Cities are like individuals. Each has its own character and physiognomy. Political events and historical phenomenon play essential roles in the shaping of the human environment. A city is the visual aspect of history, expressive of the creative forces which brought it into being.
Planned cities are always the true expression of a culture and accurately reflect their capacities, ideas, skills, values and grasps. In their form, structure & architecture, they symbolise human aspirations, reflect the social needs of their citizens and exploit the limits of technology such as in the walled city of Jaipur. The city has all attributes of a medieval city, but it is characteristically different among them.
That Jaipur could contain both economic and spatial growth and even today, the multitude of activities, high concentration of population within its walls still makes it the centre of the city, despite the burgeoning growth outside the crenellated walls, clamouring to become a world-class city is an ode to the flexibility and elasticity in planning that has made the old city of Jaipur endearing and lively.
