Exploring the Factors Enabling Old Lahore's Traditional Markets to Resist WCLA’S Preservation Efforts

Umair Javed, Muhammad Shahwali Najmi, Muhammad Hasaan Haroon and Hiba Ahmed

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Old Lahore traditional markets play a prime place in the city's identity by reflecting the practices and customs over generations. The markets represent far more than a commercial center, since they embody the dynamic interaction of cultural values and historical practice. As Geertz would write, "markets are webs of economic relationships" and are also the depositories of social and cultural values (Geertz). The operations of these markets are characterized by their crude trading practices, the nature of products sold, and the personalized relationships between traders and customers, which have remained relatively unchanged with time. This research is interdisciplinary, combining sociology, anthropology, history, heritage, and economics to analyze the relationship between heritage conservation efforts and the continuity of traditional market practices.

Keywords: Traditional; Markets; Heritage; Conservation; Urban; Preservation; Resistance; to; Conservation; Walled; City; of; Lahore; Socio-economic; Resilience; Informal; Economies; Walled; City; of; Lahore; Authority; (WCLA); Old; Lahore; Azam; Market; Akbari; Mandi; Kashmiri; Gate; Lohari; Gate; Union; Governance; Punjab; Heritage; Bazaar; Economy; (Clifford; Geertz); Political; Economy; of; Bazaars; (Keshavarzian); Informal; Credit; Networks; Clientelization; Self-regulation; Mechanisms; Cultural; Continuity; Heritage; vs.; Livelihood; Conservation-led; Displacement; Urban; Modernization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-18
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/125337/1/MPRA_paper_125337.pdf original version (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:125337

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Ludwigstraße 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Joachim Winter ().