City Planning in India, 1947-2017

ISBN-13: 9781138226012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 400 str.

Ashok Kumar; Sanjeev Vidyarthi; Poonam Prakash

Opis

This book is a comprehensive history of city planning in post-independence India. It explores how the conceptualization of city-planning, the challenges of urban development and policymaking have evolved in the changing socio-political context over the past hundred years in India and the global south.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. Preface. 1. Introduction – City Planning in India 2. Shifts and Transitions: Legacies of Pre-Independence Planning 3. Efforts to Build a Modern Nation: Planning From 1947 to Late 1960s 4. Paper Plans Meet the Actual Ground: 1960s to 1980s 5. Post-Liberalization Planning: 1985-2005 6. Recent Planning Efforts: 2005 – 2017. Appendix. References. Index.