International Symposium, ISESLCLInternational Symposium, ISESLCLInternational Symposium, ISESLCL

17-19 October 201917-19 October 201917-19 October 2019

Environment, Sustainability, Law& Cultural Landscapes of Asia

Chief Patron

Shri Yogi Adityanath-Ji Hon'le Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

(Mahant, Gorakhnath Temple, Gorakhpur, UP)

Convener & Director

Prof. S. K. Singh Head- Dept. of Geography.,

D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP 273009, INDIAMobile: (+091)-94515 59355

Patron

Prof. Vijay Krishna Singh Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor,

D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP 273009

Organising-Secretaries

Dr. Sarvesh Kumar (Joint Secretary ACLA, ACLAI)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

Mobile: (+091)-93074 79877. ISESLCL eMail: aclagkp2019@gmail.com

Co-Conveners

Prof. Jitendra Mishra(Head & Dean, Dept. of Law)

Prof. N. K. Rana (Dept of Geography)

D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

Dr. T. N. MishraAssistant Professor

Department of Law, Faculty of LawD.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

Mobile: (+091)- 94504 45062.

Associate Secretaries (Assistant Professors, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University)Dr. Dipak Prasad (Dept. of Geography)

Mr. Ankit Singh (Dept. of Geography)

Dr. Shailesh Kumar Singh (Dept. of Law)

Dr. Rajnish Kumar Srivastav (Dept. of Law)

Dr. Om Prakash Singh (Dept. of Law)

FULL REGISTRATION(INR Rs / USD $), ISIESCL: 17-19 October 2019

NOTE: It is mandatory to be member of the ACLA, by paying US$ 50 cash (= IRs 3600) as Annual Fee (applicable only for faculty members, and representatives of institutions).

The Field trip to the Buddhist Places (19 October 2019, Thursday) will be on the basis of payment (Rs 1000/-) each person, which will cover all the meals, tickets, and transport; this sum be deposited together with the Registration Fee.

Bank Payment DetailsBank Name : Allahabad Bank, Gorakhpur University

Campus, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh- 273001, INDIA

Account Name : “International Symposium 2019”Account Number : 50490916441IFS Code : ALLA0210106SWIFT Code : ALLAINBBVAR

border, and 273 kilometres east of the state capital Lucknow. The bus station and Railway Station is 5-minutes walk from the D.D.U. Gorakhpur University. The buses provide service to Lucknow, Varanasi (205 km, 6 hr), Patna and other regional towns. Lumbini (104 km from Gorakhpur), the birthplace of the Buddha, is just across the Nepal border. This border crossing very closed to Sonauli (59 km). Another Buddhist site Kushinagar, the death and cremation place of Buddha is 53 km from Gorakhpur. Other important places of tourist interests in the environs include Maghar, Pavanagar, Kapilvastu (Piprahwa), etc.

The University : Department of Geography, and Department of Law :- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University or simply Gorakhpur University, spread over 118ha, located in the city of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was founded on 1 September 1957. This is a teaching and residential-cum- afliating university, consisting of 265 faculty members and around 13,000 students. Mahant Digvijay Nath, the then chief of the Gorakhnath Temple, had made valuable contribution in the formation of the University. It is situated at a distance of about 2 km from the downtown to the east and almost walking distance from railway station to the south. The university consists of faculties and centres of arts, social science, science, commerce, education, law, biotechnology, business management, etc. There are over 125 residential quarters, and eight dormitories (hostels) for the students. Study centres of the Indira Gandhi National Open University and of UPRT Open University also function in the University. (late) V.B. Singh (Ex Chief Minister of U.P) and (late) Kalp Nath Rai (Central Minister) were the alumni of this university. Ex Chief Minister of U.P. and Ex Home Minister of Bharat (India), Sri Raj Nath Singh is also the alumni of the Physics department of this University. 450 colleges are afliated to this university.

The Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, was founded and started its functioning on 16th July 1958, after emergence of the geography department from Maharana Pratap Degree College. It was in 1961 that the rst batch of post-Graduate in Geography passed out from the department. There are 14 sanctioned posts, of which nine are lled and the rest are still vacant. Presently, there are four professors and ve assistant professors. Bachelor & Master courses and doctoral programmes are running in all the major branches of geography and related interdisciplinary sub-branches. The department organizes at regular basis seminars, workshops and refresher courses on the contemporary themes.

