ThispublicationpresentstheresultsofmorethanfiveconsecutiveyearsoffocusedresearchinitiativesanddesignsfromTheUniversityofVirginiaSchoolofArchitecturetowardstherevitalizationofNewDelhi,India’swaterbodies.IncollaborationwiththeDelhiJalBoard,TheUniversityofVirginia’sYamunaRiverProjectisaninter-disciplinaryresearchprogram,proposingtorevitalizetheecologyoftheYamunaRiverinDelhiandcreatingvitalurbanlinkswiththeYamunaRiverasitflowsthroughIndia’scapitalcity.Throughtheresearch,methodologies,anddesignscontainedwithinthispublication,thisprojectaimstoserveasacatalystfortheurgentrecoveryoftheYamunaRiveranditstributaries,buildingapublicallyaccessiblebodyofinformationandexpertiseresultinginvisionsofwhatanalternativefuturewouldbe.OnlybyaddressinghumanequalityandthecomplexityofDelhi’surbanphenomenoncanthesocialandecologicalcrisesmanifestedthroughtheseneglectedwaterbodiesbesolved.
