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The towers of new capital : mega townships in India / edited by Piyush Tiwari Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave pivotCopyright date: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2016Description: xi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781137586254 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Mega townships in India
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1416 TOW.E 23 009873
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Contents:
1. The Challenge of Megacities in India; Piyush Tiwari 2. Mega-City Mismatches: Inequities and Misalignments between the Visions and Realities of Mega-City Townships in NCR and Gujarat, India; Anastasia Sklavakis 3. New Greenfield Mega-Townships of India: Perpetuating the Socio-Economic Divide?; Samuel Foster 4. Formality versus Reality: An Exploration of the Development Process for Mega-Townships in India; Kate Fisher 5. Perception on Design Quality within the New Mega-Townships of India; Jaxsun Plumley 6. Jumbo on the Runway; Tim Wastell 7. Case Studies in Risk Management of Mega Township Development in India; Joseph Caldwell 8. Governance in Indian Mega-Township Development; Mark Casey-Losewitz 9. Mega Townships: A Marketing Perspective; Caleb Boehringer 10. Risk and Opportunities in the Indian Real Estate Market; Luke Wilson 11. Ethical Practice in an Emerging Economy; Trent Bell 12. Global Imaginations: Projection versus Reality in Indian Megaprojects; Katherine Petros 13. Questioning the Approach of Indian Cities Towards Development; Jyoti Rao
Summary: With mega townships as the tool, this book analyses the complexity, scale and the challenges associated with the development paradigm in India from various built environment lenses. The Towers of New Capital is an enquiry into how these 'global fixes' are leading to territorial reorganization.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 307.1416 TOW.E 009873 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 009873

With contributions from: Trent Bell, Caleb Boehringer, Joseph Caldwell, Kate Fisher, Samuel Foster, Mark Casey-Losewitz, Katherine Petros, Jaxsun Plumley, Jyoti Rao, Anastasia Sklavakis, Timothy Wastell and Luke Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Challenge of Megacities in India; Piyush Tiwari 2. Mega-City Mismatches: Inequities and Misalignments between the Visions and Realities of Mega-City Townships in NCR and Gujarat, India; Anastasia Sklavakis 3. New Greenfield Mega-Townships of India: Perpetuating the Socio-Economic Divide?; Samuel Foster 4. Formality versus Reality: An Exploration of the Development Process for Mega-Townships in India; Kate Fisher 5. Perception on Design Quality within the New Mega-Townships of India; Jaxsun Plumley 6. Jumbo on the Runway; Tim Wastell 7. Case Studies in Risk Management of Mega Township Development in India; Joseph Caldwell 8. Governance in Indian Mega-Township Development; Mark Casey-Losewitz 9. Mega Townships: A Marketing Perspective; Caleb Boehringer 10. Risk and Opportunities in the Indian Real Estate Market; Luke Wilson 11. Ethical Practice in an Emerging Economy; Trent Bell 12. Global Imaginations: Projection versus Reality in Indian Megaprojects; Katherine Petros 13. Questioning the Approach of Indian Cities Towards Development; Jyoti Rao

With mega townships as the tool, this book analyses the complexity, scale and the challenges associated with the development paradigm in India from various built environment lenses. The Towers of New Capital is an enquiry into how these 'global fixes' are leading to territorial reorganization.

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