The Department of Law, Faculty of Law, was founded in 1958. It offers various courses like Bachelor of Laws (LLB), 3- Year Course for LLB degree, and also Diploma in Law, PhD in Law, and LLB distance education. The faculty has a well developed infrastructure and facilities like computer lab, Auditorium, Sports and more. The college has well trained and experienced faculty members. The department organizes at regular basis seminars, workshops and refresher courses on the contemporary themes.

About Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Metropolitan area/City (1,324,570 inhabitants, est. 2019) is situated at 23º45'N Latitude and 83º23' E Longitude in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh (India) on the conuence of rivers Rapti and Rohini. The average elevation of the city is 82 metre m.s.l. The city is named after famous Yogi Guru Gorakshanath, a renowned ascetic who was a prominent saint of the Nath Sampradaya in the medieval period. Gorakhpur is well connected to all over India through Roadways (Direct AC Deluxe Buses from Delhi via Lucknow), Railways (daily many trains from Delhi via Lucknow and other parts of India) and Airways (daily direct ights to Gorakhpur from Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru). It is located near the Nepal

Special Note: Due to financial scarcity, we're unable to subsidizeeven partially, the air fare, or long distant train fares.

A. Participant (India)

B. Participant (abroad, excluding SAARC)

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D. Research Scholars (India)

E. Student (Master, Local – no accommodation)

F. Accompanying Person (India)

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H. Accompanying Person (SAARC)

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under the aegis of ACLA Asian Cultural Landscape Association: 8-ACLA Symposium,

ACLAI Asian Cultural Landscape Association - India, & with thecollaboration of - International Geographical Union IGU Commission, C16.7

“Cultural Approach in Geography”; IGU Commission C16.25 “Landscape Analysisand Landscape Planning” ICOMOS - National Scientific Committee “Cultural Landscapes”

ICOMOS - IFLA International Scientific Committee “Places of Religion & Ritual” (PRERICO)Vijnana Bharati, New Delhi, India

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Preamble and the Focal Sub-Themes

Most of the ancient cultures, especially the Asians in the ancient past ordered the natural world on cosmological principles and shaped harmonious relation with natural environment. Mountains and springs, plains and rivers, were sites and channels of sacred power from historical events and timeless sacred forces. And, geographical features were inscribed by human hands to mark their surroundings environment in the frame of built structures of cultural landscape.

'Environment and sustainability' is a worldwide multi disciplinary concern which covers many points of view of the common impacts of socio-economic-cultural and jurisprudence planning, wellbeing and related advancement. Concerned with the complex interactions between development and environment, its reason is to see for ways, paths and implies for framing sustainability in all human activities aimed in such a march of advancement. This Symposium will examine the role current environmental burning issues, sustainability and consequential emerged issues in the context of UN-SDGs and associated cultural and sacred landscapes with emphasis on awakening the deeper cultural sense in harmonizing the world and the role of jurisprudence, drawing upon the multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural interfaces, beyond the world of Asia.

* The six broad themes are chalked out; of course any related themes will also be taken care of :-

(A) Environment, Development and Landscape :- Interfaces and interrelationships between Environment, Development and Landscape: Moral Ethics, Human Behaviour; Environment Quality and Health Issues: Cultural and scientic issues; Urbanisation and Environment; Environment Pollution, Hazards and Disaster: Management and Sustainable Plans; Global Warming: Concern, Vulnerability and Threat Management, and related themes of cultural landscapes; Jurisprudence and the issue of environment and landscape development.

(B) Sustainability, Global Understanding and UN-SDGs: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, Sustainability Policy and Practice, Sustainability in Education, Gender and Development, Energy for Sustainable Development, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development, Agricultural Suitability, Sustainable Development Goals in Indian Perspective, and other related themes of Landscape and Culture; Modelling Sustainability and the Cultural wholes; Framing Jurisprudence for global understanding.

(C) Cultural Landscape, Ritual Landscape and Cosmogram: Ritual landscape and sacredscapes: ritualisation process, cosmogram and complexity; cosmic geometry and cultural astronomy: geometry of time, travel genre and circulation network, hierarchy and patterns, sacred functionaries & sacred systems of network; sacred city and cosmic order, representation and identity between cultural (religious) landscape and heritage landscape, archetypal representation, cosmogony and geomantic framing, cross-cultural comparison, and other topics related to the theme.

