Change in Quality of Water

When we look back at the history of water as a landscape element, the temporality of it is what remains constant as a feature throughout. It is this temporality of water that lends it a dynamic nature which has transcended down through the generations. Only difference is earlier water was used as a luxurious component defining royalty and influence, but nowadays use of water in landscape is made more judiciously or rather it should be.

Millions of population of society depends on water, from industries to small households. And thanks to urbanization large agricultural fields and wetlands will be blanketed by dices of urbanity, adding effluence into the landscape. This is a situation that is going arise in every nook and corner of developing countries like ours. So what can be done to revive the temporality of water in such cases, and also most importantly revive the purity of it?

The image here is depicting a generic context which can exist anywhere in the world, wherein there is urbanization in-filtering into the agricultural settings and debarring the natural purity of the landscape and also minimizing lands potential for cultivation. It is basically screaming for concern needed towards water, a resource that we humans abuse very notoriously.

Author:Amrita Slatch; Master in Landscape Design (2nd year);Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University,Ahmedabad, India

All images courtesy the Author

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