TRANSFORMATION AND REGENERATION OF ABANDONED QUARRY IN PUNE (BHAMBURDAVANAVIHAR) INTO EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ADVENTURE PARK
Prof. Ajit D. Shinde, Prof. Pallavi R Purandare
SEF’s Pune Institute of Applied Technology, Pune, Design Department
Abstract
A quarry is an area from which rocks such as basalt, marble, limestone and granite are extracted for industrial use, Once washed-out of their desired resources, quarries are frequently abandoned. The resulting gaping holes can fill with water and form dangerous quarry lakes while others are turned into unsightly landfills. Abandoned quarry is a land type that causes great demolition to ecological environment, destroying the city visualization and leads to waste of land resource. It is a very close problem about how to carry on the rational transformation to form the sustainable and functional use of this land.
Nowadays, in Pune the landscape areas, which we would like to see as cultural landscape in the future, are currently spoiled by a fast growth infrastructure and eventually the excavations for land development. However the landscape damage done by these things will never recover in the way it supposed to be.
Converting dead areas into water bodies, green spaces and recreation areas creates a significant community asset and can add life to the dead spaces by effective conversion. So far, remediation efforts have focused mainly on utilizing dead space as productive properties so as to example financial costs and risks. The use of environmental economics has proved beneficial in providing a clear answer in regard to the social value of neglected land redevelopment.
This research is based on two hypotheses –
1) The density of the reuse of dead space requires new innovative approach
2) Creative use of dead space can contribute to the city and its people through several significant aspects , it should play a more important role in urban planning.
Ecological restoration, constructing abundant ecological landscape and artificial landscape, which has a demonstrating function for the ecosystem restore and landscape design of abandoned quarries
Keywords: Quarry, Re-Use, Society, Landscapes, Themeparks, Sustainable Development
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EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)
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Published on : 2026-04-26
| Vol | : | 12 |
| Issue | : | 4 |
| Month | : | April |
| Year | : | 2026 |