(D) Heritage Cities, Religious notions and making of Harmonious World: 'Interfaces' and cultural interaction: sharing the experiences of different groups from different parts of the world, role of NGOs in mass awakening, deep ecology, dening and identifying cultural heritage, religion and cultural tourism management; planning for sacred places: heritage preservation and conservation, dynamics of change and ethical issues, social-cultural implications and public participation; spatial dimension of heritage cities; envisioning the role of religious heritage sites and cultural landscapes in sustainable tourism; inclusive heritage development; Jurisprudence frame in

conserving and preserving the holy-heritage cities.(E)Places of Religion : Sacrality, Spatiality and Sustainability :

Role of places of religion in human civilization; Religious heritage and sacredscapes; Gorakhnath Peeth and its associated sacred sites: spatial arrangement, socio-cultural characteristics, sacred happenings, awakening the masses; Sacredscapes of religious groups: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and others; Multi-religious sites; Ritualscapes- sacrality, myths and designs; Faithscapes; role of sacrality in space, time and function; archetypal representation, and planning holy-heritage cities; Monastic traditions and emergence of socio-cultural landscapes; the Buddhist Sacredscapes: Historicity, cultural identity, dispersal and adaptation, inter-religious discourses, interfacing sacrality and spatiality, cross-cultural interfaces; Asian religious places and their role in planning and sustainability; Comparative Study of Cultural Links and Ritual Landscapes between Gaya (Korea) and India; Application of Law.

(F) Sustainable Development, SD, and Role of Law: Framing Jurisprudence to achieve SDGs, especially planning holy-heritage cities; Appraising Environment Laws; SD and International Law, SD under Indian Constitution, Right to Life and SD, Role of Judiciary in SD, Scarcity of Water and SD, Legal Dimension of SD, Socio-Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development.

Structure : 2-days Symposium and keynote addresses (17~19 October 2019), and 1-day eld trip (19 October 2019) The Field trip to the Buddhist Places will be on the basis of payment (Rs 1000/-) each person.

Deadlines: An abstract of mx. 200~250 words (with details of address, tel., Fax, email).by 31 August 2019. ISESLCL eMail: aclagkp2019@gmail.com

§ Full Paper (6000-6500 words; Harvard Style of Manuel, having Abstract, Keywords (5-8), followed with Introduction at the beginning, and Conclusion at the end, focal themes/sub-themes and case studies in the text, and at the end References); ……. by 20 Sept. 2019. ISESLCL eMail: aclagkp2019@gmail.com

(Strictly in the Harvard Style Manuel: citing author/s by surname/s, year: pp. in the text within parentheses, and full references at the end arranged alphabetically by surname, full initials, year, title of the paper/ book. Journal/Book, Publishers, Place); Details will be provided later on.

₪ Deadline for abstract submission : 31 August 2019₪ Notication of acceptance of abstract : 10 September 2019₪ Deadline for full paper submission : 20 September 2019

ImportantDates

Advisory Committee (International)Prof. Yukio HIMIYAMA Japan, President, IGU – Chief Guest and Keynote SpeakerProf. Sung-Kyun KIM Korea, Founding President- ACLA, SNU Seoul – Keynote SpeakerProf. R.B. SinghSecretory General & Treasurer, IGU – Keynote SpeakerProf. Rana P.B. SinghPresident, Asian Cultural Landscape Association– Keynote SpeakerProf. Michael MeadowsSouth Africa, Asst. Secretary General, IGUProf. Elena dell'AgneseItaly, Vice President, IGUProf. Iain HayAustralia, Vice President, IGUProf. Zhou ChenghuChina, Vice President, IGUProf. Barbaros GönençgilTurkey, Vice President, IGU

