​​​ISSN NO. 0972-9445

 

Emerging Trends in Development Research

​Vol. 31, No. 1 & 2, 2024

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Hybridization as a New Paradigm of Village Development:

A Case of Ambiyapur, Budaun, Uttar Pradesh

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Pankaj Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor of Sociolgy, Maharana Pratap Govt. PG  College, Bilsi, Budaun, (UP) India

 

 

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the village hybridization phenomenon as an integral part of contemporary society growth dynamics, building typologies, and spatial organization and culture. In particular, it examines its diffusion within newly emerging western idealized contexts due to globalization, to grasp the ongoing dimension of the process and outline some of its main features. It is important to notice that the peculiarity of these specific environments is due to their rapid transformation producing the almost simultaneous formation of new village asset patterns, and development models.
A core part of the work will be constituted by the analysis of some of the typical diffused village hybrid forms, paying major attention to the progressively heterogeneous landscapes and ground-scapes juxtaposition, along with the increasing village edges uncertainty. The proliferation will be intended as a rather complex evolution process and, as a result, requires a vaster and multilayer periphery cognition formulation. Its manifestation in the village context will be identified in some of the contemporary spatial configurations and building typologies generally identifiable as: new public open spaces and container-like attractors, market streets, new gates and highway-scapes, and new specialized areas. These evidence some of the common mechanisms and generative factors acting throughout the different social, physical, economic, and territorial milieus.
Keywords: village Hybridization, fragmented spaces, development

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