Abstract
City growth influences people’s lives continuously. Artists like textile weavers are affected by urban and semi-urban development strategies, like other city stakeholders. Nagpur, Maharashtra, a famous central Indian city, was chosen for this pilot project. Handloom and related activities have been in this city for over 300 years. The city’s strategic position and abundance of cotton and kosa silk made textile production a popular occupation. This pilot project examines how city development affects Nagpur’s handloom weavers and affiliated workers. This study used secondary data from academic publications, policy guidelines, and maps. Secondary data analysis revealed weavers’ development variables. The weavers of selected sites were surveyed to acquire primary data on socio-economic, city development, and technology via snowball sampling. The identified parameters’ impact on community sustenance was measured using Kendell’s Tau-b correlation in SPSS. To understand the built environment and its impact on craftsmen’ sustainable growth, Mominpura and Itwari were documented. Technology, socio-economy, and city growth sustain these weavers’ communities, according to this data. The documentation also emphasised the weavers’ working and living conditions and the locality’s potential for their sustainable development. Thus, weavers’ space needs must be addressed in specialist development to maintain their cohesive structure and sustainability. This study will help policymakers and planners evaluate weavers’ social dependency and built needs for health. This pilot study supports SDG 11 of sustainable city growth by analysing community needs for survival in today’s changing city development situation.
Keywords: Economy, Socio-Cultural Aspect, Sustainable Development, Technology, Weavers.