1st Edition
Urban Planning in the Third World The Chandigarh Experience
By Madhu Sarin
Copyright 1982
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1982 Urban Planning in the Third World is concerned with some of the critical issues underlying urban planning in the Third World. Taking the specific case of Chandigarh, planned or rather ‘designed’ by Le Corbusier as the new capital of Punjab following Partition, the author describes the development of the city, showing how concepts inherent in the master plan and the... Read more
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Historical Setting
3. Origins of the Planning Concepts Applied in Chandigarh
4. Preparation and Framework of the Master Plan
5. Conflicts and Contradictions Implicit in the Master Plan
6. Development of Chandigarh, 1951-1981
7. Growth of Non-Plan Settlements
8. The People of the Non-Plan Settlements
9. Housing and Investment in Non-Plan Settlements
10. The Growth of Non-Plan Employment
11. Employment in Non-Plan Enterprises
12. Points of Departure for Positive Change
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Madhu Sarin
