster state. It should rather be perceived as the ability of building back
better, meaning creating abetter system during the recovery phase, drawing on lessons learned during
the disaster. (# 5 Ref Becker, 2014)
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# 3 Ref UNISDR, 2009 The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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# 4 Ref Oliver-Smith et al., 2016 5
# 5 Ref Becker, 2014

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• WORLD DISASTER MAP Fig. 4
– Disaster Report per country. Fig. 5
– Percentage Occurrence of Natural Disaster.
(# 6 Ref:
UNISDR / CRED)
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# 6 Ref UNISDR / CRED

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• INDIA DISASTER MAP Fig. 6
– Indian Climatic Disaster Risk Map. Fig. 7
– Percentage of Disaster Occurrence. Fig. 8 – People affected by weather

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• HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER AND ARCHITECTURE Throughout history human settlements have been shaped by water to a great extent. Besides being a source of sustenance, humans have needed water for several other needs including transportation and recreation. It is a known fact that past civilizations have built their cities and villages near rivers, streams, lakes or other water sources throughout the historical process. Even in modern cities, water remains an important factor in the design of open spaces and for the quality of human life. For designers, water is one of the most attractive and entrancing design elements in the design and organization of urban open spaces.
Mohenjo-Daro meaning 'Mound of the Dead Men' is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and one of the world's earliest major cities. Fig. 9
– Mohenjo-Daro.
Mohenjo-Daro is located west of the Indus River in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan, in a central position between the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River. It is situated on a Pleistocene ridge in the middle of the floodplain of the Indus River Valley, around 28 kilometers (17 min) from the town of Larkana. The ridge was prominent during the time of the Indus Valley Civilization, allowing the city to stand above the surrounding flood, but subsequent flooding has since buried most of the ridge in silt deposits. The Indus still flows east of the site, but the Ghaggar-Hakra riverbed on the western side is now dry.

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