Contesting the Indian City
Global Visions and the Politics of the Local
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:27th Sep '13
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Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India.
- Features studies that serve to deepen our theoretical understandings of the changes that Indian cities are experiencing
- Examines how urban redevelopment policy and planning, and reforms of urban politics and real estate markets, are shaping urban spatial change in India
- The first volume to bring themes of urban political reform, municipal finance, land markets, and real estate industry together in an international publication
“This volume is sure to provide a useful set of framings and background for scholars, policy-makers and activists to make sense of fragmented and undemocratic governance in India’s cities.” (Urban Studies, 1 May 2015)
ISBN: 9781444367041
Dimensions: 238mm x 163mm x 22mm
Weight: 572g
336 pages