Prof. Nathalie LemarchandFrance, Vice President, IGUProf. Giuliano BellezzaItaly, Ex-Vice President, IGUProf. Acad. Fu BojieChina, Beijing, Vice President, IGUProf. Joos Droogleever FortuijnAmsterdam, Vice President, IGUProf. Nodar ElizbarashviliGeorgia, Chairman, IGU C.16.25 'Landscape Analysis & Planning'Prof. Louis DupontFrance, Chairman, IGU C.16.07 'Cultural Approach in Geography'Prof. Alessio RussoU.K., Member EC- ACLA, University of Gloucestershire. Prof. Sanka WimaladharmaSri Lanka, University of ColomboProf. Vinayak BharneUSA, Urban Design and Planning, University of Southern CaliforniaProf. Ngo-Viet Nam-SonVietnam, Director, NVD Architects & Planners, HCM CityProf. Amareshwar GallaDenmark, Director, International MuseumProf. Michael TurnerIsrael, Heritage Academy JerusalemProf. Francisco BandarinItaly, University of Venice, & ex- Asst. DG- UnescoProf. Michael di GivovineUSA, Westminster UniversityProf. Istvan KeulNorway, University of BergenProf. Dr. Olimpia Niglio (Austria, Italy), Vatican Minister of Culture, Wien & RF-Kyoto UniversityProf. Deepa BadrinarayanaUSA, School of Law, Chapman University, CA.Prof. Philippe CulletU.K., Center of Law E & D-SOAS, University of London. Mr Sujith KoonanU.K., Center of Law E & D-SOAS, University of London.

Advisory Committee (National)Prof. Kaushal Kumar SharmaDirector Nn Zone ICSSR, & JNU New DelhiDr. Yogendra Pratap SinghDirector- Ayodhya Research Institute, Dept. of Culture, Gov. U.P.Prof. R.K. MishraFormer Vice Chancellor, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, GorakhpurDr. P. NagFormer Vice Chancellor, M.G. Kashi Vidyapeeth, VaranasiProf. Shri Niwas SinghV.C., MMM Technical University, GorakhpurProf. Akhilesh S. RaghubanshiDirector IESD, B.H.U., VaranasiProf. Bharat H. DesaiCILS-SIS- J.N.U. New DelhiProf. Ranbir SinghPatron, National Law University, DelhiProf. Lavanya RajamaniCentre for Policy Research, New DelhiProf. Sairam BhatCentre for Env. Law, National Law School of India, BengaluruProf. M.K. RameshCentre for Env. Law, National Law School of India, BengaluruProf. V.S. MishraEbv, Law, Law School, B.H.U., Varanasi

Prof. Ras Bihari Pd. SinghV.C. Patna University, Patna

Prof. Harikesh SinghV.C., J.P. University, Chhapra (Bihar)

Prof. Kameshwar N. SinghV.C., P.D.T. Open University, Allahabad

Prof. Manoj DixitV.C., RML Avadh University, Ayodhya.

Prof. S.K. BhatnagarVice-Chancellor, R.M.L. National Law University, Lucknow

Prof. B.N. PandeyFormer Head & Dean, Law School, B.H.U.

Prof. B.C. NirmalFormer Vice-Chancellor, Law University, Ranchi

Prof. S.S. ChattergeeFormer Chairman, West Bengal Public Service Commission

Prof. Sachidanand JoshiMember-Secretary IGNCA

Prof. Jagdish SinghEx- HOD- Geography, DDU Gorakhpur University

Prof. Santosh ShuklaEx-Dean School of Applied Sciences Dr. H.S. Gaur University, Sagar

Prof. Suresh Chand RaiSecretary General, NAGI, New Delhi

Prof. Atiqur RahmanJamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Prof. Balkrishna Champat VaidyaCSRD, JNU, New Delhi

Prof. Abha Laxmi SinghEx-Dean, F/o Science, AMU, Aligarh

Prof. Shahab FazalFaculty of Science, AMU, Aligarh

Prof. A. Bala KishanHead- Geography, Osmania University, Hyderabad

Prof. Vishambhar P. SatiCentral University of Manipur

Prof. Narayan C. JanaUniversity of Burdwan, Burdhman

Dr. G. S. ChauhanJoint Secretory, UGC, New-Delhi

Dr. Mridul ShuklaScience & Technology Ofcer, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

Prof. Saurabh Kumar DixitNEHU University, Shillong

Prof. Bimal Kumar KarGauhati University, Guwahati

Prof. Lakshmi Shivarama KrishnanJadavpur University, Kolkata

Prof. Vishambhar Nath SharmaDepartment of Geography, BHU, Varanasi

Prof. Ajay Pratap SinghHead- History, Avadh University, Ayodhya.

Prof. Gitanjali RaoHuballi Institute of Architecture, Huballi.

Prof. Sanjeev SinghSchool of Archt. & Urban Planning, Bhopal

Prof. Ravindra JaybhayePune University

Dr. Chiradeep BasakNational Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam

Prof. Y.P. KohaliPresident, Vijnana Bharati Goraksha